Art Review
Zarina Brought the World to New York
Her visual idiom was fully embedded in South Asian histories, but she never fell into a too-close relationship with national identity.
Zarina
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The Political Vision of South Asian Abstraction
The works in Fault Lines prove that abstraction need not be confined to the inner life of the artist.
Interview
Artists Quarantine With Their Art Collections
“Looking at the imagery is like reviewing a memory bank.”
Art
An Artist’s Soul, Out at Sea
Zarina’s collages evoke the intense yearnings of a migrant in search of a home.
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A Somber Commemoration of the Partition of India, 70 Years Later
Zarina Hashmi speaks directly to the ongoing impact of the upheavals resulting from Partition.
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New York’s New Institution Devoted to Arab and Islamic Art Seeks a Sense of Place
Zarina Hashmi's work that imagines "home" as an idea we carry with us sets the tone for the Institute of Arab and Islamic Art's first exhibition in New York.
Announcement
Zarina’s Handmade Paper Prints at the Guggenheim
Zarina’s prints, created with woodcuts on handmade Indian paper, bring to mind for me worn-down maps. That comparison makes sense given the artist’s own meandering background; Zarina Hashmi (her full name) was born in Aligarh, India, and learned her craft in Bangkok, Paris, and Tokyo before settling
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India’s About to Explode in Contemporary Art
In 2011, India moved from the classification of “developing” country to that of being a "newly industrialized." This upgrade was made along Mexico, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey, Philippines, Brazil and China, all of which have economies showing promise towards becoming “developed.” Perhaps as a sa