Art

A myriad of colours welcomed the audience as they stepped into Canvas Gallery recently. Reds, blues, greens and yellows infused into one another as th

The legendary Punjabi poet Amrita Pritam, who died in October 2005 at the age of 86, powerfully symbolizes the syncretic culture of the Indo-Gangetic

It’s always interesting to see an exciting collaboration between different nations when it comes to various forms of entertainment and culture. In A

Art has always been a reliable means of archiving change. Consciously or inadvertently, artists document sociocultural changes, not only through the w

Kohari began his art career as a painter in the early 1960s. In those days he was painting with oil on canvas. He was a close friend of Jamil Naqsh, a

Mohsin Shafi’s work doesn't whine - it is crafty and an eloquent critique on what irks the artist about the society he lives in. The frustration and

This essay must start with a qualification: it offers only a selective overview of developments in modern and contemporary art in Pakistan. Here, the

These days art is all about strange juxtapositions and conceptual gimmicks. Although in todays age this ethos works well and the boundaries of art are

Too many of us have become accustomed to readying ourselves to view art – as one readies oneself to interact with a hallowed space or an official on

Islamabad is a quiet city. Life here is comparatively slower paced then the hustle and bustle of cities like Karachi and Lahore. Similarly people have

The jury commended Sajjad Nawaz, for his work Untitled. Nawaz’s meticulous magnifications decontextualize nature, even as they underscore his compre