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Mohammad Ali Talpur: Line, Language, Lacunas
by Dua Abbas Rizvi
In plays by Harold Pinter, the pause is where a lot of the action takes place. The pauses intercept and interlace the dialogue, dr [...]
In Conversation with Muhammad Zeeshan
by Shanzay Subzwari
Shanzay Subzwari: Hi Zeeshan, hope you’re well. You recently returned from your solo show in London. How was it received, and how [...]
In Conversation with Ayesha Zulfiqar
Ayesha Zulfiqar is an artist and art educator, recently returned after her post graduate studies in UK. Before acquiring her MA, she taught at NCA, an [...]
Lala Rukh: A Visual Synopsis
by Sehr Jalil Raja
This is Lahore, 1982, and a group of fifteen jovial women pose for the camera – 1982: General Zia ul-Haq’s regime, i.e., the time [...]
Mussarat Mirza: A Personal Account
by Quddus Mirza
Once upon a time, in a far and small city, a child of about seven joined his family to visit their distant relatives. During that soc [...]
In Conversation with Feroze Gujral
by ArtNow
ArtNow: Can you please talk about the Gujral Foundation, how the idea for it emerged: its structure, areas of work and aims?
Feroze Gujral [...]
In Conversation with Rashid Rana
by Madyha Leghari
“My work is a negotiation between the actual and the remote. The actual is close at hand – something one can experience directly wi [...]
The Artist Visits the Artist
by Natasha Jozi
Yesterday, I planned to visit the studio of an artist – who I live with. For preparation, I borrowed some notes graven deep within th [...]
Sanki King: The Graffiti Artist Mastermind
by Shanzay Subzwari
I always wanted to know how Pakistan’s pioneering graffiti artist came to be known as Sanki (or Sanki King). This term is loosely [...]
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 [...]