Ali Kazim – ‘our very own success story’

“To look at one of Ali Kazim’s paintings is not only to look at something wonderful, something remarkable. It is also to look at…

Pearapong – when art deals with conflict

BC (Blog Critics) is carrying the captioned post of mine today. I am posting some excerpts here: “The artist grew up and worked in…

Lahore – that was

Intizar Hussain, the eminent writer of Urdu, recently mused on the Lahore of yesteryears and the literary and intellectual atmosphere. I am posting a…

Miniatures make for a commentary on the Sufi spirit

Nicholas Cranfield considers work that draws deeply on traditional Islamic art FATIMA ZAHRA HASSAN has been teaching in London for more than a decade,…

Saira Wasim’s Art

ATP has published my post on Saira Wasim’s extraordinary art: Saira Wasim is a prominent Pakistani miniaturist. I found a link to her website…

Miniature painting – the global traumas narrated by Saira Wasim

Saira Wasim is a prominent Pakistani miniaturist. I found a link to her website hidden in my unread emails. Some of her recent paintings…

Anandi Boiragi – the eclectic painter and an urban Baul

With legendary artist S.M. Sultan as his mentor, Anadi Kumar Boiragi from Jessore attended Khulna Art College in the late ’80s, before enrolling at…

Art as hope – paintings on Southern Thailand

Pearapong Khireewong is an extremely talented artist who hails from Southern Thailand and has captured the pathos of the bullets that were sprayed on…

Murree Ghosts – my recent painting

I have been busy with discovering the pleasure of painting – playing with colours and mixing visions and inspirations with linseed oil. The results…

The Hala Potter

During my recent visit to Hala in Sindh, we stole a few moments of that sunny afternoon to spend time with a traditional potter.…

Thoughts on Basant from a reader

Zia from Islamabad writes: Read it here >>…

Blue Kashi Work of Multan

The history of Multani arts and crafts also goes back to medieval period. Kashi work the glazing and hand painting of ceramic products is…

On Gandhara Art

The Buddhist art of Gandhara influenced Indian art and sensibilities and also that of the entire Buddhist world. Read more here . Pakistan is celebrating the Gandhara week that will end…

Meeting Iqbal Hussain in Lahore

During my recent visit to Lahore, I met the Lahore artist, Iqbal Hussain. We had a nice, engaging chat, saw his recent works some…

Striking Prints from a young Pakistani artist

I finally got hold of the digital images of some lovely prints by Samar Ataullah – a graduate of the National College of Arts,…

Basant Moods – Lahore and Beyond

“you’re either here or you’re a square – Lahore to host biggest ever Basant celebrations today..” Tonight, So there will be fun and frolic…

Images – More on Iqbal Hussain

The celebrated artist Iqbal Hussain also runs the famous Cooco’s cafe in the old Lahore. My friend of the Olive Ream fame was there…

Iqbal Hussain – Lahore’s controversial artist

Iqbal Hussain from Lahore is one of the finest painters we have. Most of his paintings depict women from the Heera Mandi (literally the…

The art of gimmickery

Eastern art sells out to the West By Murad Khan Mumtaz From the weekly Friday Times, Pakistan 11-17, 2006 ‘Contemporary miniature’ painting seems to…

Sachal Sarmast’s sufi kalaam – live recording

Cross posted from here I recorded a few bits of performances of sufi siant Hazrat Sachal Sarmast’s kalaam (poetry) at his tomb in Daraza…