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Couple of arts
 A good artwork should combine creativity, a perfect control of the technical principles and mastery of the media.” So says Mansur Rahi, one of Pakistan’s most distinguished painters and a teacher of note.....
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The Raj heritage
 Stand in the midst of some two hundred drawings, engravings, lithographs, prints and photographs on display at the Mohatta Palace Museum, Karachi, and you will be ‘shocked’ and ‘awed.’ In many...
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Clay craft
 The recently held first ASNA ceramic Triennial brought to the Manzar Akber Hall at the Arts Council, Karachi, the energy many of us would wish to be a regular feature at...
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Zooming in
 People like to look at pictures of people. Those who study photography for their own pleasure usually find that people — family, friends and close ones — are among their most...
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Watercolours galore
 Artists coming together to produce a book of their own work is especially meaningful in Pakistan, where art books are rarely published. Little opportunity exists to show art beyond the confines...
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Miniature masala
 The inception of contemporary miniature often considered as new support for a venerable discipline seems to be venturing far beyond its original limits. Its proliferation has propagated hybrid strands which are...
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The divided self
 The opening of Raja Changez Sultan’s Studio/Gallery in Karachi took place recently with friends and admirers enjoying the cool ambience of the decor and the paintings in oils that dazzled viewers...
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Bad times or a good time?
As a subject for newspaper writing, culture and its various manifestations have been great love. I do not report day-to-day events like shows and exhibitions, but everything else attracts my attention,...
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