Category: Reviews

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 [...]

Tasweer Ghar Artist Residency 2019
Tasweer Ghar is an emerging art residency in Lahore that invites all creatives for a unique homely experience. Upon crossing its threshold a visual su [...]

Inhabitants of Natural Space
A collaborative exhibition between AAN Gandhara Art Space and the Murree Museum Residency, co-curated by Saba Khan and Seher Naveed, 'From T [...]

The Promise of A Better Ending
Dua Abbas Rizvi’s second solo show – five years after the first – at O Art Space, Lahore was a layered, complex and ultimately an unforgetta [...]

Proximity
A show titled “Proximity” was held at Chawkandi Art gallery in Karachi on the 13th of December, 2018 till the 23rd of December, 2018. The works of two [...]