French embassy in Pakistan praises Islamic art department at Louvre Museum By: Web Desk on July 8, 2021In a bid to show France’s positive and delicate picture for Islam, the French consulate in Pakistan Thursday brings the Department of Islamic Art at the Louver Museum into the light. Taking to Twitter the numerous photos of the Islamic workmanship shown at the Louver Museum, the government office tweeted, “Since 2012 & a presidential […]
Frida Kahlo exhibition brings her work alive By: AFP on July 8, 2021With larger-than-life projections of her work, music and journal extracts, a new exhibition aims to bring Mexican surrealist Frida Kahlo’s paintings to life to mark the 114th anniversary of her birth. “Frida. The Immersive Experience” presents 26 of the most emblematic works of the late painter, known for her striking self-portraits often brimming with pain and […]
Sale of rare Leonardo drawing triggers legal battle in France By: AFP on July 7, 2021A small pen-and-ink drawing attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, which lay buried unrecognised in a box for decades, is at the centre of a battle between its owner and France’s culture ministry that will play out in a Paris court on Wednesday. The court will begin hearing if the the drawing of a martyred Saint […]
Book Review: The Alchemist By: Rafay Omar on July 6, 2021The Alchemist all starts with a boy having a dream. This boy’s name is Santiago, a young shepherd from Andalusian, Spain. He has the dream every time he sleeps under a sycamore tree that grows out of the ruins of a church. The dream is recurring again and again and in that dream, a child […]
Contemporary art in Pakistan – an outsider’s perspective By: Rabia Shahid on July 3, 2021 Immediately upon entering I was amazed by the diversity of mediums and topics on display in the recent exhibition ‘Vision Weavers’ presented by Artsoch at the launch of their second art gallery on MM Alam road ‘Artsoch Contemporary’. ‘Vision Weavers’ was not an ordinary art exhibition. It was a collaboration of 26 different artists […]
Book Review: 1984 By: Rafay Omar on July 1, 20211984 is a dystopian fiction by George Orwell. What George Orwell does in this novel I cannot even describe to you. It is an absolute masterpiece and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. I believe that this has been the greatest book that I have ever read thus far, and I think absolutely nothing can compare […]
From tattoos to tokens at Tokyo’s first crypto art show By: AFP on June 29, 2021Tokyo tattoo artist Ichi Hatano’s usual business has dwindled during the pandemic, but now he’s keen to mine a new stream of income at Japan‘s first crypto art exhibition. Hatano’s ink featuring Japanese folk creatures was especially popular with foreign visitors until Japan closed its borders to tourists due to Covid-19. Hatano has now gone […]
Homer By: Imran Baloch on June 11, 2021In his poem the English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley praises the ache ancient Greek poets from 800BC. Whose only two books are alive and our eyes are very fortunate to lay gaze on it, which are; ” The Iliad” and “The Odyssey.” Iliad is a long epic poem which is based on war of Troy. […]
Book Review: Malibu Rising- A broken but not beaten family By: Alisay Naqvi on June 3, 2021Set in 1983, Malibu Rising is the story of a dysfunctional family. Part historical fiction and part family drama, it revolves around four siblings. It is the end of summer and the Rivas are hosting their notorious annual party. The four siblings are talented and renowned in their own particular fields: one is a surfer, […]
Thai museum unveils 1,000-year-old artefacts returned from US By: AFP on June 1, 2021Two ancient sandstone artefacts believed to have been stolen from Thailand during the Vietnam War were unveiled Monday at a Bangkok museum, greeted with a fanfare of traditional dancers and an elaborate worship ceremony. The temple support beams — which were returned Friday — boast exquisite carvings of the Hindu deities Indra and Yama that […]