Category: Reviews
Smart Art, Dubai
My first trip to Art Dubai was three years ago. I remember telling a friend about it and the response was “Art Dubai? Isn’t that an oxymoron?” Althoug [...]
The Pursuit of Being: Anum Lasharie
Is it easy to accept an existential angst before bed? How long will it take for you to make settlements with the constant tension between the known an [...]
A History Interrupted: ‘The 70s – Pakistan’s Radioactive Decade’
The 1970s began with the bloody loss of East Pakistan and ended in a military coup and the imposition of martial law. Yet, it generated a vi [...]
Inshaye Tahayyur
To walk through the doors of an exhibition and pause is a telltale sign of grand work. Such is the case for the calligraphic exhibition ‘Inshaye Tahay [...]
Sharing The Same Sky
The show Sharing The Same Sky opened at Satrang Art Gallery, Islamabad on March 10th, 2016. The work of four printmakers; Atif Khan, Sarah Hopkins, Li [...]
Time, Place and Being
"If landscape is way of seeing, there are potentially as many landscapes as individual ways of seeing, or at least as many cultural ways of seeing." - [...]
Unfold, Retell, Refold
On the 1st of March, Sanat Initiative brought forth a trio of recent National College of Arts Lahore graduates to put together the show titled Unfold, [...]
The Craft of Art
Art Dubai’s ten-year anniversary highlighted the transformative nature of the fair for the art scene in Dubai. When the organisers envisaged an art f [...]
ARQ: A Celebration Of Womanhood
ARQ: A Celebration Of Womanhood, hosted by Sharmila Sahebah Faruqi (Minister for Culture and Tourism), opened on International Women’s day. The show w [...]