The Politics of Annihilation – Adeela Suleman
As the narratives of brutality, apprehension and danger, woven into Karachi’s fabric are dwelled upon; it is not difficult to imagine that t [...]
Classical Perspectives
We are consumed by urbanisation and modernity, facing the great challenge of disconnecting from our online lives, and often demanding professions. In [...]
Body Memories
A gentle murmur,the thrashing ballet of the bear,a hair swung across the harmonium,falling like slippery goosebumps into a perennial [...]
The whimsy of 1×1
1x1 was a simultaneous occurrence of shows in three different cities that brought together a large group of artists working across different [...]
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 [...]