
Ecology- Karachi Bienniale – November 2019

Letter from the Editor-in-Chief
Welcome readers to the November 2019 issue of ArtNow, where we weigh in on the …

Without Permission
In Saadat Hasan Manto’s short story, ‘Beghair Ijaazat’ (Without Permission), the protagonist finds himself …

The Creation of the Archive: KB as phenomenon
ZS: This is a strange position to be in – and a strangely difficult one …

Sacha Kagan on art’s role in environmental sustainability
Sacha Kagan is an independent researcher in the transdisciplinary field of arts and (un) …

Zain Mustafa: Demanding the Rights of Karachi
Zain Mustafa is an architect and interior designer with a passion for animal rights and …

In conversation with Mariah Lookman
Mariah Lookman is an artist, researcher and curator, and holds holds a DPhil from the University …

Percolating the Politics of (Mis)Representation – Nilofur Farrukh
“A cultural interventionist is anyone who comes from a more proactive space and aspires to …

Highlighting the environment- KB19, Karachi Zoo & VM Art gallery
The Second Karachi Biennale was inaugurated on the 26th of October, 2019 at Bagh Ibne …

Opinion Knowledge & Truth: Knowing to transform at 12.0 Contemporary
In the last few years, many art galleries in Islamabad have been forced to either …

Karachi Biennale 2019: Spotlight at the Environmental via Sculptures and Archiving – Bagh Ibn-e-Qasim & IVS gallery
“…I am looking at the public and my curation is in relation to this nuanced …

Bringing ecology to focus, KB19 – NED and Frere Hall
In the midst of the global climatic catastrophe that is upon us, the Karachi Biennale …

On a Carousel of Time
When F. Scott Fitzgerald spoke about the human condition, he took its relationship with time …

Book Review: Consolidating Karachi with Biennale
The remarkable success of Karachi Biennale 17, is repeated, again, in the form of …

Banal Phrases and Lost Meaning
The act of creating contemporary art has challenged set norms of image making. Indian …

The BP Portrait Award (London 2019)
Portraiture is, without any doubt, one of the most important categories in history of …

Becoming a Woman
To occupy, to salivate, to satiate, to claim, reclaim, to bequeath, to retain, maintain, …