Letter from the Editor
Many years ago, I watched a documentary on Philip Guston, the American Abstract Expressionist. Walking alone, wearing a long coat, in the de [...]
Living Veins
‘Of Other Spaces’ was a group show by a collective of 12 artists at the site of an uninhabitable house and entailed the exploration of a space that is [...]
“Kisa Goyee”
Opening days for art galleries always mean a small meet and greet where familiar faces mill around and gleeful conversations fill the air mixed with t [...]
Short Stories
Fleeting fictional anecdotes, bright with embellishment, thick with meaning and colored by the ghosts of memory, history and imagination may form the [...]
Super Duper Perspective
A perspective is always subjective in nature. A singular opinion, a belief, a point of view, varies on the account of the individuals person [...]
FARIDA BATOOL: PHOOL MERA WATAN (MY HOMELAND IS A FLOWER)
Lahore’s heat, somewhere in 2015, a rickshaw ride, a search for a material that would make footballs – across the quiet Chamberlain ro [...]
Letter from the Editor-in-Chief
Welcome to the November 2017 issue of ArtNow. This is one of the most exciting times for Pakistani art, with the inaugural Karachi Biennale underway a [...]
I Speak You Here Me Therefore We Are
“I speak you here me therefore we are” is a group show that opened at Studio Seven on 14th October, 2017. Curated by Manizhe Ali, the show consisted o [...]
Of Other Spaces
Upon entering the uninhabited building, I was immediately taken in by the beauty in the slow decaying structure that the exhibition 'Of Other Spaces' [...]