KARACHI: Majmua, the art gallery, organised a latest exhibition entitled ‘Celebrating Art on Paper’. The exhibition that shows cases landscape and works of abstract art will continue till December 30. While speaking at the inauguration ceremony Mehreen Ilahi, the event curator said that “this time we have honored the senior artists of Karachi, and especially […]
By: Peerzada Salman KARACHI: Ask any artist what is the most difficult subject to paint or sculpt and they will invariably concede that it’s never easy to discuss one’s own self through artistic expression. The reason for it is that an artist is not just an individual as it were but, in the words of […]
By: Jamal Shahid ISLAMABAD: A statue of Fasting Buddha smuggled out of Pakistan has gone under the hammer at Christie’s, smashing the hopes of the Department of Archaeology and Museums (DOAM) to reclaim the priceless artifact from the 3rd/4th century. All because of bureaucratic wranglings at home and abroad. Alerted by Pakistani representative to Unesco […]
KARACHI: A group exhibition of artworks by nine artists opens at the Majmua art gallery on Friday at 6pm. The show will be open till Dec 30 from 11am to 9pm on a daily basis except Sundays. Dawn
By: Peerzada Salman KARACHI: Last year artist Ussman Ghouri’s untimely death from a heart attack, when he was barely in his early 40s, shocked artists and art lovers in Pakistan. He was a respected painter, sculptor and printmaker who had just begun to fulfil his potential. He would work on many projects simultaneously with the […]
LAHORE: A captivating fashion show on the theme of Islamic history and art of calligraphy was held in Punjab university in connection with the university’s first-ever international moot on calligraphy titled “Sarir-e-Khama: Art of Pen”. The main objective of the fashion show and the conference is to revive the dying art of calligraphy in Pakistan […]
KARACHI: A group exhibition of collaborative works by 67 artists opens at Koel Gallery on Thursday at 5pm. The show titled “Ussman aur Mein” will remain open till Dec 22, daily from 11am to 8pm. Dawn
By: Peerzada Salman KARACHI: One noteworthy aspect of great artists’ drawings is that the quick, free-flowing lines do not come across as a result of the mastery they have over their art but appear as an integral part of their subject. Their effort gives no indication of work done in haste or something on which […]
By: Anil Datta Karachi: There are a hundred and two of them, adorning the walls of the Ahmed Pervez Art Gallery of the Pakistan Arts Council, Karachi. If the viewer were endowed with a superlatively fertile imagination, he would have no problem fathoming the message behind the posters. The poster exhibition was held to mark […]
By: Peerzada Salman KARACHI: An exhibition of a poster design contest to celebrate International Human Rights Day titled ‘Gender Equality Now’ commenced at the Ahmed Pervaiz Gallery of Arts Council on Monday. The show kicked off in 30 countries simultaneously. In Pakistan, it has been organised by the Human Rights Commission, Poster for Tomorrow Pakistan, […]
Anil Datta Karachi: Amid profuse fanfare and hearty applause, Nasira Zuberi’s Kaanch Ka Chiragh was launched towards the closing of the Fifth International Urdu Conference at the Arts Council Sunday evening. In her book, Nasira has made very profound comments on life with all its vagaries, in all its colours, the beauty, and the tragedy […]
Peerzada Salman KARACHI: The highlight of the last day of the 5th International Urdu conference on Sunday was a gripping interactive discussion, moderated by Dr Asif Farrukhi, on Urdu literature’s stature vis-à-vis world literature. Dr Nomanul Haq commenced the debate by suggesting that unlike the Middle Ages, today it was difficult to detach or disassociate […]
By: Anil Datta Similarity of literature and culture can be exploited to create a peaceful and tension-free atmosphere in South Asia, especially India and Pakistan. This was the consensus of panelists at an interactive discussion on ways and means to mitigate acrimony to the benefit of the people of both India and Pakistan on the […]
Peerzada Salman KARACHI: The second day of the 5th International Urdu Conference was marked by two important sessions on some of the giants of art and literature at the Arts Council on Friday. Interesting thoughts were presented in the afternoon session titled Bayad-i-Raftagan presided over by Begum Lutfullah Khan, on the lives and works of […]
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