Welcome to a generous selection of articles from DAWN's Weekly Gallery.
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Rediscovering the wheel
 Ceramists from Pakistan,India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Spain, Lithuania, Finland, The Netherlands, UK, Canada and Turkey unite to illustrate the historical perspective and contemporary art practices using clay as their medium while art...
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Badalpur — a newfound ancient site
 Taxila has been the proud cradle of one of the most ancient universities in this part of the world when it was known as Takshasila and where Buddhism flourished since the reign of Ashoka the Great in 272-232 BC....
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Preparing for the big launch
 There is a flurry of activity at the Pakistan National Council of Arts (PNCA) in anticipation of the inaugural ceremony of its new edifice of culture, near the capital city’s Constitution Avenue, in Islamabad....
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“We still cannot relate to our rulers as ‘our’ government…” Sajida Vandal, principal, NCA
 There is a quiet dignity about Sajida Vandal that anchors you to her words. So when she speaks, you really listen. Of course, the fact that she is principal of the...
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A jewelled tradition
 The allure of magnificent gems in spectacular settings is hard to resist. So an exhibition of Mughal jewellery at the Louvre Museum in Paris this summer was a natural magnet for...
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Celebrating marginal discourse
 Afew days ago when an email invitation arrived from Institut national d’historie de l’art in Paris, I was pleasantly surprised to find, that it was to celebrate the work of a scholar of Pakistani origin....
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Art watch by Art Buff
 Inauguration of the new venue of Native Art Gallery, Lahore, was marked by a mega show of paintings by senior and established artists from Karachi and Lahore....
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