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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 @zahrafkhan

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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 @zahrafkhan

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A year ago I lost my beautiful khala, Humra.

A mother’s sister becomes a sort of mother-sister. And to me she was also a muse and an inspiration. Towering and imperious - stylish and bohemian - equally mesmerising and intimidating. Like many women in her family - including my Nani - was hugely prolific in her work and life. But she was also a rebel always - she lived on her own terms - her royalties went to charities- she is the first person I’ve seen wearing trainers with saris - she carried love and joy and curiosity and grief and loneliness and intensity and emotion in all she did.

Author of countless books and articles and stories - nonfiction and fiction. Collaborator of the great writer Khushwant Singh and muse of India’s modernist giant M.F. Hussain.

I have known nobody else like her.

Fiercely political and brave - she wrote on the Muslims in Kashmir and the daily tragedies of women in India. Her last article - on Gaza - was published days before she died.

She left us suddenly and senselessly. I had such a difficult year - I’m so happy it’s all over but some things cannot be reversed. Please send a little prayer her way, if you can. ❤️ taken in New Delhi by @zahrafkhan

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What does it mean to create? We have been privileged to speak with so many brilliant and creative individuals, and learn from their experiences and their reflections. Divvy Cuts is a compilation of a few of them sharing their very special thoughts and moments.

Compiled by: @emaanpirzada__

#artdivvy #artdivvyconversations #artfromsouthasia #contemporaryart #southasia #DivvyCuts #HeldInThought #WhatItMeansToBeAnArtist taken in InstaLive by @zahrafkhan

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On Sunday, 25th May, Khadim Ali sat down with Zahra Khan to talk about the trajectory of his practice and to shed light on his current exhibition at COMO Museum, ‘Faceless | بے صُورت’

The conversation between artist and curator touched on the concept of home, migration, mythology and much more. It was insightful, brilliant and soul stirring.

Thank you @khadim96 for trusting us and sharing a part of yourself with us. And thank you @zahrafkhan for asking all the right questions.

🎥 @zakriya.sheikh @anzak.studio taken in Comomuseum by @zahrafkhan

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Delighted to have curated brilliant Khadim Ali’s retrospective ‘Faceless | بے صُورت’ at COMO Museum , Lahore - on view until 30 June.

Thank you @khadim96 for creating such special work and trusting me with it. Thank you @seher.tareen for inviting me to curate a show at COMO and for your complete faith and support ♥️

And of course my star team @artdivvy @zahrajadun and @emaanpirzada__ and @hassansheikhstudio at @comomuseum 🌟 taken in Comomuseum by @zahrafkhan

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Divvy Film Festival Karachi 🌟 thank you for the fabulous fabulous support and enthusiasm- we loved being able to bring you the fourth edition of Divvy Film Festival and are so proud to have screened at the Arts Council of Pakistan, Karachi ♥️

Thank you to everyone who joined us ! taken in Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi by @zahrafkhan

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Divvy Film Festival Islamabad 🌟 thank you for the fabulous fabulous support and enthusiasm- we loved being able to bring you the fourth edition of Divvy Film Festival ♥️ taken in PNCA, Islamabad by @zahrafkhan

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Change of Date - pls note Divvy Film Festival is now on Thursday 21 & Friday 22 November

Foundation Art Divvy and Pakistan National Council of the Arts (PNCA) are delighted to present “Divvy Film Festival Islamabad.”

Please join us for our program of films on Thursday 21 & Friday 22 November 2024 at the Outdoor Amphitheater, PNCA, 5:30 - 10:30 pm.

Note: the Festival is outdoors. Don’t forget to dress warmly!

Presented by Foundation Art Divvy, Divvy Film Festival is an annual festival of independent Pakistani cinema which takes place across Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi and now London.🇵🇰📽

#divvyfilmfestival #filmfrompakistan taken in PNCA - Pakistan National Council of the Arts by @zahrafkhan

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Divvy Film Festival Lahore: Ecologies and Indigenous Traditions, took place on 4 & 5 November 2024. Thrilled to have brought another year of beautifully crafted, important and fun films to our screens and audiences. And to have explored climate issues, ecologies, and cultural traditions and norms via our first thematic film festival.

Thank you to our filmmakers and our brilliant audience who joined us. We will see you again shortly in Islamabad!

#divvyfilmfestival #filmfrompakistan #artfrompakistan taken in Alhamra Arts Council, Mall by @zahrafkhan

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Divvy Film Festival Lahore: Ecologies and Indigenous Traditions. Thrilled to have brought another year of beautifully crafted, important and fun films to our screens and audiences. And to have explored climate issues, ecologies, and cultural traditions and norms via our first thematic film festival.

Thank you to our filmmakers and our brilliant audience who joined us. We will see you again shortly in Islamabad!

#divvyfilmfestival #filmfrompakistan #artfrompakistan taken in Alhamra Arts Council, Mall by @zahrafkhan

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Join us Today!!
Monday 4 - Tuesday 5 November 2024 at Alhamra Arts Council, 6:00 - 10:30 pm.

Presented by Foundation Art Divvy, Divvy Film Festival is an annual festival of independent Pakistani cinema which takes place across Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi and now London.🇵🇰

#divvyfilmfestival #filmfrompakistan taken in Alhamra Arts Council, Mall by @zahrafkhan

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