Romancing the walled city
The walls of Ghulam Mustafa’s office at the Punjab Arts Council where I dropped in recently, were lined with paintings stacked three deep....
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Strange obsessions
A decade or so ago when Khushwant Singh published his epoch-rending novel Delhi, Bapsy Sidhwa in a tongue-in-cheek review had called him a ‘dirty old man’. Ten years on, he can...
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Designs on art graduates
As academic sessions conclude, convocation ceremonies follow and batches of fresh graduates step forth into adult life....
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Pop goes communication
Communication design is another area of specialization in the faculty of design. The essential skill of the communication designer is the ability to transmit forceful and meaningful ideas in a wide...
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Hawks and doves
An interesting array of work is on display at the Sabuha Art Gallery, Karachi — from paintings by stalwarts like Sardar Muhammad and Anwar Maqsood to lesser known names. Sardar’s works...
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Evolving patterns
Omar Farid graduated from the Central Institute of Arts and Crafts in 1971. His attitude towards life, his joviality and light-heartedness belie his fifty plus years. He is a man who...
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Legacy of an iconoclast
South Asia has produced some world-class artists, who have played a large role in the shaping of the history and evolution of art....
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PUNJA BUZZ: The penny-wise world body
The World Heritage Centre has revised its policy regarding the protection of world heritage monuments owing to its bad money matters. The director of the Paris-based world body, Francisco Bandarin, was...
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