LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif on Wednesday opened the International Punjab Youth Festival at a colourful ceremony at the National Hockey Stadium. Some national teams and some club level teams from 26 countries are part of the festival which will continue till Nov 15. Touch-ball, fist-ball, rugby, baseball besides football and athletics are part of […]
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) on Tuesday enthralled the visiting Turkish delegates with a cultural show presenting different cultural and traditional aspects of Pakistan. The four-member delegation of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Turkey, visited the PNCA and the National Art Gallery to get the taste of the cultural glimpses […]
An exhibition of paintings by Nazar Haidri opens on Tuesday at the Arts Council at 5pm. The show titled “Music on Canvas” will continue till Nov 8. Dawn
ISLAMABAD: For the encouragement of new talent, the Rawalpindi Arts Council (RAC) in collaboration with Saba Khidmat Foundation has organised the All Pakistan Painting Exhibition on Monday. A total of 15 artists from all over Pakistan, including Karachi, Khairpur, Lahore, Sahiwal, Rawalpindi and Islamabad, showcased their work at the exhibition. More than 60 art pieces […]
By: Anil Datta Karachi: The Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture has rendered yeoman’s service when it comes to promoting art, especially among the youth. Currently it is hosting an art exhibition titled, “Inside Jamshoro”, an exhibition of paintings and sketches by the students of the Centre of Excellence in Art and Design, Mehran […]
KARACHI: An exhibition of paintings by Anwar Saeed opens at Chawkandi Art Gallery on Tuesday at 5.30pm. The exhibition show will remain open till Nov 14. Dawn
By: Peerzada Salman KARACHI: The one complaint that we often hear about Pakistani artists is that they paint the picture of a tragic event (for example the Dhaka Fall) as an afterthought, or in Wordsworth’s words, as emotions recollected in tranquillity. Yet not all quality art is based on compassion and considerateness, for the simple […]
LAHORE: A four-day Sufi Mystic Music Festival will open at Rafi Peer Cultural Complex on Nov 8. It was announced by creative director of the festival, Faizan Pirzada, at a press conference held at Rafi Peer Cultural Complex on Monday. Mr Pirzada said all arrangements for the festival had been made and “the event is […]
KARACHI: “This will be an auction to watch out for,” says Sameera Raja, owner of Karachi’s Canvas Gallery. In what will be the first Indian auction of Pakistani art, 70 pieces of work by 38 modern and contemporary Pakistani artists will be offered for sale by Indian auction house Saffronart on Nov 7 and 8. […]
By: NADEEM ZUBERI While going through paintings at an art gallery I came across Dr Syed Ali Wasif. During the course of conversation it was recalled that we have had brief encounters at Frere Hall where I used to go there to meet Sadequain in 1986. Dr Wasif was a student of Sadequain. Therefore, he […]
KARACHI: A solo exhibition of paintings by Dr Syed Ali Wasif opens at the CitiArt Gallery on Saturday at 5.30pm. The show will be open till Nov 10. Dawn
By: Peerzada Salman KARACHI: The good thing about group art exhibitions is that the viewer gets to see a variety of techniques and contextual strands on one (or different) subjects under one roof. This can only happen when the quality of artworks is worth marvelling at. A group show titled ‘Seven’, curated by Adeela Suleman, […]
By: Peerzada Salman KARACHI: They say, there are things known and things unknown and in between are the doors of perception. There is a semblance of truth to it. Doors are a potent symbol of things that can either be explored or chanced upon or never discovered. Artist Saqib Mughal, who now resides in the […]
By: Hidayat Khan PESHAWAR: In order to promote Pashtun culture, the Arts Council in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa recently organised a music event at Nishtar Hall — the only centre for arts and entertainment in the city which had remained shut for nearly eight years — where various old and new artists took the stage. By re-opening […]
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