Category: Editor view
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 [...]
Art Memory
The Russian-American writer Vladimir Nabokov is known for his habit of gathering butterflies. A passion that may not have any apparent link to hi [...]
Beyond the Script
A number of invitation cards of calligraphy exhibitions start arriving as soon as the holy month of Ramzan begins. Although calligraphy has b [...]
IVS – History in Motion
It was during dark night, when the late Zahoor ul Akhlaq took me along to an unknown location. We reached somewhere near the sea-view, on a huge [...]
Lahore Biennale – A Way into the Global Arena of Art
The Peruvian Nobel laureate, Mario Vargas Llosa writes, “Literature does not describe countries: it invents them.” Likewise, biennales or trienni [...]
Imran Mir: Beyond the Visible
Imran Mir's reductive abstractions transcend time and location, demonstrating that authentic art is timeless beyond its creator.It hardly matters [...]
Legacy in Form and Spirit
Rabia Zuberi’s life and work seamlessly merged art, education, and quiet revolution, leaving behind a legacy too powerful to overlook.Rabia Zuber [...]
Image as Witness, Image as Self
'Power of Image' explores images as vessels of memory, identity, and human connection, shaped by history, place, and personal experience.Human be [...]
Faith, Forms and Future: Islamic Arts Biennale
The Biennale reframes Islamic heritage through art, science, and spirituality, celebrating a legacy of beauty, knowledge, and coexistence.Due to [...]
Infinite Rhythm of Waqas Khan
I encountered both the shortest story in the world and the longest story in the world. The first, comprising only a single line: “When he woke up [...]