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106 South Street, Easton, Maryland
17th ISTANBUL BIENNIAL
1x1 Art Gallery
299 Grand Street, New York, New York
Abu Dhabi’s Cultural Foundation
Agial Art Gallery
Al Hamriyah Studios
Al Khayat Avenue, Unit 11, 19th Street Road — Al Quoz 1, First Al Khail Street, Dubai, UAE
Al markhiya gallery at Doha Fire Station
AL MASAR GALLERY, Baehler's Mansions, 157b, 26 July St., Ground floor Zamalek 11211, Cairo- Egypt
Alaa Albaba studio, Al-Amari Refugee Camp, Ramallah
Alserkal Avenue
Alserkal avenue, Al-Quoz, Dubai, UAE
Alserkal Avenue, Dubai
Andakulova Gallery
ANIMA GALLERY, SIKKAT AL WADI MSHEIREB DOWNTOWN, DOHA QATAR NEXT TO AL WADI HOTEL - MGALLERY
Anna Laudel
Arab Museum of Modern Art
Art District gallery, Gemayzeh - rue Gouraud
Art Dubai
Art on 56th
Artissima
Athens Biennale
ATHR FOUNDATION, RUBAT ALKHUNJI, ALBALAD| JEDDAH, KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA
ATHR Gallery
ATHR's gallery, Al-Jadida, AlUla, KSA
Ayyam Gallery
AYYAM GALLERY DUBAI, Units 11, Alserkal Avenue Exit 43 of SZR Street 8, Al Quoz 1 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Barrak Naamani Art Gallery
Beirut
Beirut Art Center, Beirut, Lebanon
Beit Beirut - Museum and Urban Cultural Center
Berkeley Square, Mayfair London, WI United Kingdom
BNKR
Boghossian Foundation, Villa Empain, Brussel
Boulos Fayad Building
BRUNEI GALLERY, SOAS, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
Brussels
Brussels Gallery Weekend
Burj Al Arab Jumeirah, Dubai
Business Design Centre, London
C.A.M. Gallery
Cairo, Egypt
Carbon 12
Casa Árabe
Chaos Art Gallery Tabaris, 14 Sursock Street, Beirut, Lebanon
Chaos Art Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon.
Chehade street, Tabaris-Ashrafieh Beirut, Lebanon
Christie’s
Ciccillo Matarazzo Pavilion, Ibirapuera Park São Paulo – SP, Brazil
Clemenceau, Justinian Street, Beirut-Lebanon
Contemporary Istanbul
Cornette de Saint Cyr
Cornette de Saint Cyr, 6 avenue Hoche, 75008, Paris, France
Cromwell Place - London
Dastan’s Basement
Dubai Design District (d3)
Dubai Opera Studio, Dubai
Efiɛ Gallery, Dubai, UAE
Egypt International Art Fair
Elmarsa Gallery
Elmarsa Gallery, Dubai
Elmarsa Gallery, Unit 23, Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz 1, Dubai
Etihad Museum Atrium/Amphitheatre
Fann A Porter
Fann A Porter - Dubai
Fann A Porter Amman
FANN À PORTER, Dubai, UAE.
Fathom Gallery in Georgetown
Fire Station
Fire Station: Artist in Residence, Doha, Qatar
Firetti Contemporary
FIRETTI CONTEMPORARY, Al Quoz 1, Street 8 Alserkal Avenue, Unit 29, Dubai, UAE
Fort Gansevoort New York
Forum Gallery
Fundação Bienal de São Paulo
GALERIE BRUNO MASSA
galerie frank elbaz
Galerie Janine Rubeiz
Galerie Janine Rubeiz, Beirut, Lebanon
Galerie Mark Hachem
Galerie Mark Hachem Paris
Galerie Nathalie Obadia
Galerie Nathalie Obadia - Paris
Galerie Tanit
Galerie Tanit Munich
Galerie Tanit, Beyrouth
Galerie Tanit, Mar Mikhael
Galleria Continua
Gallery 1, 2 & 3 Al Mureijah Square
Gallery 4, 5 & 6 Al Mureijah Square
Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde
GalleryX
Galloire, City Walk, Dubai
GAM - Gallery of Modern Art
Gazelli Art House
Glass Gallery at Cibeles Palace
Grand Egyptian Museum
Grand Palais Éphémère
Grand Palais Éphémère on the Champ-de-Mars
Grand Palais Ephemere, Paris
Great Pyramids of Giza Cairo, Egypt
Green Art Gallery
Grey Noise
Hafez Gallery
Hauser & Wirth
Hauser & Wirth - New York, 22nd Street
Hayy jameel, Arwa bint Abdulmutalib StreetAl Muhammadiyah DistrictJeddah, Saudi Arabia
INSTITUT DU MONDE ARABE
INSTITUT DU MONDE ARABE, PARIS, France
Institut français Berlin
Ishara Art Foundation
Ishara Art Foundation, Alserkal Avenue in Dubai, UAE.
