Yasmine Al Awa
Canvas: What led you initially to painting? Yasmine Al Awa: I’ve been painting for as…
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Entwining Indian and Arab Modernisms: Group Show at JNAF Mumbai
The Arab world and Indian subcontinent share a vast web of kinship. From food and…
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Shortlisted Artists for 7th Edition of Ithra Art Prize Revealed
The shortlisted artists for the 7th edition of the Ithra Art Prize have been revealed…
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Sara Shamma to Represent Syria at the Venice Biennale 2026 with Curator Yuko Hasegawa
Sara Shamma has been selected to represent Syria at the 61st Venice Biennale. The Syrian…
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Treasure Across Time: The Legacy of the Mamluks at the Louvre Abu Dhabi
For over 250 years, the Mamluk Sultanate (1250–1517) shaped the political, cultural and artistic landscape of…
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Issam Kourbaj
Canvas: Why did you take the decision to host the exhibition in two locations? Issam…
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Alserkal and Christie’s Announce Exhibition Partnership in Dubai
Alserkal and Christie’s have partnered to bring an exhibition of work by the late Syrian…
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From the Ashes: Survival Kit 16
In a former knitting factory in Riga, the sixteenth edition of Survival Kit unfolds as…
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Curatorial Team Expanded for Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale 2026
The Diriyah Biennale Foundation has announced the expanded team as well as the opening date…
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Unmoored Essence: Marwan at Christie’s
Marwan: A Soul in Exile is the third in a series of non-selling summer exhibitions…
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Survival Kit 16 Announces Location and Artist List
The Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art has revealed the location and artist list for the…
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Emotional Maps: Group Show at Lisson Gallery
When you look up the curator Dr Omar Kholeif online, he comes up as part-Sudanese,…
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