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🎬 Foundation Art Divvy presents: Divvy Film Festival 2026

Celebrating independent South Asian cinema and the filmmakers bringing our stories, perspectives and narratives to the screen. 🌏🎞️

Submissions are now OPEN!
Head to the link in our bio to find out more and submit your film.

(Films that had been submitted to Divvy Film Festival 2025 will be considered again.)

🔗 https://filmfreeway.com/divvyfilmfestival

#DivvyFilmFestival #ArtDivvy #SouthAsianCinema #IndependentCinema #SouthAsianFilmmakers FilmFestival IndieFilm Cinema by @artdivvy

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Throwback Thursdays | Conversations with Sam Dalrymple

In our conversation with Sam Dalrymple, we explored how his interest in South Asian heritage began with photographing historic libraries in Oxford and grew into a journey documenting forgotten monuments, abandoned gurdwaras, and the histories held within them.

In 2018, he co-founded Project Dastaan, a peace-building initiative that uses virtual reality to reconnect Partition survivors with their ancestral homes and communities across the India–Pakistan border.

The project later expanded into Lost Migrations, an animated series on which he worked with Puffball Studios in Pakistan and Spitting Image studios in India, exploring lesser-known stories of displacement across South Asia.

Sam’s work reminds us that heritage is more than architecture: it is the memory, identity, and human experience embedded in the places we leave behind.

Revisit this conversation with us as we reflect on the power of storytelling to preserve histories and reconnect communities.

#ThrowbackThursday #ArtDivvy #SamDalrymple #ProjectDastaan #SouthAsianHeritage by @artdivvy

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Architectural Archives 🏛️ | Tomb of Jahangir

Mughal grandeur in every detail ✨ From intricate tilework to its iconic charbagh gardens, Jahangir’s tomb is a glimpse into the artistry and architecture of the Mughal era.

@cromlahore @usmansaeedstudio @mchidarazvi

#ArchitecturalArchives #ArtDivvy #MughalArchitecture #LahoreHeritage by @artdivvy

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10 days ago

Throwback Thursday 🕌✨

A little journey back to Makli. Where history, architecture, and stories come alive. Exploring the magnificent monuments of Sindh and immersing ourselves in its timeless spirit.

#ArtDivvy #ThrowbackThursday #Makli #Sindh #CulturalHeritage Pakistan by @artdivvy

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Manmeet K Walia & Zahra Khan

Manmeet K Walia speaks with Art Divvy’s creative Director Zahra Khan about her curatorial focus, her recent exhibitions and what drives her.

Manmeet K. Walia is an independent curator and cultural advocate based in London, specialising in South Asia and the diaspora. Her curatorial practice is driven by a commitment to cultivating inclusive dialogue, amplifying marginalised voices, and creating transnational narratives that transcend rigid national identities. Walia’s work spans curating exhibitions, public programming, and institutional collaborations, and she also teaches at the University of the Arts London.

She co-curated (Un)Layering the Future Past of South Asia, an international exhibition at SOAS Gallery, London (2025), and We Sinful Women: The Library Project at SOAS Library in 2025, both with Salima Hashmi. Together, they also worked on Assassins and Lovers, a rehang of the South Asian Permanent Collection for an indefinite run at Cartwright Hall, Bradford Museums and Galleries- one of the oldest museums in the United Kingdom. Walia led The Library Project, an evolving curatorial initiative that interrogates knowledge production within institutional libraries. Her practice extends strongly into public engagement, having developed talks, tours, screenings and panel discussions alongside exhibitions for diverse audiences, including school groups, university students, academics, collectors, curators and the wider public.

Alongside curating, she writes regularly on contemporary art and visual culture. Her work has appeared in publications including Art India, Take on Art, Contemporary Art Society, Khaleej Times and other cultural platforms. Walia was recognised in 23 Women of Excellence by Women Listed in India in 2023.

This week’s Art Divvy Conversation with Manmeet K. Walia took place on @artdivvy’s instagram-live on Thursday 27 August 2026 at 5:00 PM PKT / 5:30 PM IST / 1:00 PM UK / 7 AM EST - https://www.instagram.com/artdivvy/.

@zahrafkhan @artdivvy @manmeetkwalia #artdivvyconversations #artfromsouthasia #contemporaryart taken in InstaLive by @artdivvy

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Please join us for this week’s Art Divvy Conversation with Manmeet K. Walia on @artdivvy’s instagram-live on Thursday 27 August 2026 at 5:00 PM PKT / 5:30 PM IST / 1:00 PM UK / 7 AM EST - https://www.instagram.com/artdivvy/.

