Art and Theory
Letter from the Editor-in-Chief
Welcome to the January 2018 issue of ArtNow, “Art and Theory”, and to the …
Letter from the Editor
The relationship of a discipline with theory is like the link between a human being …
Letter from the Editor
“History is like a bed: It’s made, unmade, made again and so on”, writes Ingrid …
What Art Theory did to the Art-ist
It is but a little bit of a surprise, that after an endless search …
THINKING THROUGH THEORY (AND OTHER MONUMENTAL MUSINGS)
The production and reception of contemporary art has in recent years been inextricably bound …
The Anatomy of a City – In Conversation with Naiza Khan
Naiza Khan is an internationally acclaimed artist living and working between London and Karachi. She …
Book Review: “Show Me a Story! Why Picture Books Matter: Conversations with 21 of the World’s Most Celebrated Illustrators”
They say that a picture is worth a thousand words. A child would beg to …
Life of Art – Degree Show 2017 at NCA
Life manifests in many forms. Of its forms is the annual degrees show …
Learning to Read Between the Lines
Have you ever imagined doing an art piece without drawing lines? It is actually out …
The Spirit of the Beginning – The Fine Art Degree Show at the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture
The Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture was established no more than 28 years …
Nature Speaks: Deosai Series
“We have co-existed with nature for thousands of years, proof of existence is etched …
LANDSWEPT – Suleman Aqeel Khilji
Landswept, a solo exhibition by Suleman Aqeel Khilji, showed at Sanat Gallery in December …
A LABOR OF LOVE
“To view and experience miniature paintings demands a special disposition and talent. One must …
BACK TO THE FUTURE
Artspace Germany is a capsule exhibition by Institut fÜr Auslandsbeziehungen, displayed at VM Art Gallery …
Investing in the Cultural Capital – Degree Show at Karachi University
The role of fine art is to make us acquainted with the changing role …
Matthijs Maris: An Innovator in Painting
Dutch painters who worked in The Hague between 1860 and 1900, producing renderings of …
Homecoming- A Painter Between Worlds
‘Najmi Sura’s fascination with and interest in the painterly pursuits of the much older …
Of Sound and Other Man-Made Objects
TBP is an artist collective based in Karachi that has a sonic core. It’s …
Beneath The Surface
Beneath the candor and rhetoric of contemporary art resides a congenial imposition of objectivity. An …