Istanbul Museum of Modern Art
Ithra museum,8386 Ring Rd, Gharb Al Dhahran, Dhahran 34461, Saudi Arabia
Jameel Arts Centre
Janine Rubeiz gallery, Avenue Charles de Gaulle, Majdalani Building (Bank Audi), Raouche, Beirut, Lebanon
Jardins Henry et Nadège Obegi
Javits Center
JEALOUS EAST
Jisr el wati, off corniche an-nahr Building Safe, street 93, zone 66 Adlieh. Beirut, Lebanon
Jumeirah 2, Dubai, UAE
Karim Gallery
Kohn Gallery
Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery - London Bridge
L’Atlas
Lawrie Shabibi
Lawrie Shabibi, Unit 21, Alserkal Avenue, Al-Quoz 1, Dubai, UAE
Leila Heller Gallery
Leila Heller Gallery - Dubai
Leila Heller Gallery, I-87, Alserkal Avenue, PO Box 413991 Al Quoz 1, Dubai, UAE
Lévy Gorvy
London's Regent's Park
Los Angeles
Louvre Abu Dhabi
M7, Doha, Qatar
MACAM, Alita, the Jbeil District, Lebanon
MacLYON
Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai
Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
MARC STRAUS GALLERY
Marfa’
Marfa’, Beirut, Lebanon
Marie Jose Gallery
Mark Hachem Gallery
Mark Hachem Gallery, Beirut Lebanon
Mark Hachem gallery, Capital Gardens, Salloum Street, Mina El Hosn, Beirut, Lebanon
Mashrabia Gallery Of Contemporary Art
Masrah Almaared
Meem Gallery
MEEM GALLERY P.O. Box 290 ,Al Qouz ,Dubai, UAE
Mestaria Gallery
Mestaria Gallery Alserkal Avenue, Dubai
Mestaria Gallery, Dubai
Mestaria Gallery, Unit 35, Alserkal Avenue, Street 8, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, UAE
Mina Image Centre
MISSION ART, 948 armenia street - jabre building - floor 1, mar mikhayel, Beirut, Lebanon
Modern and Contemporary Art Museum, MACAM
MONICA DE CARDENAS
Monty Club Beirut & Salons du Trocadero Paris
Musée d’art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole
Museum of Art and History in Cholet, France
National Museum of Qatar
OBLONG CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY Dubai - Bluewaters Island
Obscura Gallery
One Penn Plaza, Suite 1710 New York, NY 10119 USA
Opera Gallery Beirut
Oval Lingotto in Torino, Italy
Pera Museum
Perrotin
Pi Artworks Istanbul
Picasso Art Gallery, Cairo
PILEVNELI
Porthmeor Beach St Ives Cornwall TR26 1TG, UK
Project Space at Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, UAE
Sabrina Amrani
Saleh Barakat Gallery
Saleh Barakat Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
Saleh Barakat Gallery, Clemenceau, Justinian Street, Beirut, Lebanon
Saleh Barakat Gallery, Ground floor, Clemenceau, Justinian Street, Beirut, Lebanon.
SALT Beyoğlu
SALT Galata
Scuola Grande della Misericordia
Selma Feriani Gallery, Tunis
Serpentine Gallery
Serpentine South Gallery
Sfeir - Semler gallery, DownTown Beirut, Lebanon
Sfeir Semler Gallery
Sfeir-Semler Beirut
Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut
Sharjah Architecture Triennial, Al Qasimiyah School , Sheikh Saqr Bin Khalid Al Qasimi St, Al Manakh, Sharjah, UAE
Sharjah Art Foundation
Sharjah Art Museum, Arts Area, Al Shuweiheen
Sharjah Art Museum. UAE
SOAS’s Brunei Gallery
Sotheby’s
Starco Block B
Tabari Artspace
Tashkeel
Tashkeel Studio and Gallery
Tashkeel, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, UAE
Taymour Grahne Projects
Tersane Istanbul
The Art Gallery at NYU Abu Dhabi
The British Museum
The Curve, Barbican Centre
The Dalloul Art Foundation Rue Madame Curie, White Tower Building, Koreitem, Beirut, Lebanon.
The Egg | Villa Mokbel | The Royal Cinema | PSLab | Beirut, Lebanon
The Herron Galleries
The Lütfi Kırdar Rumeli Hall
The Mosaic Rooms A.M. Qattan Foundation Tower House 226 Cromwell Road London SW5 0SW
The Museum of Islamic Art, Qatar
The NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) Art Gallery
The Palestinian Museum
The Platinum Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
The Platinum Gallery, Downtown Beirut, Lebanon
The Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
The Regent’s Park, London, England
The Third Line
The Third Line, Alserkal Avenue, Warehouse H78, St. 8, Al Quoz 1, PO Box 72036, Dubai, UAE
The Third Line, Dubai, UAE
The Upper Gallery - Saleh Barakat Gallery
The Workshop Dubai, located at Villa 45 - St. 23b - Al Wasl Rd opposite Box Park - Jumeirah 2, Dubai, U.A.E.
