Stuck with his first love
Entering the dimly lit, cool interior of Shahid Sajjad’s home in Karachi, one is greeted by life-size wooden figures...
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Obituary: Mohammad Abdul Ahed 1919-2001
“Before I could write, I was able to draw,” architect and artist M.A. Ahed had told me when we met some time ago, and had acknowledged that his first love had...
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The evolving miniature
A venerable art discipline indigenous to the subcontinent, Mughal miniature painting enjoys wide recognition....
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Brightness in the toup
Sudan, with its Islamic police, military police, and secret police, must have thought it had policing covered. Then Sudanese artist Rashid Diab returned to the country to institute the style police....
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War and peace
The war in Afghanistan was the focus of two recent exhibitions in Karachi, with painters, printmakers, cartoonists and photographers using their particular...
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Butterflies and rainbows
Picasso’s often quoted utterance concerning his great desire to view life with the eyes of a child is inscribed in art history. Throughout his years...
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