Perpetual Movement explores the relationship between migration and memory in connection to the Arab world and its diaspora. As part of the Arab Women Artists Now (AWAN) Festival 2018 in London, these dialogues take on new relevance.
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Want to hear the full story behind eL Seed's installation on the border between North and South Korea in the DMZ? Listen to this podcast.
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At the 2017 Istanbul Biennial, Mahmoud Khaled proposed a future in which private actions are protected from public scrutiny.
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Ahmed Morsi is one of Egypt's great modernists but is also a contemporary artist still practicing today. His work has recently gained traction in the region and is also being recognised internationally.
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Salem Al Qassimi, the founder of Fikra has launched a new campus aimed at encouraging collaborative work and boosting the design community in the UAE and the region.
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This podcast discusses the details of Art Jameel's current exhibition at their Project Space in Alserkal Avenue. Anna Seaman speaks to Uns Kattan and Lana Shamma about the show and future plans for Art Jameel.
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Art Jameel's Project Space is a chance for us to see what the institution will offer when it is open next year. The Research Studio is a well presented collation of some of the ongoing work dedicated to documenting the early history of the contemporary cultural scene of the UAE.
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The Louvre Abu Dhabi has international crowds singing its praises, but it is also raising a new generation of curators.
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Abu Dhabi Art 2017 coincides with the opening of the Louvre Abu Dhabi. Galleries, curators and programmers are pulling out all the stops for what should be a great fair.
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During a one-night only exhibition at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, audiences were asked to reconsider the relationship between ancient Pharaonic artifacts and contemporary Egyptian art
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Caleb Arias is a super cool and talented portrait photographer. He took my new shots, so I thought I would share with readers a few of his images.
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Dubai Design Week is set to host a jam-packed schedule of events, talks and workshops over a week in November. Here is my guide to navigate the highlights.
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The stories behind this collection of wonderful portraits are as compelling as the images themselves.
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Rev Paul-Gordon Chandler founded Caravan in 2009 as a peace-building arts initiative. Now hosting annual internationally touring exhibitions, its success is all about the content.
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Gypsum Gallery is arguably Cairo's strongest contemporary art gallery. I visited the space and saw the current exhibition, dedicated to works on paper.
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As the new art season approaches in Dubai, three very different solo shows have some unexpected parallels and point to a regional aesthetic.
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In Christine Macel's statement for the current (57th) edition of the Venice Biennale she wrote: "Today, in a world full of conflicts and shocks, art bears witness to the most precious part of what makes us human. Art is the ultimate ground for reflection, individual expression, freedom, and for fundamental questions."
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In a podcast interview with Dexter Wimberly, Anna Seaman discusses cultural hybridity and how it affects our identity to live in a multicultural world. The conversation was in the context of The Third Line's exhibition A Fast Moving Sky
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