‘A Desensitization of Stereotypes’ – Reviewing Works by Mohsen Keiany
In literal dictionary terms, ‘desensitizing’ relates to the loss of shock or feeling that occurs over time through an overexposure to violen [...]
Memoirs of Art in Pakistan – The life of Marjorie Husain
Marjorie Husain is an integral part of the Pakistani art scene on several levels: artist, art critic, curator, writer and documenter, lecturer, [...]
Familiar new faces
In recent years, there has been a return to a highly crafted aesthetic in art, both on local as well as international platforms. This comes as a new w [...]
Letter from the Editor
Cities are metaphors – or like metaphors; you can make any meanings out of them. For a person living in Lahore, the city can be a thousand and one pla [...]
Rohtas – A Journey of Relationships and Responsibilities
As a resident of Rawalpindi for most of my early life, I am reluctant to admit that I actually visited the 16th century Rohtas (fort), long after I ha [...]
Lahore: art, place and discourse
It is interesting to note that the great Mughals never got their sculptures made and have them placed in the city squares. What was sto [...]
IN CONVERSATION WITH IFTIKHAR DADI
Artist and academic scholar Iftikhar Dadi received his PhD from Cornell University. He is an associate professor at Cornell University in the Departme [...]
ART DUBAI, Again
There were many surprizes in Dubai (Dubai itself is a pleasant surprize, with prevailing peace, perpetual development, new constru [...]
Abid Hasan – An inquisitive artist empowering medium
He [Hasan] is gifted with an inquisitive mind and painterly sensibilities, which nature bestows on few painters.” &nb [...]