Eight artworks by Ganesh Haloi will be shown in a solo presentation by the Kolkata and Delhi-based gallery Akar Prakar in the Spotlight section of Frieze Masters London 2026, which runs October 14 to 18 at Regent's Park. Curated by Devika Singh and Sofia Gotti, the presentation is titled Ganesh Haloi: Early Foray into Abstraction. The show offers a rare view of one of modern India's most quietly radical and under-recognized painters, tracing a pivotal moment in his practice: his emergence as an abstract painter in the years following his participation in the Archaeological Survey of India's Ajanta Documentation Project from 1957 to 1963. The presentation brings together eight works, six oils on canvas and two works on paper, spanning the mid-1950s through the 1970s. Highlights include a large horizontal canvas measuring 30.75 by 52.5 inches in which a landscape dissolves into an atmosphere of earthy tones and calligraphic marks, and a nocturnal vertical canvas from 1970 of arresting tonal drama. The two works on paper reveal the intimate and deeply meditative side of Haloi's practice. According to Reena Lath, co-founder of Akar Prakar, the spotlight booth includes rare and never-before-seen works from the 1970s, when Haloi was discovering and creating his language of abstraction. They were selected from the artist's studio especially for the section. Haloi graduated from the Government College of Art and Craft, Calcutta, in 1956 and later taught at the same institute; the experience of the 1950 Partition left a deep imprint on his abstract language. Spotlight is one of Frieze Masters' core curated sections and returns this year in its largest edition to date, bringing together solo presentations of 20th-century artists from Asia, South America, the Caribbean, Africa and Europe.