Letter from the Editor in Chief
Two years ago, we started ArtNow with the intention of creating a platform for new ways of writing about art in Pakistan. As an online magazine, ArtNo [...]
Editorial
Margaret Atwood in her interview with BBC’s programme Talking Books describes all writing as future writing; since any one who picks a pen, puts words [...]
The unbearable lightness of being and the weight of the wait
Prolific artist Nausheen Saeeds exhibition at the Canvas gallery furthered the artist existing preoccupation with the body. The luminous polyester res [...]
The Venice Biennale
Almost every two years since 1895, Venice is invaded by the global community of art-lovers that flock, every time more copious, to the unmissable appo [...]
Learning to See
Lahore, 2007.
I had recently returned to Pakistan, after I passed over a PhD degree in English Literature. Two major reasons contributed to leaving m [...]
Prague: The City As Art Space
True to its Bohemian antecedents, the city of Prague in the Czech Republic continues to be a vibrant showcase of artistic traditions and styles. Follo [...]
Seven Deadly Sins
The root word for the number seven in Hebrew means ‘to be full’ or ‘to be complete’. It is a number of completion and perfection+. Seven Deadly Sins, [...]
Art Spaces
It used to be that the various spaces in which art was created, displayed, disseminated and engaged with were clearly demarcated adn bounded off from [...]
Becoming Animal
Becoming Animal was the title of the exhibition at Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art held in 2005 but the catalogue, as is the purpose of a cat [...]
Interview: Mohammad Ali Talpur
Dua Abbas Rizvi: Tell us a little about the transition from your earlier work to your current work. How does it feel to work almost exclusively in a l [...]