DeWitt Hardy’s watercolours more than realistic renderingson September 23, 2019Hardy’s house-marked landscapes and figure-inhabited interiors, on the other hand, feature far more brain than brawn. His portraits are astounding in their clarity and personal poignancy. His 1977 “The Doctor (Robert Andrew Johnson),” for example, is an extraordinary, high-finished example of a traditional portrait in the wake of 19th century French painting – a horizontal canvas, masterfully … [Read more...] about DeWitt Hardy’s watercolours more than realistic renderings
Julia Bradshaw’s ‘Survey’ at Truckenbrod Pop-Up Gallery imagines new planetson September 22, 2019In 1920, Marcel Duchamp invited his friend Man Ray over to his studio to practice documenting artwork with his large format camera. Instead, Man Ray photographed dust that had accumulated on the glass backside of Duchamp's The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even. To look at the image, one doesn't immediately think of a dusty surface but of a barren landscape photographed from miles … [Read more...] about Julia Bradshaw’s ‘Survey’ at Truckenbrod Pop-Up Gallery imagines new planets
Germany not giving Kamila literary prize for supporting Palestineon September 20, 2019Germany's city of Dortmund's jury for the Nelly Sachs literature prize withdrew its decision to award British-Pakistani writer Kamila Shamsie a prize on Wednesday, citing her support for the pro-Palestinian Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions (BDS) movement as the reason.The British-Pakistani author was announced as the winner of the Nelly Sachs Prize, named after a Jewish poet and Nobel … [Read more...] about Germany not giving Kamila literary prize for supporting Palestine
Japanese woman falls in love, marries Bahawalpur manon September 20, 2019A woman from Japan has moved to Pakistan after falling in love with a young man in Bahawalpur, who is a jeweller. Kuna and Shehzad's love story started on social media. The couple got married in Bahawalpur and Kuna reportedly also converted to Islam before marriage.It was reported that she changed her name to Amna."I want to stay with my husband in Pakistan," she was quoted as … [Read more...] about Japanese woman falls in love, marries Bahawalpur man
Dr Abdus Salam’s biopic makes its way to Netflixon September 20, 2019After being screened at the South Asian International Film Festival, Chicago South Asian Film Festival and DFW South Asian Film Festival, a documentary based on Pakistan's first and only Nobel Laureate in Science, Dr Abdus Salam, titled Salam - The First Nobel Laureate has made its way to Netflix. The streaming platform will release documentary on October 1. The trailer for the documentary shows … [Read more...] about Dr Abdus Salam’s biopic makes its way to Netflix
Court extends Maryam’s remand by eight dayson September 19, 2019An accountability court in Lahore on Wednesday extended the remand of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz by eight days in the Chaudhry Sugar Mills case, a private TV channel reported.Maryam appeared before the accountability court in connection with the Chaudhry Sugar Mills case along with her cousin Yousaf Abbas, who is also accused in the case.During the … [Read more...] about Court extends Maryam’s remand by eight days
SC bench dissolves as lawyer of Justice Faez Isa raises objectionson September 18, 2019A Supreme Court bench hearing a set of petitions pertaining to presidential reference against Justice Qazi Faez Isa was on Tuesday dissolved after the lawyer of the apex court judge raised objection on its formation, a private TV channel reported.A seven-member larger bench headed by Justice Umar Atta Bandial and comprising Justice Maqbool Baqar, Justice Manzoor Ahmed Malik, Justice Sardar … [Read more...] about SC bench dissolves as lawyer of Justice Faez Isa raises objections
Judge Arshad Malik made OSDon September 15, 2019Former accountability judge Arshad Malik who was suspended last month over the video leak controversy was posted as an officer on special duty (OSD) at the Lahore Sessions Court on Saturday, a private TV channel reported.A notification to this effect was circulated by the registrar after approval by the chief justice of the Lahore High Court.Judge Malik had been removed from his position … [Read more...] about Judge Arshad Malik made OSD
Book on Hitler’s Anglo-Saxon envy is worth a readon September 14, 2019"Those who come hither are generally the most stupid of their own nation. Unless the stream of their importation could be turned from this to other colonies they will very soon outnumber us."So complained Benjamin Franklin from Philadelphia in 1753. The target of his ire was the Germans, who were migrating across the Atlantic "in droves", diluting the liberty-loving Anglo-Saxon stock of the … [Read more...] about Book on Hitler’s Anglo-Saxon envy is worth a read
Melissa Miller stretches her wings with ‘Predators and Prey’on September 14, 2019Moody Gallery has become a temporary art-and-natural history museum with Melissa W. Miller's "Predators and Prey."Although one of her signature large, dramatic canvases anchors the show, along with smaller paintings of undersea scenes, Miller also has been trying her hand at sculpture. Realistic depictions of birds and other animals in clay sit on pedestals and shelves like specimens, within a … [Read more...] about Melissa Miller stretches her wings with ‘Predators and Prey’
