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IN CONVERSATION WITH KHADIM ALI
Towering buddhas, fiery demons, majestic lions and boats tossed in the stormy seas. These are just some of the compelling motifs t [...]
“Faasla na rakhain, pyaar honay dain”- Munawar Ali Syed
Faasla na rakhain, pyaar honay dain (Do not distance yourself, let love happen) I have grown up in Karachi where trucks, loc [...]
An hour with Sadia Salim
When I think of ceramics, Sadia Salim’s name comes pretty instantaneously to my mind. Salim speaks from a position of vast experience, having undertak [...]
Meher Afroze
An artist is like a diamond, with different dimensions. A teacher, a mentor, a painter, a reader, a friend, a family member, an or [...]
THE SENSORIUM OF SURREAL SPACES | A CONVERSATION WITH WARDA SHABBIR
In A.S Byatt’s “The Children’s Book” Olive Wellwood a writer of children’s books weaves richly layered stories for each of her children [...]
IN CONVERSATION WITH IFTIKHAR DADI
Artist and academic scholar Iftikhar Dadi received his PhD from Cornell University. He is an associate professor at Cornell University in the Departme [...]
Sana Arjumand: Light beings
Sana Arjumand is one of Pakistan's most compelling contemporary artists, with a strong vision and thirst for discovery evident in her art. H [...]
Imagination as a Political Stance: Shahzia Sikander
The sound of birds accompanied by other sounds of nature in a dark confined space meets the listener/ viewer before the subsequent vertical [...]
Huma Mulji- A Profile
Talking about ‘scale’, Mulji describes how much failure artists battle with, to arrive at something akin to the idea they begin wi [...]
THE BAZAAR, ARCHIVE AND THE CURIOUS ARTIST
The 90s represent a seminal period in Pakistani art: The spotlight shone on Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture in Karachi as a grou [...]