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National Art Gallery in
Islamabad
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,
Pakistan
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is the country's first national
art gallery
An art gallery is a room or a building in which visual art is displayed. In Western cultures from the mid-15th century, a gallery was any long, narrow covered passage along a wall, first used in the sense of a place for art in the 1590s. The lon ...
. Built on a small hillock opposite the
Majlis-e-Shoora
The Parliament of Pakistan ( ur, , , "Pakistan Advisory Council" or "Pakistan Consultative Assembly") is the federal and supreme legislative body of Pakistan. It is a bicameral federal legislature that consists of the Senate as the upper ho ...
(the Parliament of Pakistan) and the Aiwan-e-Sadr (the President's House). It opened to the public on Sunday, August 26, 2007. National Art Gallery, Pakistan is a part of the larger organization called
Pakistan National Council of the Arts
Pakistan National Council of the Arts ( ur, , or PNCA) was set up to spearhead the development of arts in Pakistan by an Act of Parliament in 1973. It aims to build a robust arts ecosystem by creating an environment conducive to the flourishi ...
.
In 2007, Director General of PNCA was
Naeem Tahir
Naeem Tahir (born 26 February 1937) is Pakistani theatre, film and television actor, scholar, public speaker, columnist, teacher and dramatist. His works are extensively published.
Career
His research work on the Pre-History of the People of I ...
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In 2017, Director General of
Pakistan National Council of Arts
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(PNCA) was
Jamal Shah
Jamal Shah (Pashto: جمال شاہ) is a Pakistani actor, director, painter, social worker, script writer, singer, songwriter.
Early life and education
Jamal Shah was born into a Pashtun Syed family in 1956 in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. ...
.
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Design
In a nationwide design contest in 1989, the design of Suhail Abbasi & Naeem Pasha of M/s Suhail & Pasha, Architects & Planning Consultants Islamabad was selected for the construction of the National Art Gallery. Their modernistic brick cube is a model of Miesian purity and functionality.
The gallery, with a covered area of 1800 square yards, has 14 galleries with adjacent display areas, lecture halls, workshop and storage facilities, laboratories and a library. The four-storey gallery has modern facilities, including an auditorium with capacity for 400, a theatre, stage facilities and an open-air theatre.[Pakistan National Council of the Arts website with pictures of galleries]
Retrieved 29 October 2019[
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Folk artistes train tours to entertain public
In 2017, Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) arranged a special train tour for a 36-member troupe of folk artistes aboard the Pakistan Railways
Pakistan Railways ( ur, ) is the national, state-owned railway company of Pakistan. Founded in 1861 and headquartered in Lahore, it owns of track across Pakistan, stretching from Torkham to Karachi, offering both freight and passenger servi ...
''Special Azadi Train-2017'' to make stops at different railway stations across Pakistan to entertain the public. This special train, with five art galleries and six floats, was specially prepared at the Pakistan Railways Carriage Factory
Pakistan Railways ( ur, ) is the national, state-owned railway company of Pakistan. Founded in 1861 and headquartered in Lahore, it owns of track across Pakistan, stretching from Torkham to Karachi, offering both freight and passenger servic ...
. It was set to start its journey a couple of days before 14 August 2017, which was the independence day of Pakistan
Pakistan Establishment Day (colloquially the Fourteenth of August) is a state holiday in Pakistan commemorating the nation's establishment from the United Kingdom on 14 August 1947, establishing the Dominion of Pakistan.
Pakistan came into ...
.
References
External links
Pakistan National Council of the Arts website with pictures of galleries
Art museums and galleries in Pakistan
Buildings and structures in Islamabad
Art museums established in 2007
2007 establishments in Pakistan
Auditoriums in Pakistan
Pakistan
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