Name.Place.Animal.Thing at Koel Gallery
If you recently visited Koel Gallery, you may have been pleasantly surprised. The images that adorn the walls are, at first glance, not what one would [...]
Noorjehan Bilgrami: Under the Molsri Tree
Noorjehan’s works are the music scores of a memory from afar as much as those of an instant in life, whose melodic, rhythmic and poetic aspects are pl [...]
Book Review | The Eye Still Seeks: Pakistani Contemporary Art
I am terribly excited as I write this review. I feel like I was picked out for a special mission, I feel like a large, red, important-looking circle w [...]
March 2015 City As Art
Risham Syed, "Bhangian Wali Tope (Kims Gun) Quilt", Nov 2007, 72"x72". Transfer, pen, vintage army coat buttons on cotton quilt. Photo credit: Asif Kh [...]
The ‘Pix’torial Survey of Pakistan
“Consequently while making the preliminary foray in to the issue some of the broader predicaments that came to mind were: what constitutes the physica [...]
Territorial Re-Arrangements: Attabad Lake, a Potential Border
This essay is an attempt to reflect upon the territorial challenges that are faced by post-conflict and emergency zones of Pakistan. It speculates on [...]
City as Art – Art in a City – City in Protest – Art of Resistance
When I was asked to write about 'the city as art', I thought of the topic as an opportunity to imagine the spatiality of the city, particularly Lahore [...]
Challenging Perceptions: Iran
Though the media projects a static image of Iran, the reality is quite different. Yes, the ideology is ever-present and the unyielding focus on cultur [...]
Letter from the Editor in Chief
Spring is a busy time for ArtNow, the beginning of our calendar of events for the year. Activities kicked off with the Art Section at the 2015 Karachi [...]