AAN Art Space & Museum

04/09/2026

25/08/2026

The Space We Hold
Between Absence and Presence

27th August, 2026
Curated by Malika Abbas

This exhibition considers the liminal space. The spaces between inner and outer, presence and absence, past and present or earthly and spiritual. It explores the idea of the vessel as a threshold, a space that can hold memories, fragments, histories and possibilities without needing to resolve them.

The works emerge from experiences of rupture, loss and disconnection, but approach absence not simply as emptiness. Instead, they ask how it can be understood and understood hold space. Through reflection and the gathering of fragments, the works create spaces where connections between places, histories and selves can be reconsidered.

.art

&Museum

11/05/2026

Join curator Farah Mahbub as she speaks with the artists about their journeys and how photography has influenced their lives, memories and ways of seeing.

.mansoor

22/03/2026

Eid Mubarak from the AAN Collection!

This work by Aisha Khalid is in the AAN Collection and is titled Pattern to Follow, 2010. This work was exhibited at the Pao Galleries at the Hong Kong Art Centre and the Sharjah Biennial. It is reminiscent of the new crescent moon.

The work was inspired by the architectural details in the domes of the 17th Century Mughal Badshahi Mosque in Lahore!

27/02/2026

The Archive - In Form
Curated by Farah Mahbub
5th March 2026

In the spring of 1997, a modest photography course took root along the shoreline of Karachi at the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture (IVS). Over the years, it evolved from a course into a studio minor and eventually in 2020 into a full-fledged major.

This exhibition brings together a group of IVS alumni whose practices have matured beyond the institution. It honors not only their professional accomplishments but also the formative years that shaped their ways of seeing. Moving between analogue and digital, the works trace the evolution of photography as both craft and concept.

It invites viewers into images shaped by introspection, memory and vulnerability. In a time of ambiguity, this exhibition foregrounds the personal as a space of inquiry. These works emerge from private narratives yet resonate with collective experiences. Drawing on an awareness of transience and the quiet melancholy of fleeting time, the exhibition highlights photography as a sensitive and reflective medium attentive to what lingers even as it fades.

.mansoor
Mansoor K Rana Malik Farah Mahbub Humayun Memon Kanwal Anjum Khaula Jamil Mahmood Ali photography IVS light memory