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Thank you so much for your patience as we update, reengineer, and improve our online magazine. We are committed to providing you with the best insights into the art world both in Pakistan and overseas. Exciting weeks lie ahead with the opening of the Lahore Biennale (LB03) and the Karachi Biennale (KB24), events that promis [...]
Curating the exhibition Back to Basic, (a collateral project of LB 03) is an attempt to comprehend the innumerable interpretations of a basic geometric form
Even long before the invention of chewing gum, a cube has been treated like this malleable stuff. The cube can be stretched to a rectangle; sliced in two, producing a pair of triangles; [...]
Gallery 6 celebrates the 5th Arjumand Painting Award; Quratulain Dar, Safwan Bashir, Sadia Rathore, Bazil Habib, Imran Mughal, and Amna Rahman
The rise of contemporary art in Pakistan is celebrated through the Arjumand Painting Award (APA), paving the road for emerging painters to showcase their artwork and be awarded cash prizes of up to Rs 9 [...]
Salima Hashmi’s retrospective show at Tollinton Market is a nostalgic homecoming of an artist whose relationship with the city of Lahore can be traced back to the very advent of the country. The collection of works on display is installed to shape a timeline offering a visual distillation of the artists journey beginning in the 1960s and carry [...]
Ali Murtaza: Capitalist Reflections
Young and ambitious Ali Murtaza, currently residing in Italy, has a multifaceted artistic journey that reflects late capitalism in his art practice
Ali Murtaza, born in 2000, is a Pakistani-origin [...]
Wajid Dharkiwala – An artist of many faces
Dharkiwala was born on 2nd July 1981, in Daharki, Sindh in 1981. He completed his MA(Hons.)Visual Art in 2010 from National College of Arts Lahore, BFA with honors in 2004 from The Department of Visu [...]
The artists showcasing in Khaas Contemporary’s recent exhibition titled "Ephemeral Encapsulated" have taken on the task of visualising the personal and intangible through spatial explorations in a diverse range of mediums and compositions. Curated by Zobia Yaqoob, who has mentored the artists during her teaching tenure at the National College of A [...]
Umaina Khan’s vibrant works explore the disintegration of the human form, highlighting the commodification of women in patriarchal and capitalist societies
It would not be out of place to point out that Umaina Khan’s works produce a type of hallucinatory splendor. The exhilaration of flat surfaces covered with irregular blocks of glowing an [...]
Saba Khan and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's joint exploration of the regions surrounding the Guddu Barrage (1956-1962) and Sukkur Barrage (1923-1932) in March 2023 has led to a fascinating journey into the habitat of the renowned Blind Indus River Dolphin. Their immersive experience has now been transformed into the captivating series titled "Hungry S [...]
Waqas Khan at Art Basel Hong Kong 2024
Waqas Khan offered a unique perspective on the evolving nature of existence, its meaning and individuality at this year's Art Basel Hong Kong 2024
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Announcement: Tschabalala Self’s “Lady in Blue” Chosen for 2026 Fourth Plinth Commission
Pilar Corrias is proud to announce Tschabalala Self's selection for the prestigious 2026 Fourth Plinth commission. This esteemed honor places Sel [...]
Captivating Landscapes by Philip Muñoz
The exhibition at Pontone Gallery, showcasing the latest landscape paintings by Philip Muñoz, is a mesmerizing journey through the English West C [...]
Empowering Emerging Artists: KB’s PechaKucha Communication Workshop
In a pioneering collaboration, KBT and Sindh Culture Department orchestrated an illuminating PechaKucha workshop, nurturing emerging artists of Sindh [...]