Explore essays on art and culture in Southasia and beyond—covering museums, Mughal and Japanese art, visual history, and cultural heritage.
Hiroshi in Lahore
Explore Yoshida Hiroshi’s Lahore prints, where Japanese art meets colonial Southasia, offering a unique visual record of the city’s architecture and history.
Manohar and Madonna
Explore how Mughal painter Manohar blended Christian iconography with South Asian aesthetics, revealing a forgotten cross-cultural moment in imperial art.
Lahore Museum’s Prized Possession: Saifur Rehman Dar (1938-2024)
Saifur Rehman Dar transformed the Lahore Museum into a global institution—his death marks the loss of a visionary in Pakistan’s fading museum culture.
Avitabile’s Gor Khatri
A British watercolour painting of an Italian residence in Peshawar reminds us of the city’s Sikh legacy and how one site has seen multiple transformations.