The author is an art critic based in Lahore
Artists have designed flags and used them in their art works too. Come August the popular aesthetics are experimenting with the standard visual of...
Shahid Sajjad a rebel of sorts defied conformity throughout his life. This is what makes him a significant artist
A monograph of Ajmal Husain offers a comprehensive view of the painter who was a part of the Pakistani art world and yet wasn’t
With Ahmad Zoay it was difficult to separate the art from the artist
Image is the new identity marker of the twenty-first century that transforms into Art at times
Art schools add this unique phase to an artist’s career when he is exposed to individuals who not only differ from his creative practice but...
There is no way to know how the soil received the body of the painter who spent his whole life depicting it on his canvases. The death of old, frail...
Salahuddin Mian, that apparently aloof professor of NCA, had a remarkable collection of anecdotes picked during his long years at the...
Imagine a situation where an important artist is refused an exhibition, not on the basis of aesthetic quality of his work but on ethical grounds....
Ever since her arrival in Lahore almost three years ago, Italian art historian and curator, Lavinia Filippi, has been in close contact with...
What could be common between Colombia and Pakistan, except cocaine or the history of military dictatorship? Not many in Pakistan are familiar with...
It is no surprise that Tassaduq Sohail is so old yet active and painting. But the most surprising aspect is that his worldview reflected in his work...
The literal meaning of Islam is peace but one yearns for peace in a society that is exposed to all sorts of threats from the holy warriors of Islam....
My first introduction to Ali Sultan was through his writings as a journalist. Although he was interested in visual arts even in those days, I did...
"Silence, please!" is a small sentence usually spoken loudly in classrooms or discreetly in operation theatres but is hardly employed in the context...
In the recently concluded 2nd Islamabad Literary Festival, many artists were also invited to different discussions on art or to attend sessions on...
One could presume that books were invented by married individuals so that they have a good excuse to enjoy their privacy. But while they are...
Every week I receive invitation of exhibitions, both hard and soft, from various galleries. It is impossible to attend them all, especially the ones...
We are so accustomed to equate language with its script that we think of them both as one entity. No matter what language we speak, we never...
With the United Arab Emirates having turned into a successful business centre, one wonders if it could now be called the ‘United Arab...
