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Art and Healing on the Anniversary of India’s Partition

by Rhea Nayyar August 22, 2023August 23, 2023

Artists are sifting through what was left behind, what was burned away, and what was buried both physically and emotionally to facilitate our track toward healing.

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Banned Pakistani Film Joyland Arrives in New York

by Rhea Nayyar April 24, 2023April 24, 2023

Saim Sadiq’s award-winning film is still banned in Punjab, where it was filmed.

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Karachi Biennale Artists Address Pakistan’s Devastating Floods

Avatar photo by Iman Sultan November 9, 2022November 10, 2022

Rashid Rana and Amin Rehman trace the roots of the climate crisis back to human mismanagement and the government’s lack of investment.

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Artists Raise $85K for Relief in Flood-Stricken Pakistan

by Rhea Nayyar October 3, 2022October 3, 2022

Works by over 70 artists of the pan-South Asian diaspora were up for auction to help Pakistan’s most vulnerable communities in a women- and queer-led initiative.

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Extreme Floods in Pakistan Devastate Cultural Heritage Sites

by Sarah Rose Sharp September 7, 2022September 7, 2022

Walls over 4,500-year-old collapsed, tombs were lost, and a Buddhist temple was damaged in the flood-stricken Sindh province.

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Inside the Wondrous Studios of Three Pakistani Artists

Avatar photo by Nageen Shaikh July 5, 2022July 6, 2022

Contemporary artist studios in Karachi prioritize pragmatism; many resist a traditional understanding of spaces with singular purposes. 

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Aisha Khalid Examines Women’s Roles and Spirituality Through Textiles and Geometry

Avatar photo by Nageen Shaikh January 3, 2022January 4, 2022

In her current retrospective viewers can see the beginning of an oeuvre that scrutinizes personal, social, and cultural issues such as prescribed societal norms associated with the female gender.

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Stream This Dystopian Animation, Where Mob Violence Is Only a Right Swipe Away

Avatar photo by Poulomi Das February 15, 2021February 12, 2021

“I want us to confront our own biases and all the ways in which we enact power over others,” explained filmmaker Arafat Mazhar of his cautionary tale of technology and intolerance in Pakistan.

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Charting a Bold Future For Pakistani Cinema

Avatar photo by Nageen Shaikh August 31, 2020November 5, 2020

Love, War & Other Longings offers a thought-provoking analysis of the country’s lesser-known film history, while sketching out aspirations for the industry.

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Searching for a City’s Spirit at the Lahore Biennale

Avatar photo by Nageen Shaikh February 24, 2020February 25, 2020

Amid works by international artists and local projects focused on other Pakistani cities, I kept wondering where is Lahore?

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Why an Installation About Police Killings in Pakistan Faced State Censorship

Avatar photo by Iman Sultan November 7, 2019November 10, 2022

Adeela Suleman’s documentary and installation, The Killing Fields of Karachi, considered the human impact of extrajudicial police killings, focusing on the father of one victim.

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Toxic Environments at the Karachi Biennale

Avatar photo by Nageen Shaikh November 5, 2019November 14, 2019

In a city where the municipal government has consistently failed to address issues such as land or air pollution, the latest edition of the biennale considers its environmental crisis through various media.

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Iranian Artist Minoo Emami’s Retrospective Opens at the Hartford Art School Galleries
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Iranian Artist Minoo Emami’s Retrospective Opens at the Hartford Art School Galleries

Featuring two decades of interdisciplinary art along with new work created in response to the ongoing Women’s Rights Movement in Iran, the exhibition is on view in Hartford, Connecticut.

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