Art museum restores nine rare artworks

LAHORE: Students from different colleges and universities are regularly visiting the Alhamra Art Museum at Alhamra Cultural Complex Qaddafi Stadium after the decision of keeping it open for seven days a week for serving and promoting the art.

Executive Director Athar Ali Khan said the Alhamra Art Museum is an important institution. Around 300 artworks of 118 world renowned artists are reflecting thousands of years old civilization, he said and added that the Alhamra Art Museum serves as a hub for art lovers and recently it has worked hard to restore nine rare artworks to their original form. The artists, whose paintings have already been restored, included Anna Molka Ahmed, Colin David, Moin Najmi, Ghulam Rasool, Mehmood Butt, Ahmed Shahbaz, Salima Hashmi and Mian Ijaz-Ul-Hassan. The museum is also adorned with exceptional artworks by Jamie Engineer, Merry Katrina, Kamil Khan, Mumtaz, Anna Molka Ahmed, Saeed Akhtar and Khalid Iqbal.

The museum will remain open for seven days a week in which five days a week museum curator Ms Hajra Mehmood and on weekends exhibition officer Babar Mustafa will perform their duties respectively. This decision was taken for the people who love art and have a passion for learning. Instructions have also been issued for organising Artist Talk shows at Alhamra Art Museum for the students related to art.