The author is an art critic based in Lahore
Looking at a major exhibition of Frida Kahlo at the Victoria & Albert Museum London and discovering connections with this region
A blend of autobiography, history of Pakistani art, memories of friends and colleagues, Rashid Arshed’s book is an impressive addition to the...
The works of this year’s Jameel Prize winners, displayed at London’s V&A Museum reaffirms that tradition is not a static or solitary pursuit
Do people respect an artist more or the school? Do visitors come for the artist or the gallery? Art institutions are all about tradition, custom,...
The art of writing letters or letters that write art
Ten years after his death, everybody seems to have forgotten Shahbaz Malik, an artist who challenged notions of "good art" and established concepts
One needs to trace why there is no space left for visual arts in Urdu writing
A group of artists has addressed and interpreted the idea of sacred at the show at ‘O’ Art Space, Lahore
In their recent two-person show at O Art Space in Lahore, the works of Saba Khan and Suleman Khilji blended reality and imagination to a profound...
In the exhibition ‘Making History’ at Sanat Gallery, Karachi, different artists dissect history through their own lens
In Jamil Naqsh’s recent exhibition at Tanzara Gallery, the delight is more in treating the surface than the subject matter
In his forthcoming solo show Mind Map at Canvas Gallery, Karachi, Atif Khan creates work with layers of meaning
Anushka Rustomji digs Zoroastrian iconography and Marjan Baniasadi examines Persian rugs at Taseer Art Gallery Lahore
The recently concluded Vasl artists’ residency confirmed how the often-churned words such as ‘energy’ and ‘natural resource’ can still be...
In his solo exhibition held at Sanat Initiative, Karachi, Muhammad Zeeshan addressed the relevance and sacredness of flags
The second edition of Mansion Artistes Residency offered an opportunity to see the usual through a new set of eyes
The 12th edition of Art Dubai presented big names from the art world, including many artists from the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia
The long awaited Lahore Biennale 01 has finally arrived, providing an occasion to witness works in places many of which are not known to showcase...
Working with one’s own hand or relying on apprentices or outsourcing art; both approaches are fine because in art there is no one single method or...
The artist’s show at the Manchester Art Gallery testifies that a work of art, like a lark, is free to fly beyond the limitations of a passport,...