Tila Barrena
Timothy Taylor
TINTERA
Urbanist Art Gallery, Box Park, Al Wasl Road, Dubai
Villa 45 - St. 23b - Al Wasl Rd opposite Box Park - Jumeirah 2, Dubai, U.A.E.
Warehouse 32 at Alserkal Avenue
White Cube Mason's Yard
WIELS
YYAM GALLERY, DUBAI (AL QUOZ) B11, Alserkal Avenue Exit 43 of SZR Street 8, Al Quoz 1 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Zalfa Halabi Art Gallery
Zawyeh Gallery
Zawyeh Gallery - Dubai
Zawyeh Gallery, Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, UAE
Zawyeh Gallery, Ramallah, Palestine
Zico House
Zilberman Gallery - Istanbul
ZILBERMAN GALLERY BERLIN
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Agial Art Gallery
Aida Cherfan Fine Art gallery and Christiane Ashkar Art Consultancy
Alserkal avenue, Al-Quoz, Dubai, UAE
Andakulova Gallery
Anna Laudel
ARCOmadrid
Art Cairo
Art D’Égypte
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Art Madrid
Art on 56th
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artReoriented
Athens Biennale
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Banque BEMO and ESA Business School
Brunei Gallery
Brussels Gallery Weekend
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Carbon 12
Casa Árabe
Christie’s
Contemporary Istanbul
Cornette de Saint Cyr
Dastan’s Basement
Dubai Design Week
Egypt International Art Fair
Fann A Porter
Fann A Porter - Dubai
Fann A Porter Amman
Firetti Contemporary
Fort Gansevoort New York
Forum Gallery
GALERIE BRUNO MASSA
galerie frank elbaz
Galerie Janine Rubeiz
Galerie Mark Hachem
Galerie Nathalie Obadia
Galerie Nathalie Obadia - Paris
Galerie Tanit Beirut, Lebanon
Galerie Tanit Munich
Galerie Tanit, Beyrouth
Galleria Continua
Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde
GalleryX
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Green Art Gallery
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Hauser & Wirth - New York, 22nd Street
INSTITUT DU MONDE ARABE
Institut français Berlin
Intersect Art and Design
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Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts
Istanbul Museum of Modern Art
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JEALOUS EAST
Karim Gallery
Khawla Art & Cultural Foundation
Kohn Gallery
Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery - London Bridge
La Biennale De Lyon
Lawrie Shabibi
Leila Heller Gallery
Leila Heller Gallery - Dubai
Lévy Gorvy
London Art Fair
Louvre Abu Dhabi
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Mamut Art Project
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Mashrabia Gallery Of Contemporary Art
Masrah Almaared
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Modern and Contemporary Art Museum, MACAM
MONICA DE CARDENAS
Musée d’art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole
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Opera Gallery Beirut
Paris Photo
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27may(may 27)09:0014jan(jan 14)09:00THE CASABLANCA ART SCHOOL
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Tate St Ives will be the first museum in the UK to explore the intense period of artistic rebirth that followed Morocco’s independence, forged by the experimental teaching methods
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Tate St Ives will be the first museum in the UK to explore the intense period of artistic rebirth that followed Morocco’s independence, forged by the experimental teaching methods of the Casablanca Art School in the 1960s and 1970s.
Led by Farid Belkahia alongside Mohammed Chabâa, Mohamed Melehi and others, this pioneering school paved the way for a new generation of socially engaged modern artists who formed an influential avant-garde network.
Works by 22 artists will be brought together to demonstrate the wide variety of the Moroccan ‘new wave’, from vibrant abstract paintings and urban murals to applied arts, typography, graphics and interior design.
The exhibition will also include a selection of rarely-seen print archives, vintage journals, documentary photographs and films.
This exhibition is a collaboration between Tate St Ives and Sharjah Art Foundation, where it will open in February 2024. It is also part of a key moment of international research into the Casablanca Art School, which includes a collaborative project initiated in 2020 between KW Institute for Contemporary Art and Sharjah Art Foundation, in partnership with Goethe-Institut Marokko, ThinkArt and Zamân Books & Curating.
