We love discovering new talent and recently, Istrahat caught our eye with her technique using perforation with a mix of charcoal. An intelligent girl with a new way to express a message via art. What inspired your newest series? My newest drawing series “
Nazia Ejaz is one of my favourite artists when it comes to playing with patterns, colour and especially the incorporation of gold leaf into her work without making it too loud. She opened with her show ‘Love Letters at Canvas Gallery yesterday and of cour
Our woman of the month is a true beauty with brains, writer and author, Maheen Humayun. Inspired by the cobblestoned streets in Rome, Maheen started a page dedicated to poetry, art, and being REAL with the handle @girloncobblestones – poetic even its name
We are super excited to introduce, professionally trained classical Kathak dancer, Alaina Roy! After having been trained under the artistic guidance of Guru Pali Chandra and Guru Nitesh Saraswat in Dubai for a decade, she now teaches in Pakistan. She has
Marium M Habib is a visual artist from Karachi, Pakistan with a degree in Fine Art: Painting from Wimbledon College of Arts, University of the Arts London. She has participated in group shows in London including Moniker Art Fair and at the Crypt Gallery.
Karachi is long known as the city of lights and now the city of perseverance. So why does everyone complain so much about getting bored and not knowing what to do? We shall give you pointers, dear reader, which will help open your eyes to a possibility of
On the anniversary that marks the death of Vincent Van Gogh, we bring you 10 interesting facts that you most probably did not know about him! He sold only one painting while alive, seven months prior to his death, for a mere 400 francs. His last name
Sindhyar Makhdoom, founder of Hala Kashigar is from a town in Sindh called Nawa Hala, spent most of his childhood in the U.K, completing both boarding school and university, despite that his impetus to return to his homeland was strong, being a creative,
Pakistan lost one of their iconic artists of almost 6 decades today, after being hospitalised after a case of serious pneumonia at St Mary’s Hospital since the 7th of May. Jamil Naqsh was a modernist whose subject was the poise & grace of the natural
Not too long ago, a young girl studying to become a dentist in the city of Islamabad, with a hobby of dabbling with photoshop and crystals to make art, became a world famous artist – by accident! We remember speaking to her when she had just about 7000 f
KB17 is Pakistan’s largest international contemporary art event that will take place every two years in Karachi. This October, over 140 artists from Pakistan and across the globe responded to a common theme: WITNESS. Chief curator Amin Gulgee has conceptu
A collector by nature, Naqvi revels in gathering artifacts from around the world. The Naqvi’s house is a memorial of all the places the couple has been to around the globe and showcases their unique love for antique & retro works of art. Their humble abod
Celebrating the various cuisines of Pakistan In the month of Independence, Avari Towers has launched their “Pakistani Food Festival” which features the various flavours of Pakistan from all four provinces; Sindh, Punjab, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkh
Karachi City of Lights Festival is a commemoration of Karachi’s history through the avenues of art, design, film and photography. The festival will be jointly held during the first week of June 2015, by the Citizens Archive of Pakistan and I AM KARACHI an
