The Anarchy, William Dalrymple’s latest masterpiece, is an extraordinary account of how The East India Trading Company, a modest venture based out of an office ‘five windows wide’ in London, was able become the undisputed master of India, then the richest country in the world. The book is full of fascinating characters, ep
Living in a digital global village now, we all know about Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night, Pablo Picasso’s Guernica and Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe. We may even recognise Alexander Calder’s mobiles or Edvard Munch’s Scream but how well do we know our own modern art legends? Libas Now brings you art historian Samina Iq
What happens when art moves beyond sight, trickling its way into smell, touch and sometimes sound? ‘Sensory Perceptions’, an aptly titled group show held at Full Circle Gallery in Karachi, brought together the works of three female contemporary artists who have created works that are purely visual and yet draw viewers into a
Edward Gibbs, Chairman of Sotheby’s for the Middle East and South Asia, reveals his favourites from the Lahore Biennale, what he loved about Lahore, and what his traditionalist art sensibilities think about contemporary art like the infamous banana taped to the wall! https://youtu.be/vIIEudqhBWg Videography by Utopia Studios
Orhan Pamuk speaking to Shahid Zahid. Photo Credits – Tapu Javeri for LLF Turkish author and Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk headlined the 8th edition of the annual Lahore Literary Festival, opening and closing the festival with his signature brusque wit. He emphasised the importance of world literature, “We are curious a