Exhibition artists:
Carla Accardi, Malika Agueznay, Hamid Alaoui, Mohamed Ataallah, Herbert Bayer, Farid Belkahia, Fouad Bellamine, Mohammed Chabâa, Saâd Ben Cheffaj, Ahmed Cherkaoui, André Elbaz, Abdellah El Hariri, Abdelkrim Ghattas, Mustapha Hafid, Anna Draus-Hafid, Mohamed Hamidi, Mohammed Kacimi, Miloud Labied, Mohamed Melehi, Houssein Miloudi, Abderrahman Rahoule, Chaïbia Tallal
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May 27 (Saturday) 09:00 - January 14 (Sunday) 09:00
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Porthmeor Beach St Ives Cornwall TR26 1TG, UK
06jul(jul 6)18:0008dec(dec 8)21:00Untitled Abstractions
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The Dalloul Art Foundation is pleased to announce “UNTITLED Abstractions” exhibition opening on Thursday July 6, 2023, from 18:00 to 21:00. The exhibition features 154 Untiled modern and contemporary abstract artworks
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The Dalloul Art Foundation is pleased to announce “UNTITLED Abstractions” exhibition opening on Thursday July 6, 2023, from 18:00 to 21:00.
The exhibition features 154 Untiled modern and contemporary abstract artworks selected from the DAF collection.
Created by artists from across the Arab world, the artworks will be showcased in two batches of 77 each. UNTITLED Abstractions investigates the visual language of abstract art and challenges the role of a title and lack thereof.
Time
July 6 (Thursday) 18:00 - December 8 (Friday) 21:00
Location
The Dalloul Art Foundation Rue Madame Curie, White Tower Building, Koreitem, Beirut, Lebanon.
24aug(aug 24)09:0007jan(jan 7)09:00Arabesque
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Sfeir – Semler gallery is proud to announce the opening of there new space in DownTown Beirut with a show by the lebanese artist Rayyane Tabet, titled “Arabesque”. The exhibition
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Sfeir – Semler gallery is proud to announce the opening of there new space in DownTown Beirut with a show by the lebanese artist Rayyane Tabet, titled “Arabesque”.
The exhibition start in 24 August, 2023 until 7 January, 2024. From 18:00 to 20:00.
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August 24 (Thursday) 09:00 - January 7 (Sunday) 09:00
Location
Sfeir - Semler gallery, DownTown Beirut, Lebanon
31aug(aug 31)09:0016dec(dec 16)00:00The Present: The Future of the Past Air 6 & 7 Exhibition
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This unique group exhibition reveals the various stages of the creative process of 31 artists in residence and offers a glimpse into the artists’ studio practice alongside their final artworks.
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This unique group exhibition reveals the various stages of the creative process of 31 artists in residence and offers a glimpse into the artists’ studio practice alongside their final artworks. The works displayed aim to convey a portion of this artistic journey while blurring the boundaries between the process and the outcome, and bridges the gap between the exhilarating, chaotic, and intimate personal experience in the studio and the finalised artwork showcased in contemporary art galleries.
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August 31 (Thursday) 09:00 - December 16 (Saturday) 00:00
Location
Fire Station: Artist in Residence, Doha, Qatar
06sep(sep 6)09:0010dec(dec 10)09:00São Paulo Art Biennial 2023
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The São Paulo Bienal has revealed almost half of the 100 artists participating in its 35th edition from 6 September to 10 December 2023. They include Pace Gallery artist Torkwase Dyson,
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The São Paulo Bienal has revealed almost half of the 100 artists participating in its 35th edition from 6 September to 10 December 2023.
They include Pace Gallery artist Torkwase Dyson, Gagosian’s Ellen Gallagher, and Julien Creuzet, who shows at Andrew Kreps Gallery and will represent France at the Venice Biennale in 2024.
Forty-three artists have been named so far, with the remainder to be announced in June. Over three-quarters come from the Global South, and 92 percent are black, indigenous, or non-white.
The biennial, titled Choreographies of the Impossible, is being curated by Diane Lima, Grada Kilomba, Hélio Menezes, and Manuel Borja-Villel.
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September 6 (Wednesday) 09:00 - December 10 (Sunday) 09:00
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Ciccillo Matarazzo Pavilion, Ibirapuera Park São Paulo – SP, Brazil
06sep(sep 6)11:0022dec(dec 22)18:00In the shade of the sun
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The Mosaic Rooms is pleased to announce In the shade of the sun, a group exhibition contemplating the relationship between politics and aesthetics by an exciting new generation of Palestinian artists.
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The Mosaic Rooms is pleased to announce In the shade of the sun, a group exhibition contemplating the relationship between politics and aesthetics by an exciting new generation of Palestinian artists. The exhibition comprises new multimedia installations by artists Mona Benyamin, Xaytun Ennasr and Dina Mimi as well as a new sonic performance commission by Makimakkuk.
Working across mediums that include film, installation, music and gaming, In the shade of the sun brings together artists that are forging a new language to think about and with Palestine. Their individual practices intertwined through making works for future times within the crisis of the present, in soft expressions and radical politics, from the absurd to the poetic.
This group of artists is brought together by artists Ruanne Abou-Rahme & Basel Abbas as part of their Bilna’es (in the negative) project, a platform that seeks to expand the bounds of collaboration through an adisciplinary approach. Bilna’es (in the negative) was born out of a need to support artistic communities in Palestine and beyond. It experiments in re-distributing resources and practicing alternative support structures.
