KARACHI ART SCENE

SORAYA SIKANDER LAUNCHES HER WEBSITE Landscape artist Soraya Sikander launched her official website this week. The site may be visited at http://sorayasikander.com  

The IVS Gallery's 6th Annual Faculty Show.   This year the artists and designers that comprise the IVSAA Faculty produce works that interpret the notion of Telling Stories / Storytellers     Exploring Lines "Exploring Lines" is a series of pen and ink drawings that evolved from an exploration of color that morphed into dots, dashes, and lines, driven by Samina Raza’s love for insects and the tailor’s dummy. The works will be exhibited at T2F from 26 May to 4 June at The Second Floor (T2F) Karachi For details, call: 021-35389033 Group exhibition “T A N A O” at Chawkandi Art. Work by Fariha Nadi, Raheela Abro, S.M.Raza, Sheema Khan, Sahar Jawaid, Sofia Mairaj, Amber Imam, & Nayyareen Farooq. Opening reception Tuesday 31st May 2011 at 5:30 PM. The exhibition will continue till 7th of June, 2011. Daily 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM. For details, call Chawkandi Art: 021-35373582 ABEER ASIM SHOW AT ART CHOWK Pehchaan By Abeer Asim from May 19th through June 2nd at ArtChowk...

'Expanding the Arc' a Haya Sehgal art work show at VM Art Gallery from May 5 tthrough May 25. Haya is a contemporary abstract artist. She has received her training in Visual Communications from the Maryland Institute College of Art (Maryland, USA). Her work gives an insightful glance to themes derived through Islamic teachings and traditions.

On Saturday, 23 April 2011 at 5:30pm, Unicorn Gallery will host an exhibition of paintings by Mona Naqsh, Pakistan's foremost painter, daughter of legendary Master artist, Jamil Naqsh. The exhibition titled ' Silent Sermon ' (to let silence speak) will feature a wide variety of Mona Naqsh paintings and drawings of floral still-life inspired from Turkish art, and various international influences. The exhibition will also serve as a retrospective, as a book on the life of the artist 'Mona' will be launched, written by Seemah Niaz with articles contributed by Marjorie Husain, Mohsin Jaffri, Salwat Ali and many others. The book is a spectacular, over 200 pages read featuring stunning compositions of Mona Naqsh from her first exhibition in the 80s' to present day and her evolution as an artist. The exhibition and book on the artist extensively features the artist's career spanning over twenty-five years. Mona Naqsh's exhibition 'Silent Sermon' wil...

Introduces its first Art Books Exhibition with the launch of Art historian/scholar, Dr. Akbar Naqvi’s Image and Identity (second edition) reading, book signing by the author on Monday 04, April 2011, at 6 pm. The art books exhibition will commence from 04-to-06 April 2011, 12 pm to 8 pm. The exhibition offers a wide-selection of art publications from international/local publishers, new editions and rare art books. Address: D-116/1-A, Block 4, Clifton, (Near Chinese Consulate) Karachi, Pakistan.     p

SHAKILISMAIL ART GALLERY relocated. New address is DC/1 Shop No 3, Marine Point, Clifton Near Deelawala Shopping Mall, Karachi. UNICORN ART GALLERY relocated to its new address at D-116/1-A, Block 4, Clifton, Karachi ART AGENCY Shop #3, 11-C, Stadium Lane 4 Phase 5, D.H.A. Karachi, Pakistan . Tel: (92-21) 3-584-4325   ART EMPORIUM Shop #4, 45-C, 27th Street Tauheed Commercial Area Phase 5, D.H.A. Karachi, Pakistan . Tel: (92-21) 3-583-8563 ART GALLERY 2000 Shop No. 3, Plot 33-C 29-C Stadium Lane 1, Khaada Market Phase 5, D.H.A. Karachi, Pakistan . Tel: (92-21) 3-662-9400   ART PLUS Shop #20, Yousuf Grand Square Block 8, Clifton Karachi, Pakistan . Tel: (92-21) 3-582-4027, 3-582-4028   ART SCENE 2...

Art Point School of Calligraphy and Fine Arts. Location: Karachi Contact Person Muhammad Jamal Muhsin. Phone: +92-21-36041491 www.handwriting.pk Central Institute of Arts and Crafts. Location: Arts Council, 2nd Floor, MR Kayani Road, Karachi Phone: +92-21-32632211 Fashion Apparel Design & Training Institute 24-D, Block 6, PECHS, Karachi Phone: +92-21-34547607  www.penandbrush.50webs.com Indus Valley SCHOOL OF ART ST-33, Block 2, Scheme 5, Clifton, Karachi Phone: +92-21-35861039 www.indusvalley.edu.pk     KARACHI SCHOOL OF ART www.ksa.edu.pk     Manzar College of Arts (MCA) 3rd Floor, Merium's Complex, Bahadur ShahZafar Road, Badadurabad Phone: +92-21-349...