- Images 1 & 2: From the exhibition Lines (By)Lines: Exploration of Linearity in South Asian Art at Dhoomial Gallery, Delhi, India.
- Image 3: Display of ‘We Sinful Women’, a co-curatorial project with Salima Hashmi, showcasing Taimur Hassan's collection at the SOAS Library, London
- Image 4: Manmeet K Walia moderated the Panel Discussion including Salima Hashmi, Catherine Wood(Director, Tate Modern), Natasha Ginwala (Curator, Author and Researcher), Naiza Khan(Visual Artist), Rukhsana Ahmad (authour and translator of the poem Hum Gunehgar Auratien), Samta Nadeem (Curatorial Director, StirWorld).
- Image 5: Co-Curators Salima Hashmi and Manmeet K Walia at the preview evening of (Un)Layering the Future Past of South Asia at SOAS Gallery, London.
- Image 6: Part Display of (Un)Layering the Future Past of South Asia: Young Artists’ Voices
- Image 7: Manmeet K Walia with the panelists Ekow Eshan, Tarini Malik and Beatriz at Mumbai Gallery Wekend.
- Image 8: Walkthrough at The Library, SOAS, London
- Image 9: Part Display of (Un)Layering the Future Past of South Asia: Young Artists’ Voices
- Images 10: Display Wall of ‘We Sinful Women’
- Image 11: Display of Lines (By)Lines

Manmeet K. Walia is an independent curator and cultural advocate based in London, specialising in South Asia and the diaspora. Her curatorial practice is driven by a commitment to cultivating inclusive dialogue, amplifying marginalised voices, and creating transnational narratives that transcend rigid national identities. Walia’s work spans curating exhibitions, public programming, and institutional collaborations, and she also teaches at the University of the Arts London.

@zahrafkhan @artdivvy @manmeetkwalia #artdivvyconversations #artfromsouthasia #contemporaryart by @artdivvy

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Please join us for this week’s Art Divvy Conversation with Manmeet K. Walia on @artdivvy’s instagram-live on Thursday 27 August 2026 at 5:00 PM PKT / 5:30 PM IST / 1:00 PM UK / 7 AM EST - https://www.instagram.com/artdivvy/.

Manmeet K. Walia is an independent curator and cultural advocate based in London, specialising in South Asia and the diaspora. Her curatorial practice is driven by a commitment to cultivating inclusive dialogue, amplifying marginalised voices, and creating transnational narratives that transcend rigid national identities. Walia’s work spans curating exhibitions, public programming, and institutional collaborations, and she also teaches at the University of the Arts London.

We are looking forward to speaking with Manmeet about her curatorial focus, her most memorable projects and what’s next.

She co-curated (Un)Layering the Future Past of South Asia, an international exhibition at SOAS Gallery, London (2025), and We Sinful Women: The Library Project at SOAS Library in 2025, both with Salima Hashmi. Together, they also worked on Assassins and Lovers, a rehang of the South Asian Permanent Collection for an indefinite run at Cartwright Hall, Bradford Museums and Galleries- one of the oldest museums in the United Kingdom. Walia led The Library Project, an evolving curatorial initiative that interrogates knowledge production within institutional libraries. Her practice extends strongly into public engagement, having developed talks, tours, screenings and panel discussions alongside exhibitions for diverse audiences, including school groups, university students, academics, collectors, curators and the wider public.

Alongside curating, she writes regularly on contemporary art and visual culture. Her work has appeared in publications including Art India, Take on Art, Contemporary Art Society, Khaleej Times and other cultural platforms. Walia was recognised in 23 Women of Excellence by Women Listed in India in 2023.

@zahrafkhan @artdivvy @manmeetkwalia #artdivvyconversations #artfromsouthasia #contemporaryart taken in InstaLive by @artdivvy

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2 months ago

Art Divvy is excited to present a segment at @thefestivalofmaking in Blackburn. Join us on 5th July (Sunday) 11am-12:30pm for the screenings of 4 very special films.

📍 Reel cinema, Blackburn town centre, Lancashire.

B for Naoo - Directed by @roohikashfi
B FOR NAOO is set during the rise of the Taliban terror attacks in EX-FATA Parachinar, Pakistan. The film revolves around Payeem and his pet goat Naoo. Payeem’s greatest wish is to attend school, but faced with financial constraints, Payeem is forced to take matters into his own hands.

Spicy Pink Tea - Directed by @aqsa.arif.art
follows Almas as she strives for perfection while navigating a series of surreal encounters shaped by expectation and self-doubt. As reality begins to blur, she is forced to confront a distorted reflection of herself and embarks on a journey toward self-acceptance.

Rest in paper - directed by @haseebudeebu and produced by @puffballstudios
An absurd story following a person trying to find his way back to his home. Laced with irony, Rest in Paper is about the back-and-forth journey of people who were displaced from their homes during the Indo-Pak partition.

Eid Mubarak - directed by @euceph
A privileged six-year-old Pakistani girl embarks on a mission to save her beloved pet goat from being eaten on the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Azha, only to learn the meaning of sacrifice. by @artdivvy

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3 months ago

Martand Khosla & Zahra Khan

Artist, Architect and academic Martand Khosla speaks with Art Divvy’s Creative Director Zahra Khan about his diverse practice.

Martand Khosla (b.1975) is an artist and an architect based in New Delhi, India.