Independent researcher and curator Adam HajYahia has been specially invited by Bilna’es to contribute a text to the exhibition and will be co-curating the exhibition’s accompanying public programme.
This exhibition forms part of The Mosaic Rooms 2023 programme, which seeks to interrogate questions of active solidarity; to consider how we can continue to collaborate, host, and create sustainable support networks that enable critical and creative artistic practices.
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September 6 (Wednesday) 11:00 - December 22 (Friday) 18:00
Location
The Mosaic Rooms A.M. Qattan Foundation Tower House 226 Cromwell Road London SW5 0SW
08sep(sep 8)09:0009dec(dec 9)09:00Masterpieces of Furniture Design
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An exhibition by Qatar Museums and the Vitra Design Museum. In partnership with the Vitra Design Museum in Germany, M7 will showcase Masterpieces of Furniture Design, an exhibition featuring more than
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An exhibition by Qatar Museums and the Vitra Design Museum.
In partnership with the Vitra Design Museum in Germany, M7 will showcase Masterpieces of Furniture Design, an exhibition featuring more than 50 iconic pieces that span 200 years of design. Drawn from the renowned Vitra Design Museum collection, the exhibition will present a comprehensive selection of modern furniture, including original works by leading designers including Alvar Aalto, Le Corbusier, Charles & Ray Eames, Charlotte Perriand, and Virgil Abloh. The exhibition is accompanied by the encyclopaedic Atlas of Furniture Design, the most comprehensive book on furniture design ever published.
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September 8 (Friday) 09:00 - December 9 (Saturday) 09:00
Location
M7, Doha, Qatar
20sep(sep 20)09:0007jan(jan 7)09:00Lasting Impressions: Samia Halaby
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The Sharjah Art Museum presents Lasting Impressions: Samia Halaby, a Palestinian artist born in Jerusalem in 1936, currently living in New York. This ia a major retrospective of her work and
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The Sharjah Art Museum presents Lasting Impressions: Samia Halaby, a Palestinian artist born in Jerusalem in 1936, currently living in New York. This ia a major retrospective of her work and will include 180 works of various sizes and media representing her career through abstract paintings, sculptures, digital works, documentary drawings and more.
With a profound persuasion that future innovation in pictures lies in abstraction, she has remained dedicated to its boundless potential for over six decades. The abstraction she presents has its basis in reality by being an imitation of principles extracted from reality rather than one particular appearance of reality. Continuing her artistic endeavors until the present, she employs visual abstraction to convert what our senses have stored in our memory over a long period of time , “what the viewer and I already know”, into abstract visual form .Through such abstract creations she represent the inherent visual experience that resides within us all – abstract shape, color, light, and movement combine into an art in which the viewer recognizes their own experiences. She does so by employing the extensive knowledge regarding methods and technologies that she avidly studied ranging from methods of using paint to using digital media.
Through her visionary approach to abstract painting, she has gained an impressive reputation, solidifying her standing as a forward-thinking artist. Through her unique artistic style, extensive range of methods, and prolific artistry, she has redefined the notion of abstraction with a remarkable level of precision, ensuring the clarity in her creative process and cementing her position as a visionary abstract painter.
The artist’s interpretation of the exhibition’s title, “Lasting Impressions”, is that it reflects the wonderful reaction her work elicits in the youths of our time especially among Arab youth whom she admires. She takes note of their talents and high commitments to our future. These discerning viewers perceive her abstraction exactly as she envisions, recognizing in it a reflection of their own pre- existing experience. Her painting “mirrors our shared perception of the world we live in.” as she describes it.
As a Palestinian artist who was born in the city of Jerusalem on December 12m, 1936, she experiences the agony of exile and displacement from her homeland 1948. The painful memory of exile enters her painting not as subject matter but often as titles to place in Palestine she loves. She will not mix political history with her exploration of abstraction but she does state that being loyal to abstraction is itself a political art. Palestine as experience is clearly the driving force allowing her to exert great effort to create the documentary series of memorializing the Kafr Qasem Massacre.
Samia Halaby is an internationally recognized artist known for her exceptional talent. Alongside her artistic pursuits, she is a dedicated advocate for Palestinian rights. Remarkably, in spite of her extensive oeuvre and serious writing, things often provoke her sense of humor and playfulness.
The exhibition is part of the Lasting Impressions series, held annually at the Sharjah Art Museum. The aim is to focus on prominent Arab artists who had a prolific career and left a lasting impression on the development and evolution of modern art in the Arab world.
