Diverse Dimensions
The show 'Diverse Dimensions' at Satrang Art Gallery in April showcased new talent from National College of Arts, Lahore and Rawalpindi. The show was [...]
Colour out of Passion
"The best works are often those with the fewest and simplest elements- pictures that are almost obvious, until you look at them a little more and thin [...]
The Glowing Embers Within
Satrang Gallery’s fourth year of operation was ushered in this March with a thought-provoking exhibition, ‘The Glowing Embers Within.’ Artists Sarah H [...]
Sajjad Ahmed: Deeply Superficial
When one looks at a work of art, one ascribes meaning to it that stems from an experience of the world, as well as understanding of it. Hence, not onl [...]
Strand-ed: Ali Kazim at Rohtas Gallery
Disclaimer: It is inevitable that the following essay will contradict itself.
At Rohtas Gallery, Ali Kazim put up a single work in an untitled exhi [...]
Museums of Asia: Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art
Last year, a December vacation took me east, not to the warm holiday countries of Thailand or Vietnam but to South Korea, where we were lucky to have [...]
Lahore Biennale Foundation Meets Art Dubai
The international art community’s calendar pivots around central, peak events that have acquired definitive importance over time. The Middle East part [...]
Curating an Art Fair: Art Basel Hong Kong 2015
Art Basel in all its three geographic manifestations in Basel, Miami Beach and in Hong Kong is an art fair with both strength as well as style. The ar [...]
Breakfast at Sotheby’s: An A – Z of the Art World
Philip Hook had me at ‘Artists live differently from ordinary people’ – the thirteenth line of the first chapter of his sharp, fast-paced tome on art [...]
Naiza Khan and Sonya Battla: Manora Collection
Born in Bahawalpur in 1968, internationally acclaimed visual artist Naiza H. Khan studied at the Wimbledon School of Art, the Ruskin School of Drawing [...]