LAHORE: An exhibition of artworks made with polythene bags by a National College of Arts graduate was a source of delight and surprise for visitors to the Drawing Room Art Gallery on Tuesday. Titled ‘Throng’, the exhibition is an effort to explore a new dimension of medium by young Karen Frank. The art show manifests […]
By: Kashif Zafar BAHAWALPUR: Local police have recovered a haul of British-era artifacts – including statues, weapons and utensils – which were stolen from a palace of the Nawab of Bahawalpur. “The artifacts worth billions of rupees were stolen from the Sadiqgarh Palace by Constable Muhammad Abbas who was deputed to guard them,” Sohail Habib […]
KARACHI: A group show of works by eight artists opens at the Grandeur gallery at 5pm on Tuesday. The participating artists are: Marium Khan, Aamir Khatri, Rehan Khan, Asif Ghayyaz, Jawaid N, M. Abdul Jabbar and Akbar Khan. The show will remain open till Sept 20 daily from 11am to 8pm. Dawn
KARACHI: An exhibition of artworks by Sayeda M Habib opens at the Canvas gallery at 5pm on Tuesday. The show titled new series ‘Challo’ will remain open till Sept 20, daily from 11am to 8pm (excluding Sunday). Dawn
By: Shoaib Ahmed LAHORE: Highlighting culture, people and the landscape of Pakistan, two art exhibitions opened here on Monday at Alhamra Art Centre, The Mall. Both art shows simultaneously opened in two separate galleries located at Alhamra. A number of art lovers, students from different art institutions, painters and other guests enjoyed the thriving art […]
ISLAMABAD: The solo exhibition of paintings on rural culture and the life of Nomadic people continue to attract art lovers of the twin cities here at gallery 6. The show, continuing till September 14, captures nomadic people and their life in an artistic manner by artist Ali Abbas portraying the images that are created with […]
By: Aroosa Shaukat LAHORE: The fourth Lahore International Children’s Film Festival (LICFF) scheduled to begin from September 17 to September 22 at the Ali Educational Institute. This year, the festival will also be taken to six cities, including Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Karachi and Faisalabad. Organised by Little Art, they are expecting an audience of over […]
By: Anil Datta Karachi: It looked as the most unlikely venue for an art exhibition, a locality which by all accounts was derelict, in the most rundown quarter of the town, inhabited by simple countryfolk from one of the provinces upcountry, with the pristine culture of that province so very visible all over. The actual […]
By: Peerzada Salman KARACHI: It is indeed a heartening sign that young Pakistani artists are creating art which does not seem to be influenced by elements that can affect their originality. Originality is the key, as the cliché goes, to carving a niche in the world of art. It implies genuineness of thought and being […]
By: NADEEM ZUBERI A solo exhibition of cityscape paintings by Hanif Shahzad at Chawkandi Art Gallery, Karachi gives visitors the feeling of being in the Karachi city. It is just like a walk through Karachi along the busy streets painted in hues of vivid blue, yellow, green and pink. He engages emphatically with the cityscape […]
By: Saira Agha Artists, like journalists, sometimes cannot be expressive about societal issues in places they feel threatened the most. Imagine a place where even thoughts are threatened. Such a place is our country. Why the comparison between journalists and artists? Simply because they are the ones who are heard, seen and sometimes followed. The […]
By: Saadia Qamar KARACHI: If you happen to be sitting at the Nadia Coffee Shop at the Marriott Hotel and indulging in some sweet and savoury treats with a piping hot cup of chai in the daytime, you will notice a pleasant sound of music. Tabla player Aijaz Khan and sitar player Asif Mehtab diligently […]
By: Sonia Malik LAHORE: There is a huge scar just above one of S Sajjad Hussain’s eyebrows. On June 18, he was among the 70 students on a bus leaving for the Balochistan Information and Technology University when a bomb exploded, leaving five Hazara students aboard dead and 56 others injured. “For the entire week […]
By: Zahrah Mazhar KARACHI: Karachi has been painted by many but perhaps no other artist is as good as Hanif Shahzad when it comes to exploring different shades of the city on a canvas. Staying true to his muse, the painter showcased his recent paintings of Karachi at the Chawkandi Art Gallery on Tuesday. Around […]
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