The exhibition Colours and Lines in Motion brings together three abstract artists to foster a dialogue spanning an arc from the mid-twentieth century to the recent past. A concentration on colours, lines and planes along with the radical rejection of any manner of representationalism describe the narrative thread that is shared by Verena Loewensberg, Imran Mir and Anton Stankowski. All three also have in common their personal exchange with the artist and designer Max Bill. Nonetheless, in each case their works testify to a respectively individual vocabulary of abstraction that fuse local cultural influences and biographical circumstances, but also contemporary history.

Photographs from the opening of Sedje Hémon, Imran Mir, Abdias Nascimento, Abstracting Parables, 2022. sonsbeek20→24, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

The Imran Mir Art Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of the fourth cycle of the Imran Mir Art Prize, Noormah Jamal and Haider Ali Naqvi. This year we received our highest number of applications so far, making it a particularly competitive year. At the end, the jury decided to jointly award the prize for this cycle and both the artists will have an opportunity for a solo exhibition in 2020 in Karachi. 

The Imran Mir Art Prize seeks to recognize emerging art practitioners in Pakistan, who demonstrate extraordinary promise and talent. The prize was instituted in 2014 to honor the legacy of the late artist Imran Mir. For the third cycle of the prize, the Imran Mir Art Foundation collaborated with the Lahore Biennial Foundation, and the award ceremony took place at the historic Lahore Fort during the opening ceremony of the inaugural Lahore Biennial.

An aspiring young artist drew on her sensibilities to come forward with a subject that long desired an ovation. Jovita Alvares’s solo show Wallflower reconnoiters the powerful presence of the Bougainvillea plant signifying it’s potent and commandeering relationship with the concrete structures of urbanization.

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The Imran Mir Art Foundation presents ‘Wallflower’, a solo exhibition by the winner of the second cycle of the Imran Mir Art Prize, Jovita Alvares. The Imran Mir Art Foundation encourages and promotes young artists of Pakistan, true to the legacy of the late artist Imran Mir. 

We can’t wait to welcome you all to the Mohatta Palace Museum for the exhibition Imran Mir: The Alchemist of Line. 

Imran Mir: The Alchemist of line is presented by the Mohatta Palace Museum, Karachi, in the first-floor galleries of the Museum. The exhibition was curated by Nasreen Askari, the Director of Mohatta Palace Museum, and Prof. Durriya Kazi, Head of Department of Visual Studies at the University of Karachi. A previously published fully illustrated book accompanies the exhibition with original essays on the artist’s work.

The exhibition will be open to the public and on view from October 21, 2017 to October 22, 2018, at the Mohatta Palace Museum. The opening preview will take place on October 20, 2017. The opening of the exhibition aligns with the first Karachi Art Biennial.

On January 6, Pakistani Artist Ayesha Siddiqui showcased her latest exhibition CAMOUFLAGE at the Koel Gallery in Karachi, Pakistan. The exhibition was dedicated to Imran Mir.

We were happy to announce that Noureen Ali, a graduate from The Department of Fine Arts embodied the values and work ethic of Imran Mir and was the first to receive the Imran Mir Art Award. Here seen with Chairperson IMAF, Nighat Mir, Trustee IMAF, Gibran Mir and Executive Director IVS, Samina Khan.

In November 2015, a panel of jurors consisting of architects, artists, art critics and educators came together to nominate young artists from the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture to receive the Imran Mir Art Foundation Award of Excellence.

Mera Inaam Pakistan.... Mera Paigham Pakistan...

Over two decades ago, on 14th August, Imran Mir brought together a group of highly creative individuals under the patronage of MCB Pakistan, to produce a piece of history that would present Pakistan in all its beauty and diversity to the people of the world in a different light.

Watch the video here.

On 23rd July 2015, The Imran Mir Art Foundation (IMAF) was inaugurated before an audience of art lovers, art promoters, writers, curators, gallery owners and friends, in Mir’s studio and home.

Contemporaries, colleagues and people mentored by Imran Mir remember his life, work and contributions to the creative field in Pakistan.

Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture students visited Imran Mir's studio home.

The students explored Imran Mir's studio home designed by world-renowned Sri Lankan Architect C. Anjalendran and preeminent Pakistani architect Shahid Abdullah.

Imran Mir Founder of the Indus Valley School of Art and architecture, was remembered at a well attended memorial held at the school premises on 16th January 2015.

Haajra Haider Karrar of Art Now Pakistan interviewed Imran Mir about his work and his life.

http://www.artnowpakistan.com/articles.php?article=In-Conversation-with-Imran-Mir#