“We believe in the power of the arts to connect us to our common humanity and to act as bridges of understanding between different cultures.
The Pakistan Circle London, endeavours to celebrate and show case the best of Pakistani Art and culture in the UK, to nurture a dialogue that promotes affinities and a better understanding between the two people.”
Mohsin Hamid &
William Dalrymple
at Brunie Gallery, SOAS
Hamid is the author of five novels - Last White Man, Exit West, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, and Moth Smoke -- and a book of essays, Discontent and Its Civilizations.
His writing has been translated into forty languages, featured on bestseller lists, and adapted for the cinema.
Born in Lahore, he has spent about half his life there and much of the rest in London, New York, and California.
Dalrymple is one of Britain’s great historians and the bestselling author of - White Mughals, The Last Mughal, Return of the King and the most, The Anarchy.
A frequent broadcaster, he has written and presented three television series. Named one of the world’s top 50 thinkers for 2020 by Prospect, William lives with his wife and three children on a farm outside Delhi.
Ali Kazim at Ashmolean Museum Oxford
Suspended in Time
7 Feb - 26 Jun
Curated by Dr Mallica Kumbera Landrus, Keeper of the Department of Eastern Art and Senior Curator of Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art, in collaboration with the artist, the exhibition will feature Ashmolean objects alongside paintings, sculptures and installations by Kazim.
The exhibition coincides with the 75th anniversary of Pakistan’s creation.
Bani Abidi at Tate Modern
Reserved 2006
Ongoing
Curated by Devika Singh, Bani Abidi’s Reserved 2006 is a two-screen video installation that shows an unnamed city preparing for the arrival of a VIP.
Reserved portrays the experience of waiting, and the boredom and sense of uselessness that it causes. While events like these take place in cities across the world, Abidi draws upon her own memories of growing up in Karachi, Pakistan. She recalls continually having to wait for a mayor, governor or some other dignitary to arrive.
Halima Cassell at Somerset House
Collect Craft Fair 2022
24 - 27 Feb 2022 I 11.00-18.00
Exquisitely crafted, Cassell’s dramatic pieces take pride of place in the prestigious Collect Craft Fair at Somerset House. Strong geometric elements and patterns meld with architectural principles in a dance of harmony and elegance inviting conversation.
Cassell uses solid surfaces to carve out complex patterns and contours. The result is a mesmerising representation of familiar designs and a celebration of the human interpretation of the natural world.