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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Giving the People What They Want: Ithra at the Islamic Arts Biennale
“Art is an identity, and not preserving it means not preserving one’s identity,” said one…
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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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Protest Package
Friendship of Nations is an attempt by Slavs and Tatars to usurp the world of…
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Playing It Safe In Paris
Paris was the birthplace of canonical modern art, and though it has long since lost…
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Through A Different Lens at Tasweer Photo Festival Qatar
Established by Qatar Museums and launched during Qatar Creates, Tasweer is a multi-exhibition festival which…
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Tales From Other Worlds: The 15th Sharjah Biennial
Colonial bordering practices caused the disruption of the vast constellation of connections – historically forged…
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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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Turning the Pages of Life
A book is “a carrier of experience”, according to the Indian artist Nalini Malani. She…
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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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