Just Hang me on the Wall, I Will Show you How to Dance!
In the poem “I Would Like to be a Dot in a Painting by Miro” Moniza Alvi’s dot celebrates its individuality within a painting by declaring t [...]
Nirgun Maala-Koel Gallery
Lifeless forms; beads, paper, gossamer thread, perhaps may exist merely as props in an endless theatre of individuals. Objects are there to [...]
Sumaya Durrani- the Unbridled Silence of an Enraptured Soul
I remember seeing Sumaya Durrani’s lithographs while I was a student of art in the mid-nineties. The quality of line and the complex composi [...]
Danish Ahmed- CONSUMED
Modern art redefined reasons for producing art, thus, changing the role of art and the artist. The transition from being patronized to personalized an [...]
I have to tell you a story.
Nayyirah Waheed recently tweeted: “..when there is an old intimacy... with new friends.” Social media is becoming [...]
Notes on the Artist’s Mind
It is difficult to decipher or talk about what goes on inside an artist’s mind. Perhaps one way of figuring it out or writing about it is to [...]
Guest Editor
The $450mn paid for the recently sold painting of Leonardo da Vinci, which went on public display at its permanent home in Louvre [...]
Unfinished Conversations with Lahore
Nashmia Haroon’s solo exhibition ‘Unfinished Conversations with Lahore’ at Rohtas 2 showcased works in the genre of photojournalism. Documenting trans [...]
Tearing Apart the Envelope
The question of identity is nothing new –all of us have asked this question in one form or another, at one time or another. The more ambitious am [...]