We went to see the eclectic ‘Empire of the Sikhs’ exhibition at the Brunei Gallery last week – which tells the story of Sher-e-Punjab Maharaja Ranjit Singh, his reign, his army, his family and court, and how the Sikh Empire nearly ended British rule.
Once past the giant howitzer which marks the beginning of the exhibition, there are the lovely drawing and painting marking the transformation of Sikhs from ‘sparrows to hawks’, followed straight after by a brilliant wall where the…
Gifted, enigmatic, inspired – Pakistani artist Waqas Khan’s unique abstract geometric drawings form part of important museum and private collections across the globe.His latest work is on display at the Manchester Gallery as part of a collaboration with artists in the UK, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh to mark the 70th anniversary of independence.
His work is composed of tiny, delicate dots, lines, and circles – drawn on wasli paper – that expand and transform into magnificent organic, networked shapes. Each line, each dot is unique –…
In 1976, a group of Indian women, who had been employed as low-paid labour in the Grunwick film processing factory, went on strike in protest against their poor working conditions. Their story, and that of their formidable leader Jayaben Desai, is depicted in a new play running now at Tara Arts.
The play’s title We are the Lions, Mr Manager! refers to the moment when, in August 1976, Jayaben, walked out of the factory in support of a fellow worker, and a manager called the women ‘chattering monkeys’….
