PRETTY IN PINK Shahzad Saeed, owner of MainFrame Gallery in Lahore, Pakistan talks about his plans for a very exciting upcoming exhibition. 26
“MainFrame Gallery is gearing up for an upcoming art exhibition of monumental proportions. Due to be held in October 2020, this show will take place at The Mohatta Palace Museum located in Karachi, Pakistan. It was built in the luxurious seaside locale of Clifton by Shabbir Khan Mohatta, named after a Hindu Marwari businessman from modern day Rajasthan in India in 1927. He built the palace following the tradition of other stone palaces in Rajasthan, using pink Jodhpur stone in combination with the
local yellow stone from Gizri. The amalgam gave the palace a distinctive presence in an already elegant neighbourhood, characterised by Indo-Saracenic architecture. The palace covers an area of 18,500 sq. ft and its facade is trimmed with windows, stone brackets, spandrels, domes and balustrades with floral motifs and exquisite railings.
