I frequently receive requests from art galleries, prospective buyers, and sellers to authenticate and appraise paintings by South Asian masters including F.N. Souza, M.F. Husain, Syed Sadequain Naqvi, Zainul Abedin, S.M. Sultan, Ahmed Parvez, Bashir Mirza and Ismail Gulgee. Most…
My first article on the subject published in December 2021 by The Karachi Collective (TKC) garnered significant interest from art collectors, gallery owners, foundations, and auction houses - some with great appreciation and others with discomfort of being called out…
In the recent past, there has been an influx of counterfeit art of Pakistani modern masters; M.A. Chughtai (1894-1975), Ustad Allah Bux (1895-1978), Sadequain (1930-1987), Ahmed Parvez (1926-1979), Ismail Gulgee (1926-2007), Bashir Mirza (1941-2000) and Eqbal Mehdi (1946-2008), just to…