Fifty Shades of Emerald, “Desires of Memory”, and other tales of nostalgia

Fifty Shades of Emerald, “Desires of Memory”, and other tales of nostalgia

Not fifty; there were twelve. Twelve shades of emerald, serving as backgrounds for twelve paintings. Layered upon with a mélange of linear imagery in [...]
Many Ways, Multiple Choices: “Intimacy” at Koel Gallery

Many Ways, Multiple Choices: “Intimacy” at Koel Gallery

On first encounter, Intimacy provokes memories of space and intense feelings. Curated by Maha Malik at Koel Gallery in Karachi, the show presents an i [...]
CANVASSING FOR ART – SAMEERA RAJA

CANVASSING FOR ART – SAMEERA RAJA

For the past fourteen years Sameera Raja, the director of Canvas Gallery, has been contributing to the development of Pakistani art in more ways than [...]
IMRAN Mir

IMRAN Mir

EXPERIMENTS IN SPACE Imran Mir works in a large, light-filled open studio. The studio walls are hung with works recently completed or in progress; on [...]
Durriya

Durriya

Curious to discover if there was a tradition of healing the human spirit in our society, I kept returning to the Sufis of our land.  The many mazaars [...]
The Role of the Artis

The Role of the Artis

The Role of the Artist in Times of Terror As terror and violence have become a growing reality of daily life across the globe, people have learned to [...]
Book Review: Dadi

Book Review: Dadi

  Iftikhar Dadi’s Modernism and the Art of Muslim South Asia encompasses so many concerns in its title that the reader is obliged to begin the [...]
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