Chennai
Current projects

The Goethe-Instituts in Budapest, Chennai, and Sofia, together with their local partners, are pleased to welcome the residency artists for the projectReframing Family: Feminist Perspectives Through the Lens— an international photo residency for female-identifying photographers.
 

Goethe-Institut, Chennai in association with SNS Arts Development Consultancy, the Kala Collective and in collaboration with Alliance Française, Madras is delighted to present The Female Legacy Project. An exhibition spotlighting 3 iconic Female Artists from Tamil Nadu - Narthaki Nataraj(Bharatanatyam), Seethalakshmi(Shadow Puppetry) and Usha Rani(Tamil Theatre).

In 2025, India celebrated the 9th edition of the Science Film Festival. The Goethe-Institutes in India in collaboration with their respective partner schools and institutions, hosted the festival from October to December. This time, the festival focused on “Green Jobs”.

A TRANSDISCIPLINARY PROJECT
Residency in collaboration with the Alliance Française of Madras and the French Institute of Pondicherry (IFP).

This project conceptualized by Goethe-Institut Chennai and concretized and executed in collaboration with Dakshina Chitra and Tara Books, which brings together 4 designers from India and Germany into exploring and developing contemporary patterns drawing inspiration from traditional motifs...

A residency program for lens-based artists and photographers from Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka intending to work with local resources to research and develop cross cultural bodies of work on shared histories, cultures and environments.

Meet the Author, an initiative by the Library department to bring the author onto our place and enhance more of reading interest to the visitors. we encourage you to follow us to explore more of the reading oppurtunities.