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Exposing all that is evil
 A debut solo at a frontline gallery augers well for the upcoming artist. Her exhibition titled “Conversations (to be continued)” is currently on view at V.M. Gallery, Karachi. An NCA graduate of the year 2000, she is at present teaching...
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Celebrating the ‘jewel in the crown’
 photographic and pictorial exhibition of the subcontinent’s architectural heritage titled “Traces of India — changing views of the monuments of the subcontinent” at the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal...
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Painting a classic genre
 In the early 1970s Colin David’s work in the genre of the nude inspired new art collectors emerging in the expanding city of Karachi. At that time, the artist had to his credit a Master’s in Fine Art from the...
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Portrait of an artist
 Iqbal Hussain is an artist who perceives life as a changing narrative around him and portrays it in its often stark reality. Where he lives influences much of his work; he...
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Self-taught and marvelous
 The Momart Gallery in Karachi finally comes alive, with an exhibition of paintings by a very new entrant to the field, but one who has to his credit a portfolio of...
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Simple and decorative
 An artist working quietly behind the scenes for many years, A.S. Rind has finally stepped out with a solo performance. An exhibition of his paintings centralizing on the theme of “Moods”...
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Like a red rag to a bigot
 Religious art comes packaged, like sandwiches, in see-through boxes. Strictly speaking, there is nothing religious or arty about David Blaine, the American illusionist suspended inside a Plexiglas crate. Even so, this human installation oozes...
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Delays unlimited
 The Sindh government seems to be reinventing the wheel in Karachi. Glancing through abandoned dusty files lying in a God-forsaken government office, a bureaucrat must have chanced upon a proposal, floated...
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The Suri museum
 The Suri dynasty held sway over India for a short period of some 15 years. Fareed Khan of this dynasty, a soldier in emperor Babar’s army who later defeated his son...
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The master from Taxila
 Some time ago, Lok Virsa, which is the Urdu name for the National Institute of Folk Heritage, arranged a display of working on stone by the master sculptor from Taxila who...
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