Articles By: Canvas Staff

New Art New Market
This is a revised edition of lain Robertson’s 2011 book, A New Art From Emerging…
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Plastic Capitalism
For this well-rounded study of the art world’s visualization of waste, art historian Amanda Boetzkes…
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Bauhaus – 100 years of bauhaus
As it’s the centenary of the Bauhaus, to which a Bauhaus Imaginate traveling exhibition (to…
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St Petersburg
MUSEUMS The State Hermitage Museum In any overview of St Petersburg’s museums, it is impossible…
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Chaouki Choukini: Corpus
Corpus is an unusual take on the works of Lebanese sculptor Chaouki Choukini by art…
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Pouran Jinchi
In this first monograph on Pouran Jinchi, three critical voices examine the Iranian-American artist’s 25-year-long…
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The General Stork
In 2013 a migrating white stork named Menes was detained by the Egyptian authorities. The…
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Reflections: Contemporary art of the Middle East and North Africa
The British Museum’s recent publication, Reflections: contemporary art of the Middle East and North Africa,…
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Finding Dora Maar
When Brigitte Benkemoun’s husband lost his beloved Hermés diary planner, he bought a replacement for…
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Hong Kong
MUSEUMS Art Basel Hong Kong 2015 marked the second edition of Art Basel Hong Kong…
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The Whole Picture
Art institutions worldwide are still guilty of perpetuating neo-colonialist attitudes in the way they conduct…
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Encapsulated Volume 1: Photo essays on Khaleejiness
New publishing house and arts collective SWALIF’s first publication, Encapsulated Volume 1: Photo essays on…
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