Stories by Nageen Shaikh
The liberated atmosphere of Amna Rahman’s figurative paintings conceals an innate sense of a trapped psychology
Updated 28 Aug, 2023 05:02am
Rebecca F. Kuang’s latest novel is a story of racial tensions, loneliness and the mechanics of a prejudiced publishing industry
Published 20 Aug, 2023 07:37am
The rapid increase in AI-generated artistic images is leading to debates around creativity, originality and authenticity
Published 04 Jun, 2023 08:21am
In his latest exhibition, Amin Gulgee paid homage to the strange and wonderful, both in his displayed works and in a collabora...
Published 26 Feb, 2023 07:06am
In a best-selling, award-winning novel, translations that move ideas across cultures also enable the supremacy of an invading,
Published 05 Feb, 2023 08:15am
Marium Agha uses textiles to invent a visual language that reflects her sentiments and the existence of the modern-day woman
Published 07 Aug, 2022 11:12am
Artists sound the alarm on the rising temperatures, pollution and human practices that have led to a climate emergency
Published 19 Jun, 2022 08:09am
Geometrical precision in architectural constructions through the history of world cultures is more than just pleasing to the eyes.
Published 05 Jun, 2022 09:41am
Danish Ahmed’s modern-day vanitas make us aware of how chained we are to consumerism...
Published 27 Feb, 2022 07:37am
An exhibition of sculptures offers an opportunity to review the artist’s work and her engagement with materials...
Published 09 Jan, 2022 07:17am
Once more expensive than gold and coveted by artists and royalty around the world, the colour blue continues to enchant us...
Updated 28 Oct, 2021 03:54pm
An exhibition in London utilising textiles shakes up conventional ideas of South Asian identities and Pakistani contemporary...
Published 10 Oct, 2021 06:35am
Raheela Abro dexterously converts mobile SIM cards into works of art that communicate social and national identities...
Published 12 Sep, 2021 07:15am
Recent studies have shown that art-making in caves dates back longer than we had imagined and have also challenged our...
Published 29 Aug, 2021 07:07am
Nine contemporary artists present works in metals that were cornerstones in the study and practice of alchemy
Published 15 Aug, 2021 05:34am
In ‘If You Have Tears’ artists represent their own, and the world’s, relationship with water...
Published 04 Jul, 2021 06:29am
A cousin’s memoir delivers first-hand accounts of time spent with the era-defining modern Pakistani artist Sadequain
Published 04 Jul, 2021 06:28am
Affan Baghpati’s assemblages of cultural ‘readymades’ prompt a deeper understanding of object evolution and distribution,...
Published 06 Jun, 2021 08:37am
Three artists investigate how we navigate overcrowded urban spaces, both indoors and outdoors...
Published 25 Apr, 2021 06:20am
A limited-edition, handsome monograph on Pakistani artist Ayessha Quraishi serves as a semi-scholarly documentation that...
Published 14 Feb, 2021 06:47am
