Zarina

Research

Sources and records

Follow Zarina’s work through museum scholarship, artist interviews, publications, exhibitions, collections, and public archival records.

Where to begin

Choose the path that fits your question

The site is organized for close looking as well as source-based research. These three paths lead to the strongest starting point.

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Begin with a work

Use the catalogue when you know a title, date, material, or visual form. Filters and related-work paths keep the search close to the objects.

Search the works catalogue →02

Begin with an idea

Home, borders, memory, and language connect individual works to the experiences, materials, and histories that shaped them.

Read the four themes →03

Begin with a source

Bibliography, film, exhibition, collection, and press records lead outward to museum scholarship, interviews, catalogues, and criticism.

Explore the resources →
01ThemesHome, borders, memory, and language as connected ways into the work.→02Works catalogueWorks indexed by title, year, material, decade, and type.→03Life and placesBiography, early life, cities, chronology, and the experiences that shaped the work.→04Exhibition historyCurrent presentations and a searchable chronology of solo and group exhibitions.→05BibliographyMonographs, catalogues, books, periodicals, interviews, reviews, and scholarly references.→06CataloguesSelected monographs, artist books, and exhibition publications.→07CollectionsMuseum collections and institutional records across the United States, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.→08GalleriesPublic artist pages from Luhring Augustine, Gallery Espace, and Jeanne Bucher Jaeger.→09Press & criticismEssays, interviews, reviews, memorials, and recent scholarship.→10Film and audioStudio visits, artist conversations, museum films, and lectures.→11Curriculum vitaeEducation, awards, residencies, and the archival 2019 career record.→12Memories of ZarinaMuseum tributes, personal reflections, and remembrance.→13Rights and contactGeneral guidance on image use and correspondence.→14Public dataDownload or print public catalogue, exhibition, and bibliography records.→

Primary archive

Zarina Hashmi papers, 1950–2015

The Archives of American Art finding aid describes correspondence, notebooks, writings, project files, printed material, photographs, and born-digital records. It is the public guide to the collection donated by Zarina in 2015.

Some material is described online without being digitized. The Archives identifies digitized folders in the finding aid and provides its own appointment and reproduction request pathways.

Dates
1950–2015
Extent
1.1 linear feet and 4.28 GB
Languages
English and Urdu
Access
Original papers by appointment in Washington, DC; electronic records require advance notice

External research

Primary gateways

Selected first-party museum, archive, gallery, and foundation sources for further study.

01Archives of American ArtZarina Hashmi papers, 1950–2015 · 1.1 linear feet and 4.28 GB · English and Urdu · finding aid and access guidance↗︎02The Metropolitan Museum of ArtIn Memoriam: Zarina Hashmi · Sheena Wagstaff, 28 April 2020↗︎03The Museum of Modern ArtHome is a Foreign Place — artist audio↗︎04Solomon R. Guggenheim MuseumZarina: Paper Like Skin · New York, 25 January–21 April 2013↗︎05Luhring AugustineArtist, exhibition, press, and artwork records↗︎06Ishara Art FoundationZarina’s Urdu World↗︎