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[20 Mar 2012 | Comments Off | Ilona Yusuf]
Marking Steps: Pakistani Women Artists

Five women artists bring their own perspectives to life on canvas for an exhibit at Nomad Gallery.

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[29 Feb 2012 | Comments Off | Ilona Yusuf]
Dispatches to a Departed Hero: Artists Give Tribute To Salmaan Taseer

Part I of a three-part exhibition series entitled Letters to Taseer organised by different curators promises variety with a common theme.

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[9 Feb 2012 | One Comment | Ilona Yusuf]
Interview:  Shadab Zeest Hashmi

“I’m very interested in discovering overlaps between cultures.”

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[21 Dec 2011 | Comments Off | Ilona Yusuf]
Shireen Ikramullah Khan’s Abstractions in Art

Using mixed media and a palette of orange and blue, Shireen Ikramullah Khan attempts to revive the act of painting on a large scale, which she feels has been undermined by the miniature school.

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[30 Jul 2011 | Comments Off | Ilona Yusuf]
Interview: Zulfikar Ghose

“All serious writers have dismissed the notion of what’s demanded by the market,” says writer Zulfikar Ghose.

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[30 May 2011 | Comments Off | Ilona Yusuf]
House of Art

Rohtas Rawan’s residency programme for artists sowed some seeds, but its yield remains to be gauged.

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[20 Apr 2011 | Comments Off | Ilona Yusuf]
Cataloguing a Genius

Two volumes of the life and work of Sadequain offer valuable insight on the virtuoso artist.

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[16 Apr 2011 | Comments Off | Ilona Yusuf]
Spring Collection

Saquiba Suleman’s recent show at Tanzara bore vivid testimony to her mastery in drawing, composition and colour.

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[25 Feb 2011 | One Comment | Ilona Yusuf]
Book Launch: High Noon and the Body

This is an original voice, confident and resonant.

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[25 Feb 2011 | One Comment | Ilona Yusuf]
Interview: Kyla Pasha

In conversation with Newsline, poet Kyla Pasha delves into the dark realities of the human soul, questions convention and challenges the injustice of her time through her work.