The author is an art critic based in Lahore
Aroosa Rana’s solo exhibition explores the richness of reality interwoven with fantasy
How important are art collectors to the history of art?
Naveed Sadiq’s solo exhibition titled Kajal confirms that art is more important than any other theme
Highlights from the art world 2019
How does state patronage shape the history of Pakistani art?
Sculptor Nausheen Saeed explores themes of belonging and outer forms in her latest exhibition
The 2nd National Art Exhibition took place in Alhamra. But how relevant are national exhibitions?
The work of Jokhio is a reminder, a reassertion, that in our time and space wecannot afford to be naive. Everything is repeated, rehearsed and...
It seems that these artists from the exhibit wholeheartedly accepted Arthur Rimbaud’s declaration “You must be absolutely modern”
10,000 years of luxury exhibits the luxury and function of cultural artefacts through human history and geography
‘Crossover’ exhibits the relationship between text, language, visuals and the meanings they hope to express
Who will define what ‘art’ is? Artists or state officials? The Karachi Biennale 2019 sparks an ignited conversation
Noor Ali Chagani’s tremendous skill in forging replicas of actual bricks on a small scale makes it hard for a viewer to accept that what he is...
How influential were global art movements in Pakistan? A look at Mansur Rahi’s legacy and its relationship with adaption of European movements in...
Saima Munawar’s surfaces with textile design reveal an eagerness to extract from the painter’s personal history
Muzumil Ruheel in his latest show indicates his intention to wrench words away from their usual meaning while they are still a part of our vocabulary
Watching the flights of birds from her fifth-floor apartment in Lahore, she produces a cartography of that sojourn, keeping viewers guessing about...
The exhibition, titled Self Portraits in the Age of the Selfie, on at Lahore’s COMO Museum of Art, dissolves the difference between a solitary...
Popular Culture and the City, a show held in Abu Dhabi, is a thoughtful selection, and questions the definition of popular, popular art or pop art