Khosla’s art practice challenges urban and historical concepts by distorting the very modes of habitation. His sculptural language of distortion, destruction, and motion of quotidian objects create new lenses through which urbanization may be understood and critiqued. Resistance and social frameworks remain central to his practice as he critiques the very foundations of 20th century urban planning.

Khosla runs an architectural studio, RKDS in Delhi and teaches a studio on informal urbanism at CEPT university in Ahmedabad.

This week’s Art Divvy Conversation with took place on @artdivvy’s instagram-live on Thursday 15 January 2026 at 6 PM PKT / 6:30 PM IST / 1 PM UK- https://www.instagram.com/artdivvy/

@zahrafkhan #artdivvyconversations @martandkhosla by @artdivvy

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9 months ago

We are delighted to be speaking with Martand Khosla for this week’s Art Divvy Conversation. Join us on @artdivvy’s instagram-live on Thursday 15 January 2026 - 6 PM PKT / 6:30 PM IST / 1 PM UK- https://www.instagram.com/artdivvy/

Martand Khosla (b.1975) is an artist and an architect based in New Delhi, India.

Khosla’s art practice challenges urban and historical concepts by distorting the very modes of habitation. His sculptural language of distortion, destruction, and motion of quotidian objects create new lenses through which urbanization may be understood and critiqued. Resistance and social frameworks remain central to his practice as he critiques the very foundations of 20th century urban planning.

Khosla runs an architectural studio, RKDS in Delhi and teaches a studio on informal urbanism at CEPT university in Ahmedabad.

Images:
1 Impact Crater, 2023
2 Lawh Wa Qalam, Qatar, 2025
3 Flying House, Dharamshala
4 Watt, 2019
5 Tri Exhibition, Kolkotta
6 Storey -I - Teller, 2025
7 Imagined Different Futures, 2025
8 On the Brink exhibition, 2022
9 Dental College, New Delhi
10 Force Mapping, 2025

@zahrafkhan #artdivvyconversations @martandkhosla by @artdivvy

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9 months ago

New time! - 6 PM PKT / 6:30 PM IST / 1 PM UK

We are delighted to be speaking with Martand Khosla for this week’s Art Divvy Conversation. Join us on @artdivvy’s instagram-live on Thursday 15 January 2026 - https://www.instagram.com/artdivvy/

Martand Khosla (b.1975) is an artist and an architect based in New Delhi, India.

Khosla’s art practice challenges urban and historical concepts by distorting the very modes of habitation. His sculptural language of distortion, destruction, and motion of quotidian objects create new lenses through which urbanization may be understood and critiqued. Resistance and social frameworks remain central to his practice as he critiques the very foundations of 20th century urban planning.

Khosla runs an architectural studio, RKDS in Delhi and teaches a studio on informal urbanism at CEPT university in Ahmedabad.

@zahrafkhan #artdivvyconversations @martandkhosla taken in InstaLive by @artdivvy

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9 months ago

Daniyal Ahmed speaks with Art Divvy’s creative director Zahra Khan

Daniyal Ahmed is a multi-instrumentalist musician, anthropologist, producer, and curator from Karachi. He runs an independent record label called honiunhoni and is an integral part of the All Pakistan Music Conference, Karachi. His work has been featured in The Guardian, BBC, Pitchfork, Songlines Magazine, The Wire Magazine, Dust-to-Digital, NTS Radio, WDR, MDR-Kultur and several other publications, radio stations, and media outlets globally.

He is currently a researcher and lecturer teaching music/musicology courses at the University of Hildesheim in Germany and is also affiliate faculty at the Habib University in Karachi where he was previously an Assistant Professor of Practice in the department of Comparative Humanities. He has also given public lectures and talks at places such as Hungary’s House of Music, the State Institute for Music Research in Berlin, and the Center for Popular Culture and Music in Freiburg, among others.

Ahmed’s primary instrument is the Bansuri (South Asian Bamboo Flute). He is a disciple of Ustad Salamat Hussain with whom he continues to learn the art of Raag Sangeet (South Asian ‘Classical’ Music). Due to his long term research and production projects with folk artists from various regions in Pakistan, he has had the great fortune and blessing to learn the intricacies of Sindhi and Balochi folk styles, directly from the greatest living masters of these traditions. Other than flutes, he also plays lutes, primarily the Afghan Rubab and the Baloch Damburag. Since 2023, Ahmed has been touring with the Baloch Benju maestro, Ustad Noor Bakhsh. He has performed at major festivals and prestigious venues across Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States, including Glastonbury, Roskilde, WOMEX, Fusion Festival, Rudolstadt, Le Guess Who?, Barbican Center, South Bank Center, and many others.

This Art Divvy Conversation with Daniyal Ahmed took place on @artdivvy’s instagram-live on Saturday 6 December 2025 at 4 PM PKT / 11 AM UK - https://www.instagram.com/artdivvy/

@honiunhoni @zahrafkhan #artdivvyconversations musicfromsouthasia taken in InstaLive by @artdivvy

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