Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Gallery.
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Melding concepts: past and future
 Examining the prevalent art environment in Pakistan, Amra Ali studies Riffat Alvi’s new offering — profound and inventive — and how her work augments the realm of art in our region,...
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A woman’s view
 New insights regarding women as artists, images of women in art and the female point of view continue to emerge and issues related to them are a significant part of this discourse....
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Sense and sensuality
 The invitation from Gulmohar Art Gallery, Karachi — displaying Mashkoor Raza’s solo exhibition — declares that he needs no introduction. Very true. But perhaps he needs to be introduced to fresher themes....
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Group shows: a common fare
 While specifically curated group shows are few and far between, general group exhibitions are common fare among galleries here. Displays like the Calligraphy exhibition at the Mohatta Palace, the Takhti Exhibition, Uraan, Roll Call, Dish Dhamaka etc were thematically constructed exercises....
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Stylised script
 The Arabs are rightly credited with taking calligraphy to the lofty position it currently enjoys in the Muslim world. It is more notable among the Persian-speaking Iranians who did it with...
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A Louvre exhibition in Riyadh
 The French Embassy in Saudi Arabia has announced that the Louvre Museum will be mounting an exhibition of Islamic artifacts at the Riyadh Museum next January....
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Amateur Art Galore
 In Europe and America, and maybe in other parts of the civilized world too, there is a breed called Sunday painters. They are amateurs in art and pursuing their regular vocations...
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Poor documentation
This is the third successive year that the Unesco’s committee on culture has deferred the process of listing the Indus Valley Civilization ruins of Harappa and two more archaeological sites as world heritage....
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