Category: Reviews

Where Art meets activism: “Displacement and social ecology”
The first Biennale Round table conference held on 11th January 2019 at Alliance franchise Karachi, views “Displacement and social [...]

Klimt/Schiele: Drawings from the Albertina Museum, Vienna
Klimt / Schiele: Drawings from the Albertina Museum, Vienna is organised by the Royal Academy of Arts, London and the Albertina Museum, Vien [...]

Fisher woman of my Mohenjo-Daro
Fisher woman of my Mohenjo-Daro took place at the Jamil Naqsh Museum on the 29th of December, 2018. The body of work, made by the master himself, was [...]

An Ode to the Human Spirit
Several decades into his career, artist Abdul Jabbar Gull presents a new body of work exploring his sculptural practice. A solo show titled [...]

Glory of the Garden
In recent times of ecological turmoil, it is difficult to think of gardens as anything more than natures last refuge at the brink of erasure [...]

A state of current affairs; The 2019 IVSAA Degree show
The works of 23 graduates were displayed at the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture early this December. As always, the outgoing batch display [...]
Book Review | THE BRIDE, AGAIN
Edmund White, writing on Marcel Duchamp, informs: “He abandoned art altogether to play chess for fifteen years”; he further writes [...]

Searching for Mr. Perfect
In art, literature and cinema the portrayal of men have always been to formulate notions of masculinity; whether the male protagonist is dra [...]

Dichotomy
‘Dichotomy’, opened on the 4th of December 2018 at Canvas gallery. The show brings together 3 young artists who’ve graduated from the National college [...]

In Praise of Other Places
If you've been a follower of Marjan Baniasadi’s works, you'll be aware of the fact that she speaks to her viewers via the weave. Carpets and their cul [...]