Pascale Marthine Tayou at the Cultural Foundation
LOBI LOBI, Pascale Marthine Tayou’s first UAE exhibition is a generous one, filling the majority…
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A new era for Islamic arts
On 23 May, our “closing day”, I stood under the majestic canopies of the Hajj…
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Power Struggle: Lisson Gallery Review
Curated by Greg Hilty, this is an exhibition invested in exposing and reflecting linkages between…
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Rand Abdul Jabbar
Earthly Wonders, Celestial Beings (2019), Rand Abdul Jabbar’s ongoing series of clay sculptures, draws from…
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Ahmad AlAreef
Canvas: Let’s begin with your influences. Much of your work deals with history and heritage,…
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Hayal Pozanti’s Paintings Speak Her Daily Daydreams
Hayal Pozanti makes paintings speak – not only through the chromatic vocality in her ongoing…
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Pushing the Boundaries: Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels
Existing at the intersection between documentary and dreamland, Corps extrêmes explores the boundlessness of the…
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Bouchra Khalili
The works of Moroccan-French artist Bouchra Khalili have been sparkling across the world for years,…
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A Show of Solidarity at the 14th Gwangju Biennale
The dignitaries had left when Tarek Atoui took to the stage, a gazebo awning sheltering…
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Geometrical Wizardry: Timo Nasseri at Lawrie Shabibi
Born in Berlin to a German mother and an Iranian father, Timo Nasseri began his…
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The Inner Fire: Jala Wahid at Baltic
Jala Wahid’s first institutional exhibition, Conflagration, makes use of the double meaning of the word….
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Homecoming: Islamic Arts Biennale 2023
Five times a day, the earthen floor of syn architects’ austere musalla is raked. With…
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