ADA was the result of the efforts of Architect Maria Aslam who began a quarterly publication focusing on documenting architecture art and design practices in Pakistan and surrounding regions in 2008. She envisioned it as a national archive of creative…
Art historian and critic Nageen Jawaid Shaikh and academic, researcher, and actor Tazeen Hussain interview art interventionist, author, and CEO Karachi Biennale: Niilofur Farrukh. The conversation is a part of the public initiative “Writers and Readers Cafe” (#78), at the…
I meet fashion designer and artist Misha Japanwala on a cool Sunday afternoon in a fully packed coffee shop in Karachi. We are here to talk about her developing creative practice and I have lots of questions about her audacious…
Typically, the conclusion of the academic year is an exciting time for young artists who have spent four years nurturing their skills, ideas, and research into a unified body of work. This journey, characterised by different stages of development, culminates…
The smell of freshly fried pooris wafting through the house often welcomed me to the breakfast table on Saturday mornings at my childhood home in Karachi. At other times, it would be homemade paratha with a simple omelet of eggs…
Liaquatabad. I had never heard of this place before. I had heard of Lahore, Karachi, and Rawalpindi -- the latter because Shoaib Akhtar is also known as Rawalpindi Express and there is a delicious recipe for Rawalpindi Chole in an…
In a time of global predicament and reckoning, when, even leading gatekeepers grappled with unchartered territories, the meanings and methods of education were also tested. Many educators during the pandemic claimed to adapt to the rapidly changing academic needs, while…
We have a unique vernacular urban heritage, and in this context, Karachi’s multi-ethnic, multi-cultural identity needs to be understood and appreciated for its diversity, richness, and pride in their living environment. Aesthetics is a universal trait of human culture that appears…
To keep abreast with art and art market developments it is imperative that art from Pakistan keep up with enduring global trends. In this article I aim to simplify the enigma that is CryptoArt, while focusing on some of the…
Reminiscing about my early years, I came to the conclusion that the Urdu word “mohalla” does not translate into English very well. It certainly does not mean “neighborhood”, and “locality” is too restrictive. “Community” would be closer to the truth,…