The Strength of Beauty: An Interview with Aisha Khalid

Muftah speaks with Aisha Khalid, one of Pakistan’s leading contemporary artists, whose diverse work has been displayed widely in celebrated exhibitions around the world.

by Lavinia Filippi

Aisha Khalid (1972) is one of Pakistan’s leading contemporary artists. She graduated from the Miniature Department of the National College of Arts (NCA) in Lahore, and is part of the so-called “Neo-Miniature” movement’s first-generation. The trend, which started in Lahore around 1990, “rehabilitates” the traditional miniature painting …