Category: Magazine
Rasheed Araeen
Rasheed Araeen, born in 1935, is a London-based conceptual artist, writer, and curator. He graduated with a degree in civil engineering from the Unive [...]
A Persistence of Vision
Moeen Faruqi’s transcendent canvases touch upon the human experience, revolving around slumber, companionship, solitude and death. A self-proclaimed v [...]
A History of Art in a Few Words
The Department of Fine Arts, established by Anna Molka Ahmed in 1940 at the University of the Punjab, has been producing artists and designers of high [...]
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Out of Her Shell, In Her [skin]
Samina Mansuri constructs a startlingly tactile experience with the body of work on display in ‘Shell [skin]’. The artist, based in Canada, returned t [...]
History of the History of Art
The standard book of art history used in many art institutions across Pakistan is Art Through the Ages. Normally, students treat this book like a scar [...]
First Europe, Then Elsewhere?
[I]nsofar as the academic discourse of history—that is, “history” as a discourse produced at the institutional site of the university—is concerned, “E [...]
Studio Visit: Sanat Residency
Located near Karachi’s most sought after attraction – Sea View – the residency takes place in an airy apartment with natural sunlight filtering in thr [...]
Art Goes On: In Conversation With Marjorie Husain
Hajra Haider Karrar: Your marriage brought you to Pakistan. Soon you were well integrated into the art community in Karachi. How did it all start?
Ma [...]
History: Mirroring an Autoportrait
"To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive."
Robert Louise Stevenson
Usman Saeed is an artist, art educator, writer and curator at Saeed [...]