What Lies Beneath: Ahmed Mater at Christie’s
There is a kind of quiet self-assurance to Ahmed Mater’s mid-career retrospective exhibition at Christie’s…
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Stop the Clock: Qatar Museums Group Show in Venice
Venice is nothing short of ghosts. Even amidst the unparalleled conquest of the city with…
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Spellbinding Nostalgia: Abdulmohsen Albinali at Ab-Anbar Gallery
Abdulmohsen Albinali’s In the Dreamer’s Dream is the Saudi-born artist’s first solo show at Ab-Anbar…
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An Arab Art Capital: Group Show at Musée D’Art Moderne Paris
The exhibition currently showing at the Musée d’Art Moderne in Paris, Présences Arabes – Modern…
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Renewal in Ancient Wisdom: Vuslat at the Tophane-i Amire Culture and Art Center
Encircled by poetic incantations, whirling clay entities and fragments of forgiveness, a rope of gilded…
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Materialising the Contemporary: Hussein Sharif at the Cultural Foundation Abu Dhabi
When it comes to the genesis of the Emirati contemporary art scene, a few names…
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Weathered Yet Weathering: Group Show at Art Sonje Center
As I begin to write this review at a café near Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul,…
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Musings on Mythology: Leila Eskandari at Zawyeh Gallery
Leila Eskandari’s current exhibition, Whispers of Legends, presents a mythical world where visitors are immersed…
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Chasing Sound: Charbel Samuel Aoun at Sursock Museum
Known for his in-situ installations that explore the subtlety of senses by weaving together sound,…
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Chasing Ghosts: Raed Yassin at Beirut Art Center
Hell Between My Teeth, Phantom in My Heart, and Never-Ending Hum, showing at Beirut Art…
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New Perspectives: Mohammed Sami at Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo
Standing at the entrance to Isthmus, Mohammed Sami’s solo exhibition at Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo…
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Far-Reaching Roots at the 9th Biennale Gherdeïna
There surely cannot be many biennials with a more rugged and sublime setting. The Biennale…
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