Book Review: The Shape of a Pocket
When you open The Shape of a Pocket, you enter a new world of imagination. As you sift through the pages of this collection of essays and short pieces [...]
Jahan-e-Digar
'Jahan-e-Digar', an exhibition at Full Circle Gallery, sought to showcase Iranian art based upon the ustad-shagird (master-student) relationship, a pr [...]
Landscapes of Ethereal Light
Zarmina Bakhtiar is warm and gregarious, with a personable, open demeanour. We first meet in a sunny drawing room, in which some wonderful paintings b [...]
Disparate Strokes
Artistry, in many ways, is akin to wizardry. It is exclusive to those naturally blessed with talent and seemingly requires laborious apprenticeships b [...]
Double Entendre
For centuries, visual artists (painters, printmakers, sculptors, draughtsmen, architects) have been known to hold a parallel practice, alongside their [...]