GulJee – what was the harm to you if you had lived a little longer!
Jahane Rumi is priveleged to publish this exclusive piece contributed by Syed Naveed Abbas It is the month of December and one’s heart weeps…
M.F. Husain, Tyeb Mehta are stars at Christies
Saw this story here a while ago Christie’s South Asian modern and contemporary art sale here March 20 will feature works of leading 20th…
Odd spaces and new media
Raza Rumi talks to artist Faisal Anwar, whose work plays with space and time in the digital era. Faisal Anwar is a renowned interactive,…
Animating Times Square
This October, the electronic billboards at the maddening Times Square in New York City will display the creative prowess of Shahzia Sikander, an artist…
Journey to change
In referencing N M Rashed, clay pots, paper boats, the river Ravi and the lost garment Saddri, Pakistani artist Sabah Husain creates a seamless…
The City Speaks
Shaan Taseer’s debut solo exhibition is a ceremonial homecoming for the artist. It has taken the gifted Shaan Taseer almost two decades to focus…
About suffering they were never wrong
Pakistani art going global is a remarkable story, for it typifies the ineffable contradictions of the country. In part it is a testament to…
Through the looking glass
After a decade of epistolary exchanges, I finally met Shahzia Sikander, Pakistan’s most celebrated global icon of the arts, ironically unsung at home. Not…
Enduring Threads
Raza Rumi was fascinated by artist Aasim Akhtar’s unique curation of Pakistani textile heritage at the Rawalpindi NCA – Click here to see more:…
Siavash Mahvis – Artist from Iran
“Siavash Mahvis” is a contemporary Iranian artist and a university professor. He owes his acquaintance with the world of line and design to realist…
In memoriam – Asim Butt (1978-2010)
But it was Asim’s venture into public art and his subsequent adoption of the Stuckist creed that turned him into a major figure at…
Farewell, Asim
Dear Asim: you left us in such a hurry – you will be missed, always..RIP Asim Butt: A rebel from his conventional background, Butt…
A brush with the new – Asim Butt’s Art
What distinguishes Asim Butt from his generation and perhaps the preceding generations of artists is the sheer originality of his vision and an iconoclasm…
Islamic poster art in India – and South Asia
This piece entitled, My Name is Green, published in the weekly Outlook India traces how “forged in the cultural ferment of a century ago,…
World’s first oil paintings found in Afghan caves
Bamiyan is no ordinary location. This was the place where the giant Buddhas that stood for centuries with their message of peace were destroyed…
Public Art from Karachi
Amina Baig writes for The NEWS: When driving through the jungle of buildings, complicated maze of cars and billboards mushrooming around the Karachi skyline;…
Shaheen Sultan Dhanji’s art
Bordering between abstract and socio-political, Shaheen Sultan Dhanji’s photography, painting and writings are at once striking to readership. Her art transforms the humble into…
Guennol Lioness from ancient Mesopotamia
The piece above has been described as “one of the oldest, rarest and most beautiful works of art from the ancient world.” Described by…
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…