The Artist is awake; Bani Abidi
I was a regular passenger of the Lahore intercity Daewoo in my undergraduate days on my way back home. One day halfway through my journey, t [...]
Maria Lassnig: Ways of Being
The retrospective Maria Lassnig - Ways of Being is being showcased at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. The exhibition features more than 2 [...]
PARCHED
This series is a documentation of an unknown village near the Indian border in the district of Shylet in Bangladesh. The people live here are mostly d [...]
The Summer Show- A Lesson in Pakistani Art History
Canvas Gallery in Karachi exhibited The Summer Show, with works by prolific artists from Pakistan belonging to different generations, decades, and art [...]
Shakir Ali Museum: a plethora of aesthetics
A house with striking architecture along with dark burnt bricks, coarse mortar, and old heavy black doors of ebony wood bequeathed the statu [...]
AKRAM DOST BALOCH
Hailing from Naushki Balochistan, Akram Dost Baloch graduated from National College of Arts, Lahore, and is among the founding faculty of the Departme [...]
Of Presence and Being
The noun described as ‘entity, nature’, while the verb described as ‘present participle of be’, this two-person show by Maheerah Ali and Usman Malik u [...]
Inner- and Outermost
“Men seldom moved their bodies; all unrest was concentrated in the soul.”M. Forster, The Machine Stops In The Machine Stop [...]
Letter from the Editor
While writing these lines, I am aware that no one knows my whereabouts. I may be in Karachi, Lahore, London, Venice, Boston or Mumbai. My lo [...]