The famous, not so famous and infamous of 2015
Celebrity breakups aren’t pretty...
By and large, they have never been and they never will be
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ArchiveArt mart: The personal is political
Traditionally, the miniature painting has been confined only to record or illustrate royal life and activities...
The early period of the miniature department at the National College of Arts (NCA) also revolved around the conventional style; however, Shahzia Sikandar, Fasihullah and Talha Rathor laid the foundation for contemporary value in this genre during the last decade of the 20th century -
ArchiveArt mart: Residues of an experience
Subjectivity is a much underrated human experience, though it allows us to internalise an experience from the mundane to the surreal, into something uniquely different...
This realisation became apparent as it stared back at all those who attended the Vasl Artists’ Residency show at the Full Circle Gallery, Karachi, titled “Residue” recently -
ArchiveArt mart: Abstraction and refrain
Artists of the De Stijl movement believed that linear abstraction and a controlled palette could create a universal visual language...
Abid Hasan’s new body of work at the Full Circle Gallery, Karachi, show “Hybrid Theory” is a nod to abstraction -
ArchiveArt mart: It runs in the blood
Art is normally defined as, ‘the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination’ but for some, it simply runs in the blood...
The same is the case of this family whose journey started with the elder brother, Akram Dost Baloch, who attended evening classes in drawing at the Arts Council, Quetta, before graduating from the National College for Arts (NCA) in 1978 -
ArchiveWal-Mart has $76bn in overseas tax havens
WASHINGTON: Wal-Mart Stores Inc owns more than $76 billion of assets through a web of units in offshore tax havens around the world, though you wouldn’t know it from reading the giant retailer’s annual report...
A new study has found Wal-Mart has at least 78 offshore subsidiaries and branches, more than 30 created since 2009 and none mentioned in US securities filings...
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ArchiveWal-Mart to buy retailer Jet.com
NEW YORK: Wal-Mart Stores announced on Monday that it will acquire e-commerce company Jet...
Wal-Mart is paying $3bn in cash for the online retailer...
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ArchiveArt mart: Longing to belong
Expertise in art fuels creative intellect, inspiration and the capability to interact with the masses effectively...
Hence, to explore the dynamic relationship between the artist, audience, curator and the local art scenario, the Sanat Gallery, Karachi, held an experimental exhibition What Belongs to You, showcasing works of Ammar Faiz, Farhat Ali, Madyha Leghari, Naira Mushtaq, Sajid Khan and Zoya Siddiqui -
ArchiveArt mart: Other mixed media interventions
In the current climate of social and political chaos, negotiating states of fear, anxiety and suppression is common fare amongst artists...
Injured, angst-ridden, brash or defiant, their art scores if artists bring singular aesthetic definition to their expressive responses -
ArchiveArt mart: Encountering the double
A doppelganger is a double or second self; it literally means ‘double-walker’ in the German language...
In literature, dream analysis or archetypal symbolism, the doppelganger is often figured as a twin or mirror image of the protagonist -
ArchiveArt mart: Current art drifts
Diverse and visually rewarding ‘Potpourri XXV’ is well stocked with several other known artists’ works and it offers viewers the opportunity to gain an update of current art drifts in a single visit...
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ArchiveArt mart: Birds of a feather …
Contemporary Art is what the artists living today produce; it stems from Post-modern Art which itself descends from the early 20th century Modern Art...
Current artists question the styles and movements that came before them and in the process, create new set of rules for appreciation of the evolving art -
ArchiveKohat’s famous watermills slowly grinding to a halt
In his 60s and in good health though, Ilyas laments that the mill’s grinding capacity has gone down gradually owing to the reduced flow of water coming from the famous springs of Kohat that ran the mill...
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PakistanHarking back: Amazing history of Lahore’s famous astrolabe makers
But then I had many years ago visited the famous astrolabe makers of Kot Abdul Malik and wrote a piece in this column...
It might amaze many that the descendants of those famous astrolabe makers still work away in their small workshop in Kot Abdul Malik...
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ArchiveINSIGHT: Famous past encounters add spice to CL semi-final draw
Juve have since shifted to their Juventus Stadium but that famous win over Real at the Delle Alpi is vividly remembered...
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