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Angela de la Cruz and Rashid Rana at Lisson Gallery

In the works of Angela de la Cruz and Rashid Rana currently on display at Lisson Gallery in London, there is more than meets the eye. Both artists beckon the viewer to reconsider their works’ seemingly simple form and look across their oeuvre to the rich ideas that lie beneath.

More Art Basel Miami Beach, Pulse and Design Miami

Art Basel Miami Beach always divides its activities and gives each a name, all prefaced by Art: Art Nova, Art Positions, Art Kabinett, Art Salon… Someone else may find these useful but I find it a confusing mess.

Hanging fire: Contemporary Art from Pakistan at the Asia Society, New York

I recently met a Pakistani grad student on a Fulbright fellowship; he was distressed that Americans’ first thoughts about Pakistan tend to be negative, following the news,  and they don’t know anything of the culture, past or present.  It pleased him that I was familiar with Mohenjo-daro (perhaps the world’s oldest city) and Gandharan sculpture (influenced by Greek art, in the wake of Alexander), but I admitted I knew nothing of contemporary art beyond the work of Shazia Sikander.  Thanks to the Asia Society, that has changed!