Tag: Art
Balochistan plans to establish art, cultural centres at three major cities
QUETTA: Balochistan government has planned to establish Art and Cultural centres at Quetta, Nasirabad and Sibi with an aim to promote the diverse and...
French art museum discovers almost half of its collection is fake
ELNA: An art museum in the south of France has discovered that more than half of its collection consists of fakes, in what the...
Los Angeles exhibition celebrates the cultural phenomenon of selfies
LOS ANGELES: There’s an art to taking the perfect selfie — from the angle to the focus, cropping out that pesky outstretched arm and...
Musicians’ family members voice their grievances
KARACHI: Sindh government should take more practical steps for the preservation and promotion of art and music in the country.
It should extend maximum support...
LBF announces to launch ‘Lahore Biennale’ to revive art and culture
LAHORE: The Lahore Biennale Foundation (LBF) on Thursday announced to launch its inaugural two-week festival “Lahore Biennale 01: Shehr-o-Fun” which will take place between...
Art helps Iran acid attack victims find a new identity
TEHRAN: Massoumeh Attaie does not want to be defined only by the evil that drove her father-in-law to blind her with acid in her...
Hunt for ‘African Mona Lisa’ underway
ILE-IFE, NIGERIA: She's been described as "the African Mona Lisa", the subject of a long-lost series of three paintings by the artist considered to...
Film and art festivals to be held regularly in Sindh, says...
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah on Friday said that after the passage of the 18th amendment in the constitution, film and arts...
KLF attracts thousands of literature lovers on second day
On the second day of Karachi Literature Festival (KLF) 2018 on Saturday, thousands of literature lovers thronged to the venue of the festival and...
NA body approves Institute for Art and Culture Bill, 2018
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Federal Education and Professional Training discussed and unanimously approved ‘The Institute for Art and Culture Bill, 2018’.
The...
Promotion of art, literature is a noble cause: Irfan Siddiqui
PESHAWAR: Advisor to Prime Minister on National Heritage and Lok Virsa Irfan Siddiqui has said that the promotion of art and literature is a...
Turning e-waste into art at Ghana’s toxic dump
Joseph Awuah-Darko sits on a stool at one of the world's largest electronic waste dumps, watching polystyrene and insulation cables burn on the blackened...
Church in London displaying chandelier made of recycled refugee clothing
As a group of homeless men doze on pews, and colourful T-shirts and baby shoes hang low from the ceiling, London’s St James’s Church...
Creation of calligraphy wing instrumental to preserve the art: Irfan Siddiqui
ISLAMABAD: Advisor to Prime Minister on National History and Literary Heritage (NH&LH) Irfan Siddiqui on Wednesday said that the establishment of first-ever Calligraphy Wing is the...
Three-day Children Literature Festival to start from Jan 12
LAHORE: A social movement on art and literature, Children Literature Festival (CLF) in collaboration with Walled City of Lahore Authority (WCLA), has been rescheduled from...
New show reveals Michael Jackson’s impact on contemporary art
Pop legend Michael Jackson's "huge impact" on contemporary art will be explored in a new exhibition in Paris and London next year.
The "groundbreaking" show...
Pakistan’s passionate youth: expressing freedom through art
Vibrant, young, and liberal, the city of Lahore has been the progressive capital of Pakistan for over a century. French photographer Matthieu Paley, who...
