And Then There Were Two
by Dua Abbas RizviWhen the British Empire finally deserted the region once known as the Indian Sub-Continent, …
MAGAZINE
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IN FOCUS
South Asia at Seventy
by Ambereen KaramatThis essay focuses on a few prominent historical figures and movements in the art history …
PHOTO ESSAY
Roshan Ara Bokhari
by Citizens Archive of Pakistan and Roshan Ara BokhariRoshan Ara Bokhari has been part of the Pakistani dance scene from its inception; she …
PROFILES
An Uncanny Simplicity
by Zohreen MurtazaArthur C. Danto, as he ruminates over the definition of art in “What Art is” …
Saira Sheikh – Obituary
by Rabeya JalilSaira Sheikh (1975-2017) – Her beautiful smile and gleaming eyes are alive forever. She …
REREADING REENA KALLAT
by ArtNow PakistanNormally the good piece of poetry is described as a verse that cannot be translated. …
REVIEWS
Hearsay
by Numair A. AbbasiThe broken telephone: displacing history and making meaning An evidently vintage photograph hangs on …
The Past as Present
by Jovita Alvares, ArtNowPreparations for Pakistan’s Independence Day begin almost a month in advance in Karachi. Roadside …
A Stitch in Time
by Rabia S. AkhtarStitches only come into being when they experience movement. To move forward in distinctive …
Cans of Soup and Soda
by Jovita Alvares, ArtNowIn commemoration of the 70th year of Pakistan’s inception, Sanat Initiative hosted a one-day …
Clap Clap, I Approve
by Rabia S. AkhtarAgainst intensely colored, jewel bright tones, old, grizzled men serenade each other with musical instruments, …
Prophesies
by Nageen ShaikhIn 1913, Umberto Boccioni contributed to the movement of Futurism with his ‘Dynamism of a …
LOOKING AT PARTICULAR CASES
by Fatima GhulamBoris Groys is an exceptional writer, because more than being an author, he is a …
We ate the birds
by Nimra KhanConsidering that mankind has only been on this earth for 200,000 years, and civilization dates …
A Tribute to Pakistan
by Ammara JabbarAs a child we fumbled in the pure delight of coloring outside the …
