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Sughra Raza

Sughra grew up in Karachi, Pakistan, along with siblings Abbas and Azra (above), and several others. She studied fine arts as an undergraduate, later shifting gears to become a doctor of medicine, specializing in diagnostic radiology. Sughra lives in Boston, Massachusetts, working and teaching at Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. She feels most excited in a world of images, invention, art and music; and despite Fenway Park floodlights lighting up the sky in her windows, she remains oblivious to the Red Sox battling the Yankees a stone’s throw away. Email: [email protected]

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Posted on Monday, Jan 1, 2024 1:35AMMonday, January 1, 2024 by Sughra Raza

Sughra Raza. Breaking Point. Digital photograph February 2022.

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Posted on Monday, Dec 25, 2023 1:40AMMonday, December 25, 2023 by Sughra Raza

Sughra Raza. Self Portrait in Praise of Shadows. Shalimar Bagh, Lahore, December 10, 2023. Digital photograph.

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Posted on Monday, Dec 18, 2023 1:35AMMonday, December 18, 2023 by Sughra Raza

Sughra Raza. Fire Painting at Takht-e-Lahore, December 9, 2023. Digital photograph.

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Posted on Monday, Dec 11, 2023 1:40AMMonday, December 11, 2023 by Sughra Raza

Sughra Raza. Night Seagulls at Karachi Harbor, Dec 7, 2023. Digital photograph.

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Posted on Monday, Nov 27, 2023 1:30AMMonday, November 27, 2023 by Sughra Raza

Khalil Rabah. About The Museum, 2004. Mixed media installation; wooden box, glass, 11 olive trees, text; More here, here, and here.

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Posted on Monday, Nov 20, 2023 1:40AMMonday, November 20, 2023 by Sughra Raza

Ron Amir. Bisharah and Anwar’s Tree, 2015. From the exhibition titled Doing Time in Holot. C print. “The work of Israeli artist Ron Amir exposes complex social situations that tend to stay outside our field of vision. Between 2014 and 2016, Amir photographed African asylum seekers living in the Holot Detention Center in the Negev,…

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Posted on Monday, Nov 6, 2023 1:55AMMonday, November 6, 2023 by Sughra Raza

Sughra Raza. Yarn Art on The Mass Ave Bridge, July 2014. Digital photograph.

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Posted on Monday, Oct 30, 2023 1:35AMMonday, October 30, 2023 by Sughra Raza

Sughra Raza. Hope. Digital photograph, July 2020.

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Posted on Monday, Oct 23, 2023 1:40AMMonday, October 23, 2023 by Sughra Raza

Shilpa Gupta. Untitled 2009. MS Mobile Gate which swings side to side and breaks the walls, 300x130x340 cm. More here, here, and here.

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Posted on Monday, Oct 16, 2023 1:45AMMonday, October 16, 2023 by Sughra Raza

Sughra Raza. Pale Sunday Morning, April 2021. Digital Photograph.

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Posted on Monday, Oct 9, 2023 1:50AMMonday, October 9, 2023 by Sughra Raza

Jeannette Ehlers. Black Bullets, 2012. Installation view at Everson Museum facade, 2012. Video, black and white. More here and current show here.

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Posted on Monday, Oct 2, 2023 1:45AMMonday, October 2, 2023 by Sughra Raza

Matsumi Kanemitsu. For The Dream, 1988. More here and here.

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Posted on Monday, Sep 25, 2023 1:50AMMonday, September 25, 2023 by Sughra Raza

Rashida Abuwala. Untitled Diptych, 2023. Acrylic paint on raw canvas & embroidery thread. More here.

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Posted on Monday, Sep 11, 2023 1:50AMMonday, September 11, 2023 by Sughra Raza

Sughra Raza. At Totem Farm, April 2021. Digital photograph.

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Posted on Monday, Sep 4, 2023 1:40AMMonday, September 4, 2023 by Sughra Raza

Sughra Raza. Shredder Self-portrait, NYC, August 2023. Digital photograph.

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Posted on Monday, Aug 28, 2023 1:45AMMonday, August 28, 2023 by Sughra Raza

Mithu Sen. Untitled, 2007. Water color on paper. More here, here, and here.

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Posted on Monday, Aug 21, 2023 1:45AMMonday, August 21, 2023 by Sughra Raza

Jesus Rafael de Soto. Penetrable, at Olana State Historical Site, New York. Kinetic sculpture. More here, here, and here.

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Posted on Monday, Aug 14, 2023 1:45AMMonday, August 14, 2023 by Sughra Raza

Sughra Raza. Untitled, July 2020. Digital photograph.

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Posted on Monday, Aug 7, 2023 1:35AMMonday, August 7, 2023 by Sughra Raza

Sughra Raza. Self-portrait at Itaimbezinho Canyon, Brazil, March 2014. Digital photograph.

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Posted on Monday, Jul 31, 2023 1:50AMMonday, July 31, 2023 by Sughra Raza

Jeffrey Gibson. Chief Black Coyote, 2021. Mixed media collage, acrylic paint, vintage beads, nylon thread etc. More here and here.

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The original site was designed by S. Abbas Raza in 2004 but soon completely redesigned by Mikko Hyppönen and deployed by Henrik Rydberg. It was later upgraded extensively by Dan Balis in 2006. The next major revision was designed by S. Abbas Raza, building upon the earlier look, and coded by Dumky de Wilde in 2013. And this current version 5.0 has been designed and deployed by Dumky de Wilde in collaboration with S. Abbas Raza.

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