Group show
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
The lost habitats of northern Pakistan
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. […]
Digest art on display at Art Chowk
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 […]
All About Lifestyles ends with a bang
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 […]
Women artisans steal the show at Lok Virsa
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, […]
Performers mesmerise audience at ‘Pakistan Cultural Week’
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 […]
I don’t know how I came from Bahawalpur to NAPA
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, […]
Culture can help create soft image of Pakistan: Prime Minister
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 […]
Capital all set to mark New Year with first-ever Cultural Week
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 […]
Calligraphy that explores civilisations
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 […]
Group painting exhibition opens at Coopera Art Gallery
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 […]
Folk music can transcend cultures: Casim Mahmood
By: Sher Khan LAHORE: With a perfect blend of Punjabi folk and western blues in their debut track Daru Di Botal, East Side Story made its way into the spotlight earlier this year. The Lahore-based band has been anything but conventional and ordinary with its music. The duo is now back with its new single […]
Plans afoot to raise Bhit Shah to global cultural city: minister
HYDERABAD: Sindh Minister for Culture Sassui Palijo has said that her ministry is planning to gradually convert Bhit Shah into an international cultural city. Plans to establish the Institute of Research and Music Academy and an art gallery depicting seven ‘surs’ (themes) of Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai’s poetry in the historical town were steps in […]
Culture department completes three schemes
Hyderabad: The provincial Culture Department has completed its three development schemes that would be inaugurated in next three to four days. According to details revealed by Provincial Secretary Culture Abdul Aziz Uqaili, a scheme of renovation of Shah-Jo-Bagh would be inaugurated by Chief Minister Sindh on December 30 at 4pm, while inauguration ceremony of another […]
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