Publications

April 28, 2026

Begin afresh, afresh…

In the corner of my garden lives a pomegranate tree quietly growing next to a

April 13, 2026

War and Peace – Aisha Khalid

I have been following Hammad Gillani’s practice since his student days at the National College

April 13, 2026

Zohreen Murtaza – The Line that is Suspect

The first line made on a surface for a drawing can be interpreted as a

February 12, 2026

Zulfikar Hirji – CommonSky

Faisal Anwar’s CommonSky invites us to explore and imagine the realities and possibilities of a

January 27, 2026

Zohreen Murtaza – Stray

“A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” by James Joyce is famous for

December 29, 2025

Quddus Mirza – Ageless Stone

Looking at the new drawings of Jamil Baloch, of stones rendered in graphite on paper,

December 4, 2025

Sumbul Natalia – A Very Well-Behaved Wall, and the Art That Refused to Obey

It all began with a wall; not just any wall, but a white one. The

October 7, 2025

Quddus Mirza – A GARDEN OF HER OWN

The story goes, though not fully accurate, of an encounter between Henry Moore and a

September 30, 2025

Nisha Hassan – Ancestors

From the first marks pressed into stone to the delicate lines etched on copperplates, the

September 3, 2025

Hassan Tahir Latif – A Remembrance of Things Lost

Of the many ways we can travel to the past, my favourite is a walk

June 4, 2025

Aasim Akhtar – Innocence to Experience

Drawing is a deceptively complex word. Most people drew in childhood, though often so subconsciously

April 30, 2025

Quddus Mirza – DUST INTO DUST

When a dead body is buried, regardless of the deceased’s deeds, it disintegrates into the

February 28, 2025

Inaam Zafar – Dreams of flowers in burning blacks

I have a second-hand book on Van Gogh’s work that I picked up from Anarkali

January 30, 2025

Madyha Leghari – A forgotten gesture, an additional act

Sahyr Sayed examines the contradictions of loss and yet vulnerable tentative hope of domestic hoard.

December 18, 2024

Quddus Mirza – REALITY READ REPEATEDLY

Haruki Murakami, in his new novel, The City and its Uncertain Walls, delineates a town

November 16, 2024

Nisha Hasan – Fallen Angels

One of the first images ever known was of animal. The relationship between man and

November 16, 2024

Laila Rahman – The Making of a “Musawir”

Musawir Shabbir is one of the most promising artists working today in Pakistan. He is

November 13, 2024

Nisha Hasan – Captured Time

Steering clear of any crude realism, Inaam Zafar has painted stills from local television and