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September 20 (Wednesday) 09:00 - January 7 (Sunday) 09:00
Location
Sharjah Art Museum. UAE
17oct(oct 17)09:0031dec(dec 31)09:00Elsewhere
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Al markhiya gallery proudly presents a thought-provoking group exhibition, Elsewhere, featuring a collection of contemporary Syrian artists exploring ideas of finding a sense of home abroad. Inviting audiences to explore their
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Al markhiya gallery proudly presents a thought-provoking group exhibition, Elsewhere, featuring a collection of contemporary Syrian artists exploring ideas of finding a sense of home abroad.
Inviting audiences to explore their extraordinary compositions, the artists traverse the globe, carrying with them the rich tapestry of their home culture, like a second skin. Through this lens, they perceive a world of new experiences, colors, textures and people in their adopted homelands.
Yet, despite their new surroundings, the artists maintain a persistent connection to their roots. This dual existence gives birth to a distinctive vision, where the threads of memory, experience, and family ties leave their creative minds slightly askew.
The artworks presented in Elsewhere embody this in-between experience, expressing their native culture with vibrant hues of their adopted homelands. As these artists seek to redefine their identities, they endeavour to harmonize their lives, returning themselves to the rhythms of existence lived in a place that is, for them, truly elsewhere.
The exhibition runs until December 2023.
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Time
October 17 (Tuesday) 09:00 - December 31 (Sunday) 09:00
Location
Al markhiya gallery at Doha Fire Station
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The National Museum of Qatar will host nearly 130 cherished works from The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s unparalleled Oceanic collection, which are travelling outside of The Met’s walls for the
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The National Museum of Qatar will host nearly 130 cherished works from The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s unparalleled Oceanic collection, which are travelling outside of The Met’s walls for the first time in nearly a century, as the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing is being renovated. The exhibition is organised by themes—Voyaging, Ancestors, and Time—which demonstrate the interconnectedness of Pacific Islanders and their rich cultural heritage, and the dynamic artistic expressions on display that date back four centuries.
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October 24 (Tuesday) 09:00 - January 25 (Thursday) 09:00
Location
National Museum of Qatar
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Created for Qatar – Indonesia 2023 Year of Culture, the Coffee Exhibition, organized in collaboration with the National Museum of Indonesia, highlights traditional and contemporary coffee cultures in Qatar and
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Created for Qatar – Indonesia 2023 Year of Culture, the Coffee Exhibition, organized in collaboration with the National Museum of Indonesia, highlights traditional and contemporary coffee cultures in Qatar and Indonesia through interactive and sensory experiences. By approaching practices related to coffee growing, roasting, brewing, serving, and drinking in Qatar and Indonesia, the exhibition explores the world history of coffee trading and drinking, and the social connections it creates. This global approach through local examples makes it the ideal visit for culture enthusiasts and coffee lovers from all over the world.
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October 24 (Tuesday) 09:00 - February 17 (Saturday) 09:00
Location
National Museum of Qatar
30oct(oct 30)09:0005jan(jan 5)09:00NABIL NAHAS: TETHYS
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Lawrie Shabibi is thrilled to announce the much-anticipated exhibition Tethys by renowned Lebanese American artist Nabil Nahas, in conjunction with the grand reopening of our gallery space. The exhibition,
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October 30 (Monday) 09:00 - January 5 (Friday) 09:00
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Lawrie Shabibi, Unit 21, Alserkal Avenue, Al-Quoz 1, Dubai, UAE
10nov09:0010mar09:00Armenia Contemplating the sacred
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The Boghossian Foundation presents the exhibition Armenia. Contemplating the sacred, an invitation to travel to millennia-old Armenia, where virtual reality blends with historical vestiges and contemporary works of art. In
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The Boghossian Foundation presents the exhibition Armenia. Contemplating the sacred, an invitation to travel to millennia-old Armenia, where virtual reality blends with historical vestiges and contemporary works of art.
In partnership with Iconem, immersive videos present visitors with a truly unique experience as they discover endangered historic sites such as the emblematic monasteries of Geghard, Haghpat, Hayravank, Kirants and Arakelots, as well as the sites of Surp Hovannes – Meghri and Deghdznut.
The exhibition also features exceptional items from the Musée Arménien de France. Miniatures, manuscripts, precious liturgical objects never before exhibited to the public, will be shown alongside works by contemporary artists such as Sarkis, Mekhitar Garabedian, Antoine Agoudjian, Jean Boghossian, Aïda Kazarian and Pascal Convert.
Artists
Antoine Agoudjian, Jean Boghossian, Pascal Convert, Mekhitar Garabedia, Aïda Kazarian, Sarkis.
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November 10 (Friday) 09:00 - March 10 (Sunday) 09:00
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Boghossian Foundation, Villa Empain, Brussel
11nov(nov 11)09:0012dec(dec 12)09:00BLACK & WHITE” BY WISSAM SHAWKAT
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Renowned award-winning Iraqi artist Wissam Shawkat is set to captivate art enthusiasts once again with his latest exhibition, “Black & White” running from Saturday 11th November to 12th December at
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November 11 (Saturday) 09:00 - December 12 (Tuesday) 09:00
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Mestaria Gallery, Unit 35, Alserkal Avenue, Street 8, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, UAE
11nov(nov 11)09:0010mar(mar 10)09:00Sharjah Architecture Triennial
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The Sharjah Architecture Triennial, taking place from 11 November 2023 to 10 March 2024. The Triennial was established in 2019 as the first major platform for architecture
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The Sharjah Architecture Triennial, taking place from 11 November 2023 to 10 March 2024.
