Category: Magazine
Curating an Art Fair: Art Basel Hong Kong 2015
Art Basel in all its three geographic manifestations in Basel, Miami Beach and in Hong Kong is an art fair with both strength as well as style. The ar [...]
Breakfast at Sotheby’s: An A – Z of the Art World
Philip Hook had me at ‘Artists live differently from ordinary people’ – the thirteenth line of the first chapter of his sharp, fast-paced tome on art [...]
Naiza Khan and Sonya Battla: Manora Collection
Born in Bahawalpur in 1968, internationally acclaimed visual artist Naiza H. Khan studied at the Wimbledon School of Art, the Ruskin School of Drawing [...]
Art Crossing Borders
“But what has this to do with me?” gasped a middle-aged financial advisor, struggling hard to absorb the immaculate awe-inspiring Pollock in front of [...]
The Functions of Form
A character in one of the books by Mushtaq Ahmed Yusufi observes that in Pakistan, with the population of 180 million, the number of locks must be twi [...]
The Form of the City
Cities, like dreams, are made of desires and fears, even if the thread of their discourse is secret, their rules absurd, their perspectives deceitful, [...]
Studio Visit: Laila Rahman
by Sehr Jalil Raja
Laila Rahman’s abode in DHA, Lahore is distinct and otherworldly – an oasis – a home – a dream – all in one. I went there some tim [...]
Drawing Through Time
We have locals and tourists standing 'telescope-eyed' in front of the maps on subway stations... joining dots, detecting destinations and forming line [...]
Name.Place.Animal.Thing at Koel Gallery
If you recently visited Koel Gallery, you may have been pleasantly surprised. The images that adorn the walls are, at first glance, not what one would [...]