Rashid Rana’s work at the Karachi Biennale 2019 (KB19) was undeniably one of the highlights of the event. The artist had re-interpreted Caspar David Friedrich’s “Wanderer above the Sea of Fog”, flipping the iconic image on its head in a fantastic subversion of the original painting while simultaneously adding another, far more relevant, thematic d [...]
Narrator of tales in clay
During the first year of our art school education, students were introduced to the art galleries that existed in the city then, one of them being Chawkandi, where Sheherezade Alam was showing her work. The gallery was a bit dark with spot lights focusing on the artefacts, pronouncing the forms and surfaces. That was t [...]
The art of creating experiences that bring meaning, culture and people together has been a passion for Pomme Amina Afzal. Over the last 10 years, her company Phenomena has worked to execute projects and events for philanthropy, education, fashion, galleries and corporations. She aligned her creativity with art direction and curation managing a var [...]
Risham Syed: Blackbirding
The visual language of colonial heritage embodied in the architecture or mundane ornaments of our lives is often unnoticed. Perhaps it is because we r [...]
Noorjehan Bilgrami: The Avant-Garde
Noorjehan Bilgrami in her Sri Lanka studio.
A painter, textile designer, gallery owner, entrepreneur, curator, researcher, educationist and a social a [...]
In Conversation with Salima Hashmi
Salima Hashmi is an acclaimed artist, writer and the Founding Dean of the School of Visual Arts & Design at the Beaconhouse National University, L [...]
Tazeen Qayyum: The Anatomy of Discomfort
There is a price to pay for apathy. One thinks of poor Gregor in Kafka’s ‘Metamorphosis’, who wakes up as a giant cockroach, unable to act and eventua [...]
Joined forces, Amima and Romano, presented a unique event on Culture and Identity at the IVS, Karachi, as documented by Zaidi’s Studios, Lahore. . .
Zaidi’s Studios was created in 1928 in Lahore by Syed Nazir Ali Zaidi, one of two brothers (the other being Syed Wazir Ali Zaidi). The studio still occupies its original premises of No. 23 Th [...]
The exhibition and collaborative performance, Spooky Action At A Distance, by Amin Gulgee was curated by Adam Fahy-Majeed was recently held at Canvas Gallery
A set of characteristics runs through Amin Gulgee’s long-spanning, very notable career: expect the unexpected and expect a spectacle. His recent exhibition Spooky Action At A Distance did [...]
Shakil Saigol's exhibition titled "The Allure of a Kashmiri Spring" was a treat to the eyes. He once again won the show by exhibiting timeless beauty of Kashmir
With each year Shakil Saigol presents a unified body of work that captures the timeless finesse of heirloom tapestries, intricate threadwork and timeless embroidery rooted in the regio [...]
Non(object)
Affan Baghpati, has recently been awarded the Nigaah Art Award, and ADA Award. He has been participating in leading Art Fairs. His sculptures are cur [...]
If you have tears
'If you have tears' is a group show curated by a veteran art critic Quddus Mirza. A wonderful curation in May was conceived around the idea [...]
Microcosm 4
Opened at AAN Gandhara Gallery, Microcosm 4 brought a number of established and budding artists together. The group show, held at [...]
Ambivalence
A solo show by Waseem Ahmed opened at Sanat Initiative on April 6th, 2021 represented a powerfully evocative array of paintings on display. [...]