A Case for Crafts
As a scholar and practitioner of textile design, when asked about how I perceive the relationship between art and craft, it is a question I [...]
Book Review: “The Dance of Death”
The motif of the Danse Macabre, or the Dance of Death, has been used recurrently and imaginatively in the arts to invite viewers to contemplate the [...]
Archaeologies of Tomorrow
From Naiza Khan’s explorations of the movement of objects through the ocean, and its impact on the city, to Fazal Rizvi’s contemplations of [...]
Letter from the Editor-in-Chief
Welcome readers, to another vibrant issue of ArtNow, and a hearty Ramadan Mubarak! This month we look at ‘Art of the Artisans’, in celebrati [...]
Microcosm II
Evolutionary trends can predominately be witnessed though the youth of society. How they feel, interact and perceive the surrounding world i [...]
5 decades of excellence
Woodcut printing is the earliest relief-printing method in the history, which spread in the 8th century in the east and 15th century in the [...]
Bureaucracies of Imagination
Today, people across the world are experiencing a global crisis regarding two defining aspects that make a social system: education and surveillance. [...]
Artisans in Sindh
Sindh is extremely diverse and full of artisans with the ability to create masterpieces. Handicraft in Sindh is very common, turning most of the house [...]
NOMAD GALLERY: CRAFTING A VISION
The Nomad Gallery was founded in the 1984 by Nageen Hayat and unlike other commercial galleries, its credo is deeply embedded in the promoti [...]