{"id":160087,"date":"2026-02-24T13:54:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T11:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/?p=160087"},"modified":"2026-02-24T13:54:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T11:54:05","slug":"daybreak-at-lodhi-art-festival-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/2026\/02\/daybreak-at-lodhi-art-festival-2026.html","title":{"rendered":"Daybreak at Lodhi Art Festival 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"214\" data-end=\"444\">At the 2026 edition of the Lodhi Art Festival, presented by St+art India Foundation, Polish artist <strong data-start=\"313\" data-end=\"333\">Bartek \u015awi\u0105tecki<\/strong> unveiled <em data-start=\"343\" data-end=\"353\">Daybreak<\/em>, a mural exploring the subtle threshold between night and day, concealment and revelation.<\/p><div class=\"ad-wrapper ad-wrapper_margin_bottom ad-wrapper_center\"><div class=\"ad ad_728x90 ad_sm-down_display_none\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- InPostTop -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5759967585279781\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4065062506\"\n     data-ad-format=\"horizontal\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div><div class=\"ad ad_300x250 ad_sm-up_display_none \"><!-- LatestNews-ResponsiveSquare -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5759967585279781\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"1111596104\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div><\/div>\n<p data-start=\"214\" data-end=\"444\" class='content-img-wrap'>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6-Rishabh-Yadav-2-scaled.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[160087]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-160091 full-width\" src=\"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6-Rishabh-Yadav-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6-Rishabh-Yadav-2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6-Rishabh-Yadav-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6-Rishabh-Yadav-2-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6-Rishabh-Yadav-2-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6-Rishabh-Yadav-2-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6-Rishabh-Yadav-2-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6-Rishabh-Yadav-2-800x532.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5-Gaurav-Bisht-2-scaled.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[160087]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-160092 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5-Gaurav-Bisht-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"486\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5-Gaurav-Bisht-2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5-Gaurav-Bisht-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5-Gaurav-Bisht-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5-Gaurav-Bisht-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5-Gaurav-Bisht-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5-Gaurav-Bisht-2-2048x1152.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/5-Gaurav-Bisht-2-800x450.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4-Farhiz-Karanjawala-3.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[160087]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"full-width\" class=\"wp-image-160093 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4-Farhiz-Karanjawala-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4-Farhiz-Karanjawala-3.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4-Farhiz-Karanjawala-3-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4-Farhiz-Karanjawala-3-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4-Farhiz-Karanjawala-3-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4-Farhiz-Karanjawala-3-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4-Farhiz-Karanjawala-3-800x531.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4-Farhiz-Karanjawala-2.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[160087]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-160094 full-width\" src=\"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4-Farhiz-Karanjawala-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4-Farhiz-Karanjawala-2.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4-Farhiz-Karanjawala-2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4-Farhiz-Karanjawala-2-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4-Farhiz-Karanjawala-2-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4-Farhiz-Karanjawala-2-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/4-Farhiz-Karanjawala-2-800x531.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"446\" data-end=\"848\">Inspired by early morning walks through New Delhi, the work reflects on that suspended hour when the city slowly comes into focus. Daybreak is not yet full daylight. It is a moment of quiet tension, when colors emerge from darkness, intensify, and begin to define space. Blurred contours sharpen. Forms detach from shadow. The world becomes tangible, almost imperceptibly, yet irreversibly transformed.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"214\" data-end=\"444\" class='content-img-wrap'><a href=\"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-morning-2.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[160087]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-160100 full-width\" src=\"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-morning-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-morning-2.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-morning-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-morning-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-morning-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-morning-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-morning-2-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"214\" data-end=\"444\" class='content-img-wrap'><a href=\"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-morning-14-1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[160087]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-160104 full-width\" src=\"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-morning-14-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-morning-14-1.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-morning-14-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-morning-14-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-morning-14-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-morning-14-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-morning-14-1-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"214\" data-end=\"444\">In India, dawn carries a particular atmosphere: warm light, softened air, and a sense of reality poised between dream and momentum. This sensation shapes the mural\u2019s composition, where color operates not as decoration but as energy, structuring space and carrying emotional charge. Tonal transitions mirror the gradual awakening of both landscape and consciousness.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1217\" data-end=\"1419\" class='content-img-wrap'><a href=\"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-morning-5.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[160087]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-160103 full-width\" src=\"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-morning-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-morning-5.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-morning-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-morning-5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-morning-5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-morning-5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-morning-5-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1217\" data-end=\"1419\" class='content-img-wrap'><a href=\"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-morning-9.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[160087]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-160102 full-width\" src=\"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-morning-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-morning-9.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-morning-9-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-morning-9-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-morning-9-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-morning-9-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1-morning-9-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1217\" data-end=\"1419\">The title <em data-start=\"1227\" data-end=\"1237\">Daybreak<\/em> speaks to beginnings, not only of a new day, but of emergence itself: of form, of impulse, of idea. It captures a transient state rich with potential, a moment charged with promise.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1421\" data-end=\"1573\">Through this mural, \u015awi\u0105tecki records an experience, an attempt to preserve a fleeting threshold where light defines space and color constructs reality.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1421\" data-end=\"1573\" class='content-img-wrap'><a href=\"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6-Rishabh-Yadav-4-scaled.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[160087]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-160090 full-width\" src=\"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6-Rishabh-Yadav-4-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6-Rishabh-Yadav-4-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6-Rishabh-Yadav-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6-Rishabh-Yadav-4-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6-Rishabh-Yadav-4-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6-Rishabh-Yadav-4-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6-Rishabh-Yadav-4-2048x1362.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6-Rishabh-Yadav-4-800x532.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"214\" data-end=\"444\" class='content-img-wrap'><a href=\"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3-details-1-scaled.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[160087]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"full-width\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-160097 full-width\" src=\"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3-details-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3-details-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3-details-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3-details-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3-details-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3-details-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3-details-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3-details-1-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-Rishabh-Yadav-1-scaled.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[160087]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-160098 full-width\" src=\"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-Rishabh-Yadav-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-Rishabh-Yadav-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-Rishabh-Yadav-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-Rishabh-Yadav-1-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-Rishabh-Yadav-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-Rishabh-Yadav-1-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-Rishabh-Yadav-1-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2-Rishabh-Yadav-1-800x532.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/streetartnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/6-Rishabh-Yadav-3-scaled.jpg\" 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