Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Gallery.
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Her sun is still shining
 The sun for her was a great marvel of nature, something she celebrated endlessly and never quite got over; her work, her personal life, art and Lahore, are all aspects of who she was. Born to parents of Jewish faith...
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Extensions they certainly are
 A recent show of two-dimensional work entitled ‘Extensions’, at Canvas, Karachi brings the work of four NCA-trained painters working in the tradition of the Miniature. “Neo-Miniature’, as it has been termed,...
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View from the beach
 Sea View Beach was splendid. A luminous symphony of soothing greys from the crashing waves below to the gradient skies above. A day previously, a group of schoolchildren had taken on...
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Enter the poet
 Colour is almost always thought of more subjectively than other pictorial elements. Anatomy, perspective and design may be carefully studied but when it comes to colour, most artists prefer to loose...
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Linking past with present
 As you drive down the Boating Basin towards Old Clifton, you will see on your right a wonderfully colourful glass assemblage that, when the sun is shining through it, lifts your...
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Culture conscious robbers & smugglers
 In the context of Gandhara treasures in Pakistan I once wrote in this column about the unchecked smuggling that goes on right under the nose of the Customs authorities (and sometimes...
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