Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Gallery.
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A personal narrative
 Sumaya Durrani’s first solo exhibition in Karachi was held in 1989. Few influences of American postmodern art were familiar in art circles at that time and her work, large, colour-saturated surfaces containing linear, box-like shapes, was new and exciting....
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A new genre
 Islamic calligraphy, the primary vehicle of Quranic text, is being appropriated by Muslim artists today to address diverse painterly concerns. This development of pious writing as an aesthetic idiom is the...
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Rare view
 Exhibitions of every type, scale and standard are arranged around the country, but to see the works made by the individuals involved in shaping the future artists is a special event. Scope X, held from April 24 to May 8 at the NCA’s Zahoorul...
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Exploring new options
 An exhibitions of watercolours by G.N. Kazi opened at The Art Gallery, Karachi, recently. A graduate of Karachi School of Art, this young artist has been active on the art scene...
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In the eyes of the beholder
 Painting in the classic style that is recognizably the work of Ather Jamal, the artist shows his latest work in exhibition at Karachi’s Indus Gallery in a two-artist display shared with...
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What price culture?
 Having never seen any press reports about the present federal minister for culture I was somewhat mystified. I presumed there was a minister, (there always is one) so how could I have missed his stories. I asked Musarrat Naheed Imam...
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