By: Peerzada Salman KARACHI: Since artists themselves are a talented lot, they draw a great deal of inspiration from other creative individuals. They find them intriguing because it’s the inscrutability and mystery of creative pursuits that keep them alive to art. Therefore the creative process itself becomes a work of art. It is in this […]
KARACHI: An exhibition of artworks by six artists opens at the Chawkandi art gallery on Wednesday at 5.30pm. The show titled “Young Ceramics” will continue till Jan 16. Dawn
By: Sonia Malik LAHORE: Yesterdays, an exhibition which opened at the Nairang Art Gallery on January 5 documents the last 25 years of Pakistan’s north. It features 35 black and white photographs taken across northern Pakistan. These are a “reminder of the past” and “document changing times,” said veteran photographer and documentary maker Shahid Zaidi. […]
By: Peerzada Salman KARACHI: Those of us who did not have an English-only upbringing must be fully aware of the Urdu ‘digest’ culture that almost every household was part of. A few of these digests to date get published but the enthusiasm with which they would be received is no longer there. The stories that […]
LAHORE: The concluding day of the Dawn Media Group’s All about Lifestyles exhibition proved to be an all-family show here at the Expo Centre at Johar Town on Sunday. The US Consul-General in Lahore, Nina Maria Fite, was prominent among the visitors to the show. Like the opening day on Saturday, the interactive Young World […]
MITHI: The provincial ministry of youth affairs has planned a three-day Thar festival here from Jan 10 to Jan 22. The festival would be held in collaboration with the district government of Tharparkar and the National Bank. According to sources in the district government, cash prizes of Rs25,000, Rs15,000 and Rs10,000 for the first, second […]
ISLAMABAD: Women artisans demonstrating their skills at the ongoing Pakistan Week Celebrations at Lok Virsa have become most popular among the visitors for the last four days. The most prominent among them are Rehana Anees in Sindhi embroidery, Fehmida Malik, Munaza and Musarart in Punjabi embroidery, Fouzia Naheed in doll making, Ambreen in traditional toys, […]
Art beautifies the society and in order to keep it lively fine arts should be valued. Lieutenant General Muhammad Ahsan Mahmood, HI(M), Chairman POF Board, said this while addressing the inauguration ceremony of a paintings exhibition titled “Pakistan – Past and Present” by an eminent painter of the country Aftab Zafar organised under the auspices […]
ISLAMABAD: Artists, performers and dancers on Wednesday enthralled the audience with their outstanding performances during the Pakistan Cultural Week celebrations at Lok Virsa. The formal inauguration ceremony was held at the National Art Gallery, which included performances by pop singer Hadiqa Kiyani, and folk singers Ashiq Jatt, Shazia Khushk, Akhtar Channal and Haseena Naz. Though […]
By: Rafay Mahmood KARACHI: The rising star Saqib Sumeer was told that he wasn’t handsome enough to be on television. After three years of training under veteran actor Zia Moheyeddin, he was shattered to find out that TV — the only flourishing industry he had hoped to be a part of — rejected him. Disappointed, […]
By: Shoaib A Raja ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf said on Tuesday that present Government of Pakistan People’s Party is determined to take every possible step to promote and project the culture of Pakistan not only at home but also abroad because we understand that culture is a tool which can be used for […]
ISLAMABAD: The federal capital is all set to celebrate the New Year with the first Pakistan Cultural Week starting from today (Tuesday). Talking to the media on Monday, Lok Virsa Executive Director Khalid Javaid said that the event is being held under the aegis of the Ministry of National Heritage and Integration in collaboration with […]
LAHORE: As many as 24 calligraphy pieces by Ali Asad Naqvi at the Drawing Room Art Gallery trace roots of Islamic and Western civilisations. The work combines words of ancient Latin and Arabic texts. This is the first solo show by Naqvi, 26. He says: “I wanted to show my inclination towards merging the scripts […]
LAHORE: A group painting exhibition by renowned artists kicked off at Coopera Art Gallery on Friday. Lahore DCO Noorul Amin Mengal inaugurated the exhibition. He appreciated the efforts of artists belonging to Sindh and Punjab. He said that such events could bring the provinces more closely and help students learn the art of painting.More than […]
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