The Triennial was established in 2019 as the first major platform for architecture and urbanism from West and South Asia and the African continent. Its aim is to spark new perspectives and reframe on-going conversations about the future of architecture and design within the social, economic, environmental, and cultural context of the region.
Titled The Beauty of Impermanence: An Architecture of Adaptability, the second edition of the Triennial is curated by Lagos-based, Nigerian architect Tosin Oshinowo, and will explore links between scarcity, creativity, and design. With the title and theme, Tosin wants to highlight how architecture should take into account indigenous traditions and collective knowledge born out of daily practice, resilience and ingenious coping mechanisms – ‘contextual’ is one of her favourite words. The Global South should not attempt to ‘catch up’ with the Global North, but rather the reverse, as the rest of the world now faces the same challenges due to the climate crisis. The Global South’s resilience suggests alternative approaches to an ethos of ‘permanence’ in architecture pervasive in the Global North, and these methods – shaped by the rhythms of everyday life, climate, and material availability – offer design solutions for the many challenges facing our populations. In her own practice, she draws on her Yoruba heritage and Àṣẹ philosophy to centre contextual design and culturally relevant architecture.
The Triennial’s 29 participants will shine a spotlight on design solutions that draw from indigenous knowledge (Nifemi Marcus-Bello, Hunnarshala Foundation with Aaabhat and AINA), explore the potential of local contextual material such as mud (Hive Earth Studio, Sandra Poulson, Wallmakers) examine the climate resilience and adaptability of communities around the world (Natura Futura, COLLAB: Henry Glogau & Aleksander Kongshaug), to name a few.
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November 11 (Saturday) 09:00 - March 10 (Sunday) 09:00
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Sharjah Architecture Triennial, Al Qasimiyah School , Sheikh Saqr Bin Khalid Al Qasimi St, Al Manakh, Sharjah, UAE
14nov(nov 14)09:0005jan(jan 5)09:00Duality
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The Third Line is pleased to announce Duality, featuring new works by artists Nima Nabavi and Jason Seife. Duality is a showing of two artists working together in symbiosis, a product of an enduring “art friendship”.
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The Third Line is pleased to announce Duality, featuring new works by artists Nima Nabavi and Jason Seife. Duality is a showing of two artists working together in symbiosis, a product of an enduring “art friendship”. In ways both literal and metaphorical, the exhibition is a way of putting pen to paper on developments that were organically occurring when two artists who share a particular way of seeing collide.
Both Nabavi and Seife think in colour, shape, and line. Each pairing of canvases, from Tenet, to Civic, Radar and Level are mixed and matched, but not exact. The strictest aspect of each coupling of works is the precise dimensions of each canvas as being the same, be it classic rectangle or experimental long diamond. Whilst the foundational proportions were shared, both artists agreed upon the works being cousins and not siblings. There is enough of a similarity to begin to draw out a familial relationship from one work to another, but not enough that they become each other’s mirror image. The conceit is therefore more sophisticated: they are the same, but different.
Geometry was the pair’s common ground. Even the works themselves can be seen to be created in parallel: a call and response between Seife and Nabavi’s own particular approaches to how colour and form can be shaped. Even the title of each piece is an extension of these interrelated concepts of commonality and departure. Each work is named with an evocative palindrome shared between pairings. The structure of the letters themselves is even considered from a design approach, envisaged as an extension of the works themselves. Much like the companion pieces, the titular words are the same thing seen from a different perspective.
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November 14 (Tuesday) 09:00 - January 5 (Friday) 09:00
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The Third Line, Alserkal Avenue, Warehouse H78, St. 8, Al Quoz 1, PO Box 72036, Dubai, UAE
15nov01janI Can No Longer Produce the Limits of My Own Body
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NIKA Project Space is proud to announce its fourth exhibition, I Can No Longer Produce the Limits of My Own Body, opening on 15 November 2023. Put together by independent curator and
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NIKA Project Space is proud to announce its fourth exhibition, I Can No Longer Produce the Limits of My Own Body, opening on 15 November 2023. Put together by independent curator and art critic Nadine Khalil, the group show will feature seven artists delving into practices that explore the body as an expanded site and medium; Liane Al Ghusain, Mirna Bamieh, Isaac Sullivan, Dalia Khalife, Sara Nirookbaksh, Lilia Ziamou and Christiane Peschek each question what defines the limits of our bodies and delve into the anatomical, animal, material and technological aspects of embodiment.
