Kamil Daad

Kamil Dad is an art critic and news writer for PakistaniArt, Pakistan's independent digital art platform. He is not an artist with a publicly documented lineage or father figure in mainstream archives; rather, he writes extensively about cultural events, global art exhibitions, and industry news.

Art critic and news writer

Art critic and news writer

Kamil Daad, an art critic who lives and breathes all things culture. He is obsessed with sharing what is happening in the creative world. He tracks everything from cool local art shows in Pakistan to massive international exhibitions. Kamil has been doing this for a long time, so he really knows his stuff. He loves taking complex art ideas and turning them into fun, easy-to-read stories.
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Electronic MusicOCT 13, 2026

Calvin Harris Announces First North American Headline Tour for 2027

Kamil Daad
An outdoor musical performance features a man, captured from the chest up, with a short beard and mustache. He is wearing a dark, unbuttoned short-sleeved shirt over a white undershirt, with black headphones resting around his neck. His right arm is raised with his fingers pointing upward, and he has a subtle smile on his face. The backdrop is a solid vibrant blue with faint horizontal lines running across it, and a bright spotlight highlights his right side.
ExhibitionsOCT 13, 2026

Johnny Depp Joins Halcyon Gallery's Roster With First Major UK Art Show

Kamil Daad
A tall, narrow building facade in an urban streetscape is completely covered by a vibrant, full-height art installation banner by Johnny Depp for his "Halcyon" exhibition. The colorful banner features a light blue background densely patterned with bright orange rose motifs, framing a central, stylized brown silhouette of a humanoid figure with long rabbit-like ears. Below the artwork, the text "JOHNNY DEPP" is printed in large, black, block lettering, directly above the word "HALCYON." A dark rectangular entryway is cut out at the base of the banner, leading into the gallery space. The decorated building is tightly flanked on both sides by traditional, multi-story European city architecture, including a white building with black iron balconies to its left and a classic stone building with rows of windows and white flags to its right, creating a stark contrast between classic street design and contemporary pop-art promotion.
ExhibitionsOCT 10, 2026

Pakistani Artists Join Frieze Abu Dhabi's First Edition

Kamil Daad
A composite photo captures two prominent contemporary Pakistani artists, Hamra Abbas and Imran Qureshi, side-by-side against different artistic backdrops. On the left, Hamra Abbas stands confidently against a clean white gallery wall, looking slightly towards the camera with a subtle, composed expression. She has long, dark hair parted down the middle and wears a high-collared black top paired with a striking jacket featuring patterned sleeves in red, black, and yellow geometric designs. A small portion of a vibrant blue artwork is visible on the wall behind her upper left shoulder. On the right, Imran Qureshi stands with his arms crossed over his chest, offering a calm and pleasant smile. He has short, salt-and-pepper hair and a neatly trimmed beard. He wears a simple, classic blue polo shirt and is framed against a warm, solid ochre-yellow wall that indicates a gallery or museum setting.
CinemaOCT 8, 2026

Pakistani Artist Misha Japanwala Joins Oscar Selection Panel

Kamil Daad
In this portrait, the Pakistani artist and fashion designer Misha Japanwala sits on the floor of her art studio surrounded by several of her signature, handcrafted body-cast sculptures. She is positioned centrally, looking directly at the camera while wearing white, wide-leg trousers and a striking, asymmetrical sky-blue resin breastplate molded to her torso. Behind her stands a light-wood work desk covered with art supplies, including a jar of paintbrushes and candles, and topped by a large, lavender-colored sculptural torso. Propped against the wall behind the desk is a large canvas featuring a minimalist black-and-white calligraphic silhouette drawing. Scattered around her on the floor are additional sculpted anatomical forms in bold shades of red, dark blue, gold, and dark purple, highlighting her unique creative practice that explores themes of bodily autonomy and the deconstruction of shame.
ExhibitionsOCT 8, 2026

Artists Say Tang Contemporary Still Owes Them Money

Kamil Daad
Tang Contemporary Art Gallery exhibition space featuring contemporary paintings on display under bright gallery lighting. An expansive, minimalist art gallery interior features light wood floors and clean white walls illuminated by modern recessed ceiling lights and track lighting systems. The wide-angle perspective showcases a spacious exhibition hall where vibrant contemporary paintings are spaced out across the walls, leading the viewer's eye toward a central wooden bench and an adjacent hallway that extends deeper into the gallery.
NewsOCT 3, 2026

