Category: Reviews
Some Impressions from the Murree Museum Artist Residency
“NO ENTERY”, declared the misspelt sign, losing authority just as we crept past it to arrive at the residence that would be home to us for the next mo [...]
Eight Pakistani artists in the heart of Italy
Few month back, the Italian art foundation “ARIA - Fondazione Industriale Adriatica”, asked me to take part of a project conceived by Raffaella Cascel [...]
Hurouf: Third Annual Calligraphy Show
Satrang Gallery’s annual Ramadan Calligraphy exhibition this year featured two heavy-weights of the calligraphic world, along with two rising stars. R [...]
Incubating Art
The Sannat Initiative, brain child of Abid Merchant- art collector, former banker and all around art enthusiast, provides artists with a Residency pro [...]
The Sound of Silence
Silence is a response. It holds prestige in the realm of conversation. There can be no communication without it. The two words ‘Silence Please’ that w [...]
Summerscape: A Collective Narrative
Summerscape 2014' brings together a plethora of artists, 52 to be exact, each with their own distinct style. At first glance, the show seems to overwh [...]
Keeping It Simple
It has become common practice for contemporary artists today to create work that can be placed in a broader societal context and explicate complex tho [...]
Contrasting Traditional and Modern: Ukiyo-e and Contemporary Prints from Japan
Inspired by an exhibition of miniature paintings at the British Museum in 2010, where traditional and modern paintings were juxtaposed against one ano [...]
Book Review: The Shape of a Pocket
When you open The Shape of a Pocket, you enter a new world of imagination. As you sift through the pages of this collection of essays and short pieces [...]
Jahan-e-Digar
'Jahan-e-Digar', an exhibition at Full Circle Gallery, sought to showcase Iranian art based upon the ustad-shagird (master-student) relationship, a pr [...]