Category: Reviews
From Dot to Trace
The importance of drawing is essential and ever-present in the artistic creation process, and that's why it is rather hard to define it. In his 1 [...]
The Shape of Urdu Beyond Words
At Ishara Art Foundation, Dubai, Urdu Worlds is a proposition: that language is a structure through which entire lifeworlds are imagined, inhabit [...]
Violence at a Distance
Quddus Mirza exhibited his latest collection of paintings in Karachi, with the solo showcase “New Works” opening at Canvas Gallery on April 8th. [...]
The Mystical Architecture of Calligraphy in Rashid Arshad’s Practice
Arabic calligraphy has occupied a central position in Islamic art since the emergence of Islam, shaping not only devotional practices but als [...]
Tapestries of Connection through Time
Romantic Provocations was an exhibition that traveled to different cities, starting in Karachi and culminating in Lahore at the LLF early this ye [...]
Mohsin Shafi’s Third space – Where Grief, Memory and Desire Converge.
Mohsin Shafi’s current exhibition titled “Between Two Worlds” at Kunstmeile Krems presents a complex negotiation between the personal and the arc [...]
Performing the Metropolis
Performance is not (and never was) a medium, not something that an artwork can be but rather a set of questions and concerns about how art relate [...]
The Feminine Imaginary
Zahra Mansoor’s solo exhibition entitled “fanaa is the eclipse” was presented at Sanat Gallery, thoughtfully curated by Noor Ahmed. The title Fan [...]
Liminal Bodies, Restless Surfaces
I arrived at ZQ Gallery on a quiet Thursday evening, when the city’s noise softens and the light begins to behave strangely. Edges blur, colors d [...]
Darham / Marham and the Practice of Gathering in Karachi
A new independent space has emerged in Karachi, shaped by practices of gathering, reading, and collective care. Darham / Marham brings together two o [...]