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In conversation with Sumaira Tazeen
Pakistani born artist, Sumaira Tazeen received her BFA in Miniature Painting in 1996 from the prestigious National College of Arts in Lahore. Since th [...]
In Conversation with Sajjad Ahmed
Sajjad Ahmed has participated in several solo and group exhibitions, in Pakistan and internationally. His work addresses a diverse scope of [...]
In Conversation with Riffat Alvi
Artnow’s Noor Ahmed in conversation with Riffat Alvi about the artist’s expanding and evolving journey. Noor Ahmed: We are a month away from y [...]
Just Hang me on the Wall, I Will Show you How to Dance!
In the poem “I Would Like to be a Dot in a Painting by Miro” Moniza Alvi’s dot celebrates its individuality within a painting by declaring t [...]
Sumaya Durrani- the Unbridled Silence of an Enraptured Soul
I remember seeing Sumaya Durrani’s lithographs while I was a student of art in the mid-nineties. The quality of line and the complex composi [...]
Danish Ahmed- CONSUMED
Modern art redefined reasons for producing art, thus, changing the role of art and the artist. The transition from being patronized to personalized an [...]
Inside the mind of Abdullah M I Syed
Dr. Abdullah M. I. Syed is a renowned Pakistani-born contemporary artist and designer working between Sydney, Karachi and New York. Working [...]
The Anatomy of a City – In Conversation with Naiza Khan
Naiza Khan is an internationally acclaimed artist living and working between London and Karachi. She is Senior Advisor at the Department of Visual Stu [...]
In Conversation with Unver Shafi Khan
Nimra Khan: Let’s start with your story. How did you begin your career as an artist and when did you know you were going to be a p [...]
Art For a Cause
As I sit watching Professor Salima Hashmi, the matriarch of Pakistani Art, speak of the triumph of the Lahore Literary Festival’s second London editio [...]