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REREADING REENA KALLAT
Normally the good piece of poetry is described as a verse that cannot be translated. Because unlike prose that can easily converted into another langu [...]
Jamal Shah, A Man of Many Dimensions
For Jamal Shah art and cultural creativity are a vital necessity for any society. Over a cup of coffee at our meeting at the PNCA he explain [...]
The Beauty of Chaos
As I commenced researched for this interview one painting from F.S Aijazuddin’s “Lahore Illustrated Views of the 19th century” caught my attention. [...]
Book Covers by Fatah Halepoto: A Makeshift Art Gallery
As often said and assuming that its true that an artist’s real identity is his or her work, then I have known Fatah Halepoto way before knowing his na [...]
A Tea Party that Stained: An Interview with The Tea Collaborative
The idea of seeing a performance group from a collaborative based in Islamabad is as absurd as expecting rationale on the roads of Karachi – you can e [...]
Challenging Notions: Of Disruptions and Ruptures
Hajra Haider Karrar: How did an MBA lead to the inception of Gandhara Art Space and later on to the AAN Foundation? Amna Tirmizi Naq [...]
Where She is Not…: On the works of Akram Dost Baloch
We sync all new writing and art with history, literature and poetry. We make links of the past to the present and vice versa. We reminisce o [...]
In Conversation With Dr. Henry Kim
In January 2017, Dr Henry Kim spoke at the FOMMA trust about the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto. Dr. Kim gave an interesting presentation on this monument [...]
The Maverick Of Social Change Through Art
There are many artists whose convictions and varied interests have been such that not only have they pushed the boundaries of their disciplines but al [...]
The Ethical Artwork
I often wonder, Why does man kill man? Here are some thoughts concerning the same: Death is a boundary which separates the process of dy [...]