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Going places
 Unver owned that his feelings had a lot to do with the fact that people were now making their way to his studio, and the more that happens, the less incentive there was to show his work. “The Pakistan art scene is taking off, there are more artists, more work...
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One hundred years of rectitude
 The Vertical Woman by B.C. Sanyal is a fascinating collection of glimpses from the life of a celebrated artist. Sanyal was born in 1902, in Assam, and studied in Calcutta. He...
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Art journalism in Lahore (1940-47)
 The completed piece of the standing figure cast in plaster attracted considerable notice in the then small art world of Lahore. It was in the forties that art began to be discussed in newspaper columns. The two English dailies — The Tribune and Civil and Military Gazette...
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Seeing is believing
 It was a mere coincidence that Sir Bernard Fielden happened to be in Lahore as a Unesco expert for the repairs of Shish Mahal’s ceiling and roof when the former Punjab...
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The vanishing glory
 A whole complex of centuries old monuments around the walled city has been exposed to noise and smoke pollution. The damage is being caused by smoke-emitting motor engines and rickshaws, and...
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Village comes to town
 In one sweeping glance, Ali Abbas’s work at the Karachi Alliance Francaise made little impact. But, perhaps, the intention was not to dazzle or tease the mind. It was, therefore, best...
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Rendering finite into infinite
 The beauty of calligraphy has influenced numerous western artists as well as those at home. The influence of calligraphy on modern artists such as Klee, Mark Tobey and Hans Hartung, has...
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Framing Chughtai
 Fashion designer Shaiyanne Malik hosted an exhibition of paintings at her new premises Samanzar. This was young artist Bushra Humayun’s debut in Karachi. Her collection tilled A Homage to Chughtai consisted of Chughtai reproductions in acrylic....
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