Exhibition Launch

Balraj Khanna: Lines of Flight

Join us to celebrate the launch of Ikon’s new exhibition:

Balraj Khanna: Lines of Flight

The first major survey exhibition of British–Indian artist Balraj Khanna (1939–2024), bringing together more than 40 paintings made over six decades.

Lines of Flight offers the most comprehensive overview to date of Khanna’s remarkable career as a painter, writer and curator. The exhibition traces the evolution of his distinctive vision of abstraction, shaped by his youth in the Punjab region of India, his life in post-war Britain, and an enduring fascination with the natural world. Through these works, he explores themes of migration, Partition, identity and belonging.

FREE

Event Date

Tuesday 29 September 2026
5.00pm–7.00pm

Event Details

Free entry, donations welcome

No need to book, just drop in

First and Second Floor Galleries

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Image Credits

1. New Exhibition Graphic. Image courtesy Ikon. 2. Balraj Khanna, A Walk in the Rose Garden (1969). Oil on canvas, 212 x 180 cm. Courtesy the estate of Balraj Khanna and Jhaveri Contemporary. Photo by Andrew Judd 3. Balraj Khanna, New play (1984). Acrylic and sand on canvas, 180 x 180 cm. Courtesy the estate of Balraj Khanna and Jhaveri Contemporary. Photo by Andrew Judd 4. Balraj Khanna, A grasshopper’s eye view (1966). Oil on canvas, 118.5 x 184 cm. Courtesy the estate of Balraj Khanna and Jhaveri Contemporary. Photo: Andrew Judd

Exhibition 30.09.2026–21.02.2027

Balraj Khanna

LINES OF FLIGHT

Ikon presents Lines of Flight, the first major survey exhibition of British–Indian artist Balraj Khanna (1939–2024), bringing together more than 40 paintings made over six decades.

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