LAHORE - The National College of Arts (NCA) has sought advice from the Cabinet Division on the future of six contractual faculty members whose contracts were expired in January while the contacts of other sixteen are about to expire at the end of the ongoing month.Sources said that the NCA ...

SWATFor the first time in the history of swat, a group of six emerging artists from the valley put on display their artwork at Serena Hotel Saidu Sharif here the other evening. The artists, through their work, highlighted different aspects of culture and their effects on the valley. Like education, ...

The Pakistan National Council of the Arts has arranged Sunday Art Bazaar on June 2 (today) from 4:00pm to 8:00pm at PNCA, National Art Gallery in Islamabad. It will also provide the excellent opportunity to the artists & artisans to showcase their creations.Puppet showThe Pakistan National ...

RAWALPINDIRawalpindi Arts Council (RAC) organised a three-day wood art workshop for its students that started here on Friday. In the workshop, Saleem Mughal, a renowned wood artist, imparted training to students who also got certificates from RAC Resident Director Waqar Ahmed at the end. Various ...

New YorkBBCA contemporary art sale at Christie’s in New York has made $495m (£325m), the highest total in auction history. The sale included works by Jackson Pollock, Roy Lichtenstein and Jean-Michel Basquiat. The sale established 16 new world auction records, with nine works selling ...

NEW YORK: Leonardo DiCaprio urged wealthy art collectors Monday to bid at an environmental charity auction in New York as if the planet's fate "depends on us" - and they responded by splashing out $38.8 million.The "11th Hour" auction at Christie's featured 33 works of mostly contemporary art, much ...

HOLLYWOOD(DS): Chris Brown's neighbours are unhappy over 'devil' art the singer has painted on the fence of his Hollywood Hills home. Patti Negri, president of the Hollywood Dell neighbourhood group, told the Los Angeles Times that the graffiti is scaring local children."There are lots of babies, ...

NEW YORK - (AFP)An Impressionist oil painting depicting a chef in his white uniform fetched a tasty $18 million, the most ever paid at auction for a work by the artist Chaim Soutine.Soutine’s “Le Petit Patissier” (The Little Pastry Chef), was the highlight of the Christie’s ...

TRONDHEIM GN - When it comes to bizarre hobbies, merging two animals together in the name of art has got to be among the strangest.Student Arne Fredriksen uses photo manipulation to create the out of these world hybrids which have become a hit online. The Weird Animal collection features a number ...

  The tide of war may be receding, as President Barack Obama is fond of saying, butUSmilitary demand for unmanned drones and their remote pilots is growing. Here in theNew Mexicodesert, the US Air Force has ramped up training of drone operators - even as the nation increasingly debates their ...

KARACHI (PR): The launch of Expressions Art Gallery accompanied by an exhibition took place on Saturday at DHA, Block XX, Khayaban-e -Iqbal. Location of the art gallery is in a state of the art space and it is expected to become the latest art hub in the cityThis new set up has emerged as a result ...

ISLAMABAD - The ongoing folk festival of Pakistan “Lok Mela” being held here at Shakaparian under the aegis of Lok Virsa (National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage) also focuses on truck art, besides a number of other important culture and entertainment activities. In the ...

LAHORE (PR) - The 7th Toyota Dream Car Art Contest organized by Indus Motor Company draws to a close with a grand event here. More than 300 schools from across Pakistan participated in the contest, including special children, from vocational training schools.The competition kicked off in January ...

LAHORE - A three-day mega event ‘Nerds of Art and Gurus of Science (NAGS 2013)’, began at the Government College University (GCU) on Wednesday. About 350 students from 31 educational intuitions of Pakistan are participating in the 27 competitions being organised by the GCU Photography ...

LONDON  – With 100 days to go until the London Olympics, Seb Coe was planting trees at Kew Gardens, Weymouth council were building sandcastles and the London 2012 motto “inspire a generation” was born. Having arrived at the same landmark ahead of this summer’s ...

