This issue is dedicated to Selections’ very own special Cultural Narratives project,
a collection of 20x20cm works by emerging and established artists from the region.
Cultural Narratives Foundation is an extensive art collection that travels the world and features leading established and emerging talents whose works reflect the culture of the region. The collection includes artists from Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, Tunisia, the UAE, Syria, Sudan and has recently expanded to include artists from Turkey, India and Africa.
By Sueraya Shaheen Curated by New York-based writer and researcher, Maymanah Farhat, the exhibition’s 14 featured artists reflect on the widescale destruction of the country and the plight of its displaced through painting, multimedia, photography, video and installation. In the…
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Valentino Creative Director Pierpaolo Piccioli and Chief Executive Officer Jacopo Venturini, will support the curator Eugenio Viola and the artist Gian Maria Tosatti for the Italian Pavilion at The 59th International Art Exhibition of Biennale di Venezia. For the first…
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On the occasion of the Venice Biennale of Architecture, this unique exhibition brings together the worlds of contemporary art and cutting-edge design through the medium of glass. Berengo Studio and WonderGlass have collaborated to showcase a unique exhibition of contemporary…
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THE BRAINWASH An uninterrupted visual continuum The pieces you see throughout the article are ones that SELECTIONS has handpicked with glee from our previously published editions. Feel free to check the links under each image and join us on a…
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The Chinese dissident artist and activist, globally known as one of the most influential, interventional and creative names in contemporary art, presents in Portugal an exhibition with 4000 sqm displaying some of his most iconic works, and four new pieces…
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Two years after Beirut port explosion, we will never forget this date. Our heartfelt thoughts and prayers go to the families of friends we have tragically lost.
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“Let the upcoming period be a period of #cultural_disobedience until we bring back our cultural life that has been confiscated.” After nearly three years of writing the above lines, Omar Rajeh Maqamat founder and Mia Habis BIPOD – Beirut International…
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In this most recent body of work, Afaf Zurayk (b. 1948) invites us to join her in a cathartic journey of painting, poetic prose, and poetry. The journey mirrors the history of a city and of a generation that have…
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Louvre Abu Dhabi and Swiss watchmaking brand Richard Mille have revealed the jury for the inaugural edition of their contemporary art exhibition Louvre Abu Dhabi Art Here 2021 and The Richard Mille Art Prize. Composed of four members, the jury…
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“A flower, Earth’s present in the space of Nature. The gift of Spring for a new beginning. A daisy from our garden, an old friend to our humble houses, a sign of returning home. Colour, shape, fragrance, rhythm, the joy…
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THE FUTURE OF TRADITIONS WRITING PICTURES: CONTEMPORARY ART FROM THE MIDDLE EAST This exhibition is about three generations of artists from Iran and the Arab world, from the early pioneers of a vernacular Lettrism movement in the 1960s till now.…
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The Royal Commission for AlUla reveals plans for Wadi AlFann, meaning ‘Valley of the Arts’, an awe-inspiring new global cultural destination for contemporary art, where era-defining works by some of the most compelling artists from around the world will be…
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The NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery Announces 2023 Spring and Fall Exhibitions that Confront Contemporary Landscape Curated by The NYUAD Art Gallery Executive Director and University Chief Curator, Maya Allison, the shows examine the different ways we think about…
Timur D’Vatz, Reawakening Timur D’Vatz’s artworks are always infused with deep meaning and a diversity of symbols. You may devote hours looking at them, discovering new aspects and fascinating stories. Unique, sometimes mystical, wrapped in a mystery you desire…
WOMEN ARTISTS IN THE MENA: THE ART SCENE FOR WOMEN IS THRIVING DESPITE MANY OBSTACLES Women make up 42% of the artists showing at the Menart Fair in Brussels. A simple fact, not so much a proclamation as…
Art Dubai unveils inclusive and extensive 2023 programme, reinforcing Dubai’s status as a significant contributor to global conversations about art Held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the…
Emergeast – the MENA region’s leading online art gallery introduces Qatari artist Mubarak Nasser Al Thani as the latest creative to join Emergeast’s roster of artists. Al Thani’s addition to the online gallery builds on Emergeast’s continual effort in supporting…
Anachar Basbous’s Sculptures Soothe And Enchant Me; They Make Me Dream And Carry Me Far Away. They Are Made With Human Hands And A Celestial Spirit. They Belong To A Culture Of Magical Objects: Their Forms Are Modern And Universal.…
Annual festival of light and art Noor Riyadh returns on a grander scale to illuminate Saudi Arabia’s Capital Following the success of Noor Riyadh 2021, the 2022 edition will see the festival almost triple in size, with more than 120…
The Chilean landscape is unique in the world. For its diversity and its magnificence. The extreme north, arid, desert, contrasts with the south, polar and silhouetted by high peaks. In between, forests, jungles, lakes, rivers and volcanoes. A unique starry…
Tensions calmées, a modern masterpiece from 1937 encapsulates Wassily Kandinsky’s extraordinary vision which continues to have a profound influence on generations of artists that have followed. No artist played a greater role in the development and emergence of abstraction than…
CROSSING WORLDS, CURATING WORLD Art could be anything imagined as such by anyone able to perceive the world through this same “anything”: a painting, a combination of movements, a group of composed words, a selected object. Curating often comes after…
Founded by Spanish designer Jorge Penadés, EXTRAPERLO is a curatorial platform for the unorthodox. Its goal is to challenge the systems, structures and codes existing in contemporary design, offering progressive alternative beyond commercial and institutional contexts. The 2021 edition of…
HUGUETTE CALAND B. 1931 IN BEIRUT, LEBANON, D. 2019 IN BEIRUT, LEBANON Interviewee: Brigitte Caland Relationship: Daughter Facebook : Huguette Caland Art Instagram : Huguettecaland Email: huguettecaland@verizon.net Exhibitions 2022 “Huguette Caland: Tête-à-Tête,” Wiels Museum, Brussels,…
In an attempt to delve into the private universe of artists and art collectors, Selections is exploring the sanctuaries of various men and women, some living and others who have passed away, and shedding light on places that remain out…
