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The Politics of Mapping Karachi
To understand Karachi, one must first learn how to read it. Not only through its roads, neighbourhoods, and coastline, but through the maps, reco [...]
Glimpse into the Collection of Dr Furqan Ahmed
This photo essay brings together a selection of works exhibited across the galleries. While it does not encompass the entire collection, it offer [...]
Karachi Cartography Opening in Karachi
Dr Furqan Ahmed's collection was exhibited at Koel Gallery and Canvas Gallery on June 5, 2026. This photo essay is a collection of the images fro [...]
Dr Furqan Ahmed – Cartographer of Memory
There are collectors who acquire objects, and then there are those rare individuals who collect histories. Dr. Furqan Ahmed belongs firmly to the [...]
Art Dubai at 20: Celebrating Two Decades of Cultural Transformation
Over the past two decades, Dubai has undergone one of the most remarkable cultural transformations in the region. What was once a city primarily asso [...]
Saif Azzuz: Mapping Indigenous Survival Through Sculpture
For his first large-scale outdoor public art commission, artist Saif Azzuz presents weych-pues / tàkhòne (where the rivers meet), a monumental sc [...]
Tale of Two Painters
Brothers of the Brush brings together two painters from different artistic characters whose practices nevertheless converge through a shared comm [...]
Painting the Other
Last month I visited a fisherman community in Karachi. My friends were engaged with local community workshops at the Rehri Goth school and I mere [...]
The Intellectual Imperative of Cultural and Creative Cartography
To trace the identity of a people is to engage in an act of historical divination, a process that transcends the mere linear recording of civiliz [...]
Archiving Against Amnesia
Dr Furqan Ahmed’s fascination with collecting moments of the past, our shared, private, and public moments is unique and exciting. His vast body of c [...]