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Stamps of honour
 When Adil Salahuddin graduated from the National College of Arts, Lahore, in 1966, he brought with him to Karachi some of his fourth year work including a horizontally formatted wood block print....
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Accent on the heritage
I wish I had space to give my readers details of Unesco’s set of booklets in Urdu on the seven sites of Pakistan that are included in that international body’s World...
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One-dish party
 The practical use of metal started in the 3rd millennium BC from the Indus Valley Civilization in Pakistan. It was used for making instruments, weapons, utensils and ornaments, etc. In Gandhara...
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What’s in a name?
 On the hottest day in Lahore, probably one of the most exciting exhibitions of this season was inaugurated. The show, titled Around the Miniature, Too was held at Royaat Gallery (June5-17),...
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And now medical miniature
 Miniature paintings have certain attraction for all those who love antiquarian books, while medical historians always hold special fascination for the medical manuscripts containing miniatures. This is why the exhibition of...
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Sins of commission
 On a rare trip to Berwick Market in London — rare because it begins at 5:00am and by 6:00am the collectors of diverse objects are in full swing — I spotted a replica of a painting by Marie Laurencin worked with oils on canvas....
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Lost from the Baghdad museum: truth
 When, back in mid-April, the news first arrived of the looting at the Iraqi National Museum in Baghdad, words hardly failed anyone. No fewer than 170,000 items had, it was universally...
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Ace of arts
 A monograph on Ali Imam soon after his first death anniversary this May is a befitting tribute to a man who remained a figurehead of the art community in Pakistan for...
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