Mountain Echoes: Tarek Atoui at Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum
The TBA21 basement gallery at Madrid’s Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum is a noisy space – both…
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The Great Experiment: Art Week Riyadh
The undeniable buzz of the current Saudi art scene received a further boost this week…
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Spiritual Resonance: Islamic Arts Biennale 2025
Under the iconic tented canopies of the Western Hajj Terminal in Jeddah, the Islamic Arts…
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Ancestral Grounds: Monia Ben Hamouda at Selma Feriani
The latest iteration of the Selma Feriani Gallery is still fairly new to Tunis; the…
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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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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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Connected Narratives: Sharjah Biennial 16
Visiting the sprawling cultural odyssey that is the 16th Sharjah Biennial, the first question is…
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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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Grounded in Earth: Desert X 2025
After the previous evening’s unforgiving downpour, the Coachella Valley was caressed by the well-deserved desert…
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Animating the Afterlife: Monira Al Qadiri at Bozar
Two deities have alighted in Brussels. They stand on elaborate plinths beneath a gilded dome….
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