M’barek Bouhchichi
A few years ago, M’barek Bouhchichi was in an artist residency at a former settlement…
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Life Under the Taliban: Hashem Shakeri at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery
“If you stare into the abyss long enough, the abyss stares back at you.” Friedrich Nietzsche…
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Scenes of Strife: Nabil Kanso at the MSU Broad Art Museum
In recent years, few solo artist exhibitions have expressed such a fervent belief in the…
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Amal Al Gurg
Canvas: What inspired your Ramadan collaboration with Van Cleef & Arpels? Amal Al Gurg: The…
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The Flower Thief: Yto Barrada at Fondazione Merz
On Instagram, Yto Barrada calls herself “Flower Thief”. It’s a likely reference to her second…
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From the Ground Up: Group Show at Somerset House
“‘Look up’ we are often told […] But what if instead of looking up, we…
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Mohammed Kazem
Canvas: What is the starting point and inspiration behind your Directions series that you are…
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Nour Jaouda
Foreigners Everywhere, curator Adriano Pedrosa’s main exhibition at last year’s 60th Venice Biennale, explicitly centred…
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Connected Narratives: Sharjah Biennial 16
Visiting the sprawling cultural odyssey that is the 16th Sharjah Biennial, the first question is…
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Ymen Berhouma
Canvas: How does being a self-taught artist affect the aesthetics of your work? Ymen Berhouma:…
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Finding Comfort: Wafaa Bilal at MCA Chicago
Back in 2007, in a performance called Domestic Tension, Wafaa Bilal was shot with paintballs…
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