In the presence of others: Salman Toor's bodily poetics
Jun 03, 2025by Avani Tandon Vieira Jun 03, 2025
In Wish Maker at Luhring Augustine, the painter explores modes of physical assembly, and the imaginative possibilities they make visible.
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by Avani Tandon Vieira Jun 03, 2025
In Wish Maker at Luhring Augustine, the painter explores modes of physical assembly, and the imaginative possibilities they make visible.
by Ranjana Dave Nov 29, 2024
MANZAR: Art and Architecture from Pakistan 1940s to Today surveys over eight decades of creative practice in an exhibition at the National Museum of Qatar in Doha.
by Ranjana Dave Nov 28, 2024
In an interview with STIR, the Emirati curator speaks about her focus on community engagement and her work as president and director of the Sharjah Art Foundation.
by Maliha Noorani Nov 14, 2024
The third edition of the Lahore Biennale engaged in unpacking the climate crisis from the frontlines of the Global South.
by Cleo Roberts-Komireddi Oct 11, 2024
STIRring 'Everywhere' in Venice: Shahzia Sikander reflects on her retrospective show Collective Behavior, a collateral exhibition of the 60th Venice Biennale.
by Urvi Kothari May 21, 2024
The artist explores violence as a visual metaphor in two exhibitions at the COMO Museum and Barracks Gallery in Lahore, Pakistan.
by Ranjana Dave Apr 25, 2024
Navtej Johar restaged his 2018 work for a weekend of performances by independent artists in New Delhi.
by Deeksha Nath Dec 29, 2023
Beyond the Page: South Asian Miniatures and Britain, 1600 to Now maps the lineage of the visual landscape of miniatures at the Milton Keynes Gallery.
by Rose Lejeune Mar 07, 2023
At the recently concluded Art Dubai 2023, 10 artists presented performance pieces through the lens of food, allowing food to act both as metaphor and a literal site of exchange.
by Urvi Kothari Dec 05, 2022
Imran Qureshi animates the familial tradition of the Pakistani markets and local culture within the rooms of Denso Hall for the Karachi Biennale 2022.
by Niyati Dave Oct 31, 2022
During a time of ecological devastation in Pakistan, we catch up with Lahore-based artist Saba Khan, whose work looks at bureaucracy, gender, public space and hydro-ecologies.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Oct 29, 2022
With the exhibition Unbearable Memories, Unspeakable Histories at South Asia Institute in Chicago, Pritika Chowdhry mines unsutured wounds carved by the 1947 partition of India.
by Bhawna Jaimini Aug 20, 2022
A conversation with art director and production designer Hashim Ali on his work on the viral hit Pasoori for Coke Studio Season 14.
by Rahul Kumar Jul 09, 2022
…and the dots connect now brings together works created over a decade representing a culmination of the multitudes of the artist’s practice.
by Rahul Kumar Jun 14, 2022
Artists Gunjan Kumar and Mahwish Chishty respond to the common histories of their origin through their art that has a strong foundation of archaeological research.
by Rahul Kumar May 11, 2020
Five artists from South Asian origin reminiscence their inspiration from the life and works of artist Zarina Hashmi.
by Jones John Feb 17, 2020
The Kazakh video-artist collaborated with Inna Artemova and German Popov to create an ‘Intrinsic Futuristic Machine’ for the second edition of the Lahore Biennale.
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