Pakistan's Top Art School Just Banned Campus Filming

Kamil Daad
A high-angle, outdoor shot captures the historic red brick rooftop of the National College of Arts (NCA) in Lahore, featuring two distinct, vintage wooden cabins alongside towering Mughal-style architectural elements beneath a hazy, overcast sky. The foreground and middle ground are dominated by weathered, dark red brick structures, including a thick boundary wall that separates the immediate rooftop area from the background. Built upon this rooftop are two elongated, rustic wooden pavilions or cabins, each characterized by dark timber paneling, multiple small-paned glass windows reflecting a hint of blue from an interior object, and pitched roofs covered in classic terracotta tiles with ornate, scalloped wooden trim along the eaves. Rising majestically behind these wooden structures are several iconic, reddish-brown terracotta domes and minarets belonging to a historic architectural complex, their elegant curves and intricate spires standing out against the pale, muted grey and white sky where a flock of small birds can be seen scattered in flight. The left side of the frame features a stark, vertical red brick wall section with exposed piping, adding a raw, structural texture to the composition, while the soft, diffused daylight casts gentle shadows across the aged masonry and wooden surfaces, highlighting the rich cultural heritage and academic atmosphere of the fine arts department's outdoor space.
Performance ArtOCT 3, 2026

Pakistan's National Puppet Theatre Hands Rod Puppetry Skills to Fine Arts Students

Kamil Daad
A group of female students at the National College of Arts (NCA) Rawalpindi gathers closely around a table during an interactive puppetry workshop. An elderly female instructor, wearing a traditional white patterned dupatta, demonstrates the mechanics of a dark-haired puppet with a pink face. The students, dressed in diverse casual and traditional South Asian attire, look on with expressions of focused curiosity and engagement.
ArchitectureOCT 3, 2026

Undated Mosque Guards Sindh’s 1843 Martyrs’ Graves

Kamil Daad
A landscape photograph showcases the historic Miani Mosque in Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan, an ancient brick structure featuring a prominent central dome and arched entryways that sits in a state of partial dilapidation amid dense wild vegetation. In the foreground, the crumbling ruins of brick walls and weathered stone graves litter the overgrown ground, leading towards a modern white, intricately carved balustrade and pavilion structure on the left side of the frame. The sky above is entirely blown out and bright white, casting a harsh, flat light over the historic site and its surrounding burial grounds.
PaintingOCT 2, 2026

Van Gogh's "Blossoming Chestnut Trees" Heads to Sotheby's After Decades Out of Sight

Kamil Daad
Blossoming Chestnut Trees by Vincent van Gogh is an oil painting from May 1890, depicting a dramatic street scene in Auvers-sur-Oise under a swirling, deep blue night sky dominated by towering green chestnut trees bursting with pale blossoms. On the left sits a rustic white house with a dark roof, while below the massive canopy, a group of figures with umbrellas gathers on a light-colored path near a lone walking man and a stone wall. The artwork showcases Van Gogh's signature Post-Impressionism style, characterized by thick, energetic impasto brushstrokes and a vibrant, emotionally charged color palette.
PaintingSEP 18, 2026

Salman Toor Named to the Inaugural TIME100 Art List

Kamil Daad
A medium shot showcases the Pakistani-American contemporary artist Salman Toor standing with a pensive expression in the center of his studio. He is dressed casually in a black crewneck T-shirt and dark gray sweatpants, with his left arm crossed tightly over his stomach and his right hand gently propping up his chin. Flanking him on either wall are two of his distinctive figurative oil paintings rendered in his signature, atmospheric emerald-green and ochre palettes. The artwork on the left depicts a surreal scene with a kneeling figure and another figure reclined on the ground, while the large canvas on the right illustrates an intimate, stylized gathering of multiple figures seated around a dinner table under warm lighting. A couple of smaller, unfinished canvases are mounted higher up on the white wall behind him.
PaintingSEP 14, 2026

Sotheby's Auctions $90M Hedreen Works to Fund Seattle University Museum

Kamil Daad
The image features a split focus between historical portraiture and a contemporary portrait: in the background, a large, gilt-framed oil painting depicts a young, aristocratic 18th-century gentleman with powdered hair, a high cravat, a dark tailcoat with bright buttons, and tan breeches, gesturing toward a dramatic, overcast landscape; standing prominently in the right foreground is an elderly Caucasian man with short, neat white hair, thin-framed glasses, and a subtle smile, dressed formally in a sharp blue suit jacket, a white collared dress shirt, and a solid red tie.
ArtSEP 10, 2026

What Is Inktober? A Complete Guide to the October Art Challenge

Kamil Daad
Inktober is a global month-long art challenge created by illustrator Jake Parker in 2009 that encourages artists to create and share one ink drawing every day throughout October to improve their skills and build consistent drawing habits. Participants follow an official, pre-released list of 31 daily one-word prompts, create their artwork using traditional ink or digital tools, and share their progress online using the hashtag #inktober. A stylized, monochrome graphic featuring the word "Inktober" in an elegant, white cursive font with distinct serifs and flourishes, set against a background of intricate, dark ink-drawn sketches that blend into a gradient texture moving from light grey on the left to dark grey on the right.

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