LAHORE (PR) – A week-long exhibition of “Art Books & Periodicals from Pakistan” opened at the Art Gallery of the India International Centre (IIC) in New Delhi. This is the first such exhibition on the subject to be held in India, and it has been jointly sponsored by the IIC ...

UK (BBC) FAMOUS landscape paintings have been recreated without trees by an Edinburgh University scientist to draw attention to the value of woods and forests. Dr Iain Woodhouse removed trees from Constable’s The Haywain, Seurat’s Sunday afternoon on the Island of Grande Jatte, and Van ...

MULTAN - The Punjab government has decided to equip the art gallery being established at Dmdama on Qila Qasim Bagh with latest equipment as arrangements will be made to show documentaries to the students visiting the gallery.This was disclosed by the District Coordination Officer Nasim Sadiq while ...

People have been trying to define art for a long time but it can be said art is basically a way of expression. A poet expresses in form of verses, an artist expresses in form of painting and an engraver expresses by engraving stones. These are all the languages to convey the message. Art has a ...

ISLAMABAD – Students of Foundation University Islamabad (FUI) arranged a stage play titled ‘Paper Cut: Pesay ki Kahani’ at the University auditorium.Tauqeer Nasir, Director General, Pakistan National Council of the Arts, was the chief guest. Eminent artists, faculty members and a ...

ISLAMABAD – Lyrical Waves, a solo show of colorful abstract paintings by Fariya Zaeem will be displayed here on November 10 at gallery 6 to explore spiritual connections through different techniques of art.Fariya Zaeem’s paintings are based on lyrical abstraction that primarily convey a ...

ISLAMABAD  - People thronged Rawalpindi Arts Council (RAC) on Tuesday and highly appreciated art work of 15 artists who are participating in All Pakistan Exhibition.RAC in collaboration with Saba Khidmat Foundation is organizing the exhibition, which commenced here on Monday. The art work is ...

It seems that letter writing is the most difficult task for the Minister of Law as this is one of several drafts that have been written and the apex court has objected numerous times. This exercise has been going on for quite some time now and one fails to understand as to what is so difficult in ...

ISLAMABAD - Hunerkada, in collaboration with Lok Virsa, National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage, and American Embassy organised ‘Face Off Mela’ with a view to create awareness among younger generation about peace, unity and a tolerant society.Over 350 artists participated in ...

ISLAMABAD - The Embassy of Japan has arranged an art and speech competition about Japan here today (September 19) at Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA).Students from various educational institutions of Rawalpindi and Islamabad will be among the participants to highlight aspects of ...

ISLAMABAD - The children and adults fondly showed their interest in learning the art of etching on paper to express their creative ethos differently.Development Communications Network (DEVCOM-Pakistan) and Gallery Louvre arranged a lecture and workshop with the artist and art mentor Riffat Ara Baig ...

LAHORE - ‘Art for Humanity’, a joint initiative of the National College of Arts (NAC) and BF Biosciences in collaboration with ICI Dulux was launched at the Cancer Ward of Mayo Hospital here on Monday. The NCA students were joined by employees of BF Biosciences and ICI Dulux to add a ...

“Within any important issue, there are always aspects no one wishes to discuss.”– George OrwellThe concept of “equilibrium” is defined as a strategic management doctrine to maintain balance, stability, moderation, neutrality, equality, parity and symmetry in an ...

LAHORE - The annual street art competition currently in its 3rd year has initiated across the vibrant city of Lahore. An initiative by Message Welfare Trust and supported by Pakistan’s leading paint company Master Paints since 2011, this year’s competition has attracted a massive ...

LAHORE - An eye-catching exhibition titled ‘Spring Art Festival’ was inaugurated at Lahore College for Women University on Wednesday. LCWU VC Dr Sabiha Mansoor and National College of Arts Principal Prof. Sajjad Kausar graced the occasion. The exhibition displayed works of sculpture, ...