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Art Dubai and NuktaArt
Art Dubai has become the essential gathering place for collectors, artists and art professionals from across the Middle East, South Asia and beyond. Once again, this year, NuktaArt magazine is a Media Partner for Art Dubai, to be held from March 17 to 20, 2010.
The 2010 winning artworks of the Abraaj Capital Art Prize will be unveiled at a special ceremony at Art Dubai. Kader Attia (Algeria), working with curator Laurie Ann Farrell (US), Hala Elkoussy (Egypt) working with curator Jelle Bouwhuis (The Netherlands) and Marwan Sahmarani (Lebanon) with curator Mahita El Bacha Urieta (Spain/Lebanon) have been declared as the winners of the Abraaj Capital Art Prize.
Niilofur Farrukh elected as AICA’s first Pakistani Vice President
International Art Critics Association (AICA), Paris, got its first Vice President from Pakistan when Niilofur Farrukh, Founder Editor of NuktaArt was elected at the AICA Congress 2009 in Dublin. During her three year term Niilofur Farrukh will be serving on two AICA Commissions: Freedom Expression and Human Rights and on Copyrights for Art Critics.
Rumana Husain’s book Karachiwala: a subcontinent within a city
Rumana Husain, Founder Senior Editor of NuktaArt’s book, Karachiwala: a subcontinent within a city (www.jaal.org/karachiwala) was launched at the Pakistan Arts Council, Karachi on 24th February at a well-attended event. Amongst coverage of the event in other national newspapers, the daily Dawn reviewed the book; printed an excerpt from the book about Karachi’s Jewish community, titled ‘No More in Karachi’; and also an interview with the author:
Art and Ecological Activism: A Project of NuktaArt, One Mile Square - Mai Kolachi
Mai Kolachi and the environment around its expressway were the locale for One Mile Square (1mile²) Karachi, a project which is an initiative of Visiting Arts UK (www.square-mile.net) and is organized by NuktaArt magazine.
NuktaArt worked with four local artists: Arif Mahmood, Nameera Ahmed, Adeel-uz-Zafar and Fraz Abdul Mateen, assisted by a young art critic, Shahana Rajani, mapping the biodiversity, cultural and aesthetic transformation of the area. The p roject began on December 1, 2009, and ended on January 30, 2010, with the culmination of a week-long exhibition of the artworks at the Ahmed Pervez Gallery, Arts Council Karachi. Find out more >>