Serendipity Arts, the not-for-profit cultural organisation behind South Asia’s largest multidisciplinary arts festival in Goa, will come to London with a major new festival from 19–27 June 2027, presented in partnership with some of the city’s leading cultural institutions.
The Great Exhibition Road Festival, led by Imperial College London, will collaborate with Serendipity Arts to create the multidisciplinary event, alongside leading institutions including Science Museum, V&A South Kensington, Natural History Museum, Royal Albert Hall, Royal Geographical Society, Royal College of Music, Royal College of Art and the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851. The event will take place across Exhibition Road and the surrounding South Kensington Culture Quarter.
Serendipity Arts Festival London will provide a new platform for artistic exchange between India, the UK and the wider world, bringing the spirit of Serendipity Arts Festival Goa to London while allowing the city’s institutions, communities and spaces to shape its programme. Treating Exhibition Road as a cultural laboratory, where cultures, disciplines and ideas already coexist, the festival will connect South Asian artistic practice with its partners’ collections, histories and expertise across art, science, music, film, design and education.
Six women curators will bring fresh perspectives to the programme; Veeranganakumari Solanki (New Media), exploring how images connect disciplines; Latika Gupta (Visual Arts), bringing Indian art and material cultures into dialogue; Preethi Athreya (Dance), rethinking movement and the body; Sneha Khanwalkar (Music), creating experimental compositions from local sounds, instruments and voices; Elizabeth Yorke (Culinary Arts), exploring food’s potential to shape a more sustainable future; and Nancy Adajania (New Media), examining the connections between media art, cultural exchange and public life.
From galleries and concert halls to foyers, cafés, and outdoor spaces, the festival will invite audiences to experience familiar places in new ways. London’s South Asian communities will be at the heart of the programme, alongside audiences from across the city. Serendipity Arts Festival London is conceived as an invitation, offering many ways to arrive, take part, and stay curious.
Samvatsar Katha curated by Tanusree Shankar at the Serendipity Arts Festival 2025
Mr. Sunil Kant Munjal, Founder & Patron of Serendipity Arts, said: “For over a decade, Serendipity Arts has created spaces for South Asian artists to experiment, exchange ideas and find new ways of experiencing culture. Bringing that vision to London, in partnership with some of the city’s leading cultural institutions, marks a significant new chapter for us. It is an opportunity to place our artists, our ideas and our cultural conversations within a truly global context, and to build lasting connections between South Asia and the world.”
Ms. Shefali Munjal, Co-Founder & Patron of Serendipity Arts and Serendipity Arts Festival, said: “South Asian creativity cannot be understood through a single discipline, tradition or geography. It lives as much in food, sound, and movement as it does in a gallery. Our curators, working across generations and disciplines, will bring that richness into museums and public spaces across Exhibition Road, with London’s South Asian communities at the heart of the programme”
