Category: Reviews

The Promised Land
If, upon arriving at the Lahore airport, you find yourself playing an unwitting part in some sort of Exodus, it would be a good idea to check if your [...]

MADE-MAD IN KARACHI
Initially, when one doesn’t find the noun that usually follows the word ‘mad’; one wonders if there has been a mistake? Or if there is some humor that [...]

The Sociological Imaginers
It is most interesting to see an artist develop and mature in an intimate space and share the rare friendship that comes with any art school experienc [...]

Rough Around the Edges
Hanmi Gallery’s exposed brick, uneven floorboards and half painted interior form the perfect setting for Rough Around the Edges. This well organized s [...]

Book Review: Punjab in Painting
Punjab has a long, diverse and discontinued history of painting. From the walls of temples and havelies to the pages of manuscripts and folios; from t [...]

De-Void
Old family albums can be a Pandora’s box of unsuccessfully concealed scandals, barely forgotten heartbreaks and rebuffs, belated conscience awakenings [...]

The Art of Choosing Well
Madiha Sikander
Mahmil Masood Bawany. Untitled. Polythene and thread.
It is interesting how each subsequent thesis show carves an institution’s acce [...]

Items of Re-Use
It has become quite unavoidable for artists in Karachi to express their griefon the status quo and aestheticize their concerns over the current chaosa [...]

NCA Theises Preview
Not much is astir at 11 a.m inside thesis studios at the National College of Arts. Don’t be fooled though because nesting sites as clearly marked by t [...]
The “reluctant” Pakistanis
The Seven artists of “Celebrating Seven” currently showing at Rothas Gallery, Islamabad, are Alia Bilgrami, SalimaHashmi, NadyaHussain, Naiza Khan, Af [...]