Bashir Mirza: the inventor of BM
This retrospective text on one of post-partition Pakistan’s pioneering artists, Bashir Mirza or “BM” as he later reinvented/redesigned his n [...]
Letter from the Editor-in-chief
Welcome all to the April 2020 issue of ArtNow, “Art Residencies 2020”, a point of focus that has become unwittingly apt as we all self-isolate in the [...]
Red on the Spectrum
Does red magic exist in cultural settings where insidious black magic or “kala jadoo” is often talked about? Essentially, the idea of magic [...]
Artists’ Residencies and the creative’s world
It’s not that you can’t hear the birds chirping every day. You just have to wake up really early to catch the rhythm of nature, before your [...]
Dissecting Sanat and the man behind it
If you throw a stone in Clifton odds are you’ll either hit an overpriced restaurant, an overstuffed art gallery, or both. Amidst Karachi’s cluttered a [...]
“UN-WEAVE”: The Quiet Imaginings of Sabina Gillani
In her recent solo exhibition titled Un-Weave, at Lahore’s prestigious Rohtas 2 Gallery, in collaboration with the commencement of the Lahor [...]
Letter from the Editor
Mahatma Gandhi, in his usual attire of loin cloth and with a walking stick, arriving at the London airport was confronted by the British jou [...]
Caravaggio-Bernini: Baroque in Rome
Caravaggio-Bernini. Baroque in Rome is an exhibition of more than seventy masterpieces by Caravaggio, Bernini and their contemporaries. The [...]
ART IN PURSUIT, AGAIN
Interestingly public is not aware of public art, at least in Pakistan. Still artists of our surroundings are conscious of this social activi [...]