Building Tomorrow
The first significant art awards in the Middle East were launched in the early 1990s,…
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Figures of Intent
In Sarah Awad’s first solo exhibition outside the United States, the two floors of The…
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Re-Enchanting the Quotidian
“In these words glimmer the Surrealist proposal for finding the marvellous in the banal,” writes…
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Enlightening Times
A mother, father and their two children stand transfixed by a large multi-coloured inflatable that…
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Setting the Clocks to International
Unlike the Gregorian calendar used in most Western parts of the world, the Mayan calendar…
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Fantasy Death
In Mehmet Sinan Kuran’s Soprano Mouse (2022), visitors peel open a flap on an image…
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Steve Mcqueen
Despite his resounding cinematic success (12 Years a Slave, Widows, Hunger and Shame), Steve McQueen…
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Santiago Biennale
Images of fire, the amber glow receding into the night sky or merging with city…
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Land Marking
The Sharjah Architecture Triennial continued in the recent tradition of architecture exhibitions (Oslo, Chicago, Shenzhen)…
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Cardinal Points
An interest in the Global South has been a longstanding source of critical inquiry for…
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Desert Dreaming
AlUla’s landscape is invigorating – in an arresting, brutal way. There’s a stark beauty to…
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place
The group show Bicycle Thieves, curated by Hanlu Zhang and staged at Para Site in…
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