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Six painters from Karachi

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KARACHI: There’s something about Karachi: inexplicable but influential, in more ways than one. Karachi’s artists are a testimony to this claim. Their work sets them apart from the artists belonging to the rest of the country. The turmoil that the city has undergone, or has been undergoing, for quite some time reflects in their paintings […]


Sindh in visual culture discussed

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KARACHI: French scholar Julien Levesque delivered a short lecture on the representation of Sindh in visual culture during the past four to five decades at the Alliance Francaise Karachi on Thursday evening. Mr Levesque said he’d be discussing the cultural identity marks – ajrak, Sindhi topi, Moenjodaro stupas – that had been associated with Sindhi […]


Students’ art show concludes

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KARACHI: A three-day exhibition titled ‘Paiwasta Reh Shajar Se’, curated by Sophia Qureshi and conceptualised and organised by Mehreen Hashmi, concluded at the Alliance Francaise Karachi on Saturday. The show was the result of a 10-day workshop conducted in July during which students of BPW Quality School, Azam Basti, produced no fewer than 60 paintings […]