Subtlety and Under-layers in Popular Art and Culture
Everyday life, the mundane has a potency and ability of carrying the burdens of history and identity, parenting religion, politics, philosophy and mor [...]
Pursukoon Karachi
Ironically, reverberations of the political and religious tensions in the nation were felt in the city during the same weekend as the Pursukoon Karach [...]
Do it Yourself Art
The only definition of "readymade" published under the name of Marcel Duchamp (or his initials, "MD," to be precise) is "an ordinary object elevated t [...]
Fatima Munir and the City
Fatima Munir’s first solo show was held at the historical Rothas Gallery in Islamabad last month. The Karachi-based artist presented some of her lates [...]
Book Review: Labyrinth of Reflection – The Art of Rashid Rana
The Mohatta Palace Museum in collaboration with the Standard Chartered Bank recently launched Labyrinth of Reflection- The Art of Rashid Rana. Publish [...]
In Conversation with Durriya Kazi
ArtNow: How and when did you decide to become an artist?
Durriya Qazi: There was no actual decision. Just a drifting towards art. It was just somethi [...]
Editorial
Andre Gide once declared: ‘The writer must know how to swim against the tide’. A descriptionwhich can extend to all creative individuals, including ar [...]
Silhouettes
The simplest of symbols, the most basic glimpses of the familiar, can be used to create worlds we only half-know. Some of the greatest feats of visual [...]
Art and Ethics
Does art have an obligation to anything other than its own aesthetic and formal concerns? Though the debate between those who favour a staunch aesthet [...]
The Writer on Art
Just before my last visit to Karachi I was planning to do an interview of Shafi Aqeel, and was thinking to call him as soon as I arrive in his city; b [...]