
Connecting flights – December 2018

Letter from the Editor-in-Chief
Welcome readers, to the December 2018 issue of ArtNow, “Connecting Flights”, where we are …

Letter from the Editor
In late nineties, I visited a Pakistani architect in Istanbul, and during our discussion, …

Letter from the Guest Editor
Amna Naqvi is the Founder and Director of the AAN Foundation and AAN Gandhara Art …

DILEMMAS OF HOME, AWAY FROM HOME
The word diaspora derives from the Greek words for “disperse” and “scatter” and …

In Between Time and Space
Communities and individuals, whose identities are post-national, not limited by geographical boundaries and …

In Conversation with Nusra Latif Qureshi
AH: Can you tell our readers about your background? I come from Lahore, …

Faiza Butt – A profile
Bold, vibrant, dynamic, intelligent, beautiful, eloquent are some of the words that can be conjured …

Vagaries of a non-objective mind
A two-person show titled ‘Vagaries of a non-objective mind’ opened at Full Circle Gallery, …

Spaces
Existing in a space essentially creates a non-verbal conversation between the participant and their …

Spectacle-less – 6/6
Does one need to have prior academic understanding of Visual Arts or the professional …

Picasso Metamorfosi
The Picasso Metamorfosi (Picasso Metamorphosis) exhibition has been organized from October 18th, 2018 to …

BOOK REVIEW| Monkey’s Right to Paint And the Post-Duchamp Crisis
Monkey’s Right to Paint And the Post-Duchamp Crisis By Bedri Baykam Illustrated. 319 pp. …

Silence in Rebellion
Having grown up witnessing subtleties of gendered violence and dealing with prohibitions of the …

As the Light Turns
Pakistani based artist and writer Omer Wasim explores the queer qualities of urban spaces and …

War and Social Criticism
It is not often that art audiences in Pakistan get to experience works that offer …

Existential Predicament
John Russell, in his book The Meaning of Modern Art: History as Nightmare, Vol. …

Art for Education: Contemporary Artists of Pakistan at Museo Diocesano Carlo Maria Martini
A valuable collaboration between one of Asia’s largest non-for-profit educational organizations and a leading …

Of Full Presence
Body becoming was the latest exhibition of in a series of conversations, workshops, and performances …

A.S. Rind
Concept and symbolism have always been two highly essential factors of art, rather two perspectives; …