Achara--- reimagined as a vibrant medium for narrative and spatial exploration in the exhibition Folding/Unfolding- The Achara Chronicles, curated by Arshad Faruqui. The curator focuses on highlighting principles of repurposing, thereby reflecting on the recurring nature of artistic creation. Within…
In Delhi was the true arch. Not the semblance or the charlatan, but the true-blue horseshoe throwing the superstitions of the beam to the wind. All experience was this arch and the seventeen-year-old neophyte in the city a hapless Ulysses…
A solo show by Noman Bhatti opened its doors to his fine art photography series titled Evolving Selves at the IVS Gallery, Karachi on the 15th of October, 2024. In this exhibition curated by Malika Abbas, Bhatti unveils eighteen striking…
The deliberate intention to illustrate the miniature paintings in an unrealistic manner was aligned with the aesthetic reasoning of the painters to represent reality in a fictional way. Unlike their Western counterparts, miniature paintings have always deviated from the photographic…
Folktales are not born of chance. “Folktale” has always been an umbrella term encapsulating the whole range of traditional oral narratives. 1 The resilient nature of oral storytelling reflects an interplay of linguistic and social interactions, historical transformations, and the…
At midnight I stood looking at the sky, feeling the excitement of the birth of a new year through the lens of my 10-year-old granddaughter. The fireworks were spectacular, the sound of firing deafening, and the pervasive smell of gunpowder…
‘I am one colour with your friendship, a companion of your love.’ --Jalaluddin Rumi1 The exhibition Valleys Of The Simorgh materialised from the INTRA project with the long title, INTRA Research Project: Valleys of the Simorgh. A transhistorical Quest for Equality and…
A characteristic that is common to most contemporary art galleries today is the desire to present art in slick white cubes with pristine white walls where objects are “neatly” arranged so that nothing else “distracts” or obstructs our point of…
I recently sat down for a detailed discussion with Julius John Alam about his practice; what motivates him and most significantly, the new body of work titled Songs of the Suffering Servant that he has recently completed for his solo…
Funk Carioca "FAVELA RAP" - the Popular Music of Rio de Janeiro Author: Asma Husain and Vincent Rosenblatt Originally published in NuktaArt, Vol 1, Two, October 2006 Cover Design: Sabiha Mohammad Imani Source of inspiration: Painting by Sumaya Durrani and…