Palestinian-Kuwaiti textile artist and writer Liane Al Ghusain explores a number of forms including video, sculpture, and text to research the fields of mysticism, feminism, post-colonialism, and science fiction. Mirna Bamieh, renowned for her socially engaged work, is the founder of the Palestine Hosting Society, a live art project and platform for interaction she founded in 2018 to collect Palestinian recipes on the verge of disappearing. Through her work, Bamieh explores the politics of disappearance and memory production by unpacking the social concerns and limitations of Palestinian communities amid contemporary political dilemmas. Lebanese artist and scenographer Dalia Khalife, a recipient of the Home Workspace Program (HWP) Fellowship from Ashkal Alwan, The Lebanese Association for Plastic Arts in Beirut, is known for her installations, site-specific interventions, paintings and performative gestures which examine psychophysiological happenings as well as elements of spectacle and play within power structures, social events, and rituals. Abu Dhabi-based Iranian-Canadian artist Sara Niroobakhsh, whose performative and visual concepts engage the globalizing feminine psyche, references the notion of cultural objects through installations and performance layered with her own technology and science-based interventions. Greek-American New York-based artist Lilia Ziamou explores how technology can transcend the biological and ideological constraints that shape the body in digital paintings, sculptures and drawings. Christiane Peschek, an artist who lives and works in The Cloud, produces multi-sensory installation and retouched self-portraits observing the possibilities of online and offline intertwined lifestyles. Isaac Sullivan is a Dubai-based multimedia artist whose work explores emerging technologies and cybernetics and engages with ecological thought and AI’s impact on images, data, territory, and observation.
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November 15 (Wednesday) 09:00 - January 1 (Monday) 09:00
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Al Khayat Avenue, Unit 11, 19th Street Road — Al Quoz 1, First Al Khail Street, Dubai, UAE
18nov09:0018mar09:00On Purpose
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ATHR FOUNDATION is proud to present the opening night of “On Purpose”, the 8th installment of its renowned Young Saudi Artists (YSA) exhibition series and the first under ATHR FOUNDATION’s banner. YSA
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ATHR FOUNDATION is proud to present the opening night of “On Purpose”, the 8th installment of its renowned Young Saudi Artists (YSA) exhibition series and the first under ATHR FOUNDATION’s banner. YSA is making its debut in Riyadh with this edition, and it is also the largest YSA exhibition to take place to date, featuring 25 emerging artists.
Titled “On Purpose”, the exhibition will feature 25 emerging Saudi and Saudi-based artists exploring their interpretations of purpose through diverse mediums.
Curated by renowned artist Rami Farook and a selection committee composed of Ayman Yossri Daydban, Dur Kattan, Wejdan Reda, Hamza Serafi, and Solafa Rawas. (bios below)
“On Purpose”, aims to highlight the creativity and diversity of our Kingdom’s young artistic talents. Attendees will be among the first to experience how selected emerging artists from across Saudi Arabia have uniquely conceptualized and expressed the theme of purpose through their work.
View the diverse range of artworks, enjoy refreshments, and engage with the curator and participating artists. You won’t want to miss this exciting showcase of the next generation of Saudi and Saudi residents’ creative visionaries.
The exhibition is from November 18th from 6-11 PM at Ethr Residency until March 18th.
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November 18 (Saturday) 09:00 - March 18 (Monday) 09:00
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ATHR FOUNDATION, RUBAT ALKHUNJI, ALBALAD| JEDDAH, KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA
25nov(nov 25)09:0020dec(dec 20)09:00Colored Shadows
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Mohannad Orabi’s fascinating collage art is set to launch at Urbanist Art Gallery with a show titled ‘Colored Shadows’ on 25 November. Mohannad Orabi: “Our dark reality and our heavy shadows and
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Mohannad Orabi’s fascinating collage art is set to launch at Urbanist Art Gallery with a show titled ‘Colored Shadows’ on 25 November.
Mohannad Orabi:
“Our dark reality and our heavy shadows and the shades of my plants that I love
I search in this darkness, I touch it, I try to understand it, I highlight it, I color it, I put my heroes in it, and I tell my story.
To be my sanctuary, my world with which I return to my colorful memory
With every painting I make, I record a trace of salvation.
Those are my colored shadows.”
The exhibition opening will be in the presence of the artist on Saturday 25th November and the show continues until 20 December 2023.
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November 25 (Saturday) 09:00 - December 20 (Wednesday) 09:00
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Urbanist Art Gallery, Box Park, Al Wasl Road, Dubai
30nov09:0030dec09:0030 Years of Color
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To conclude the 30th anniversary of Galerie Janine Rubeiz, in spite of the difficult regional and local circumstances, we invite you to the opening of “30 Years of Color”, on Thursday,
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To conclude the 30th anniversary of Galerie Janine Rubeiz, in spite of the difficult regional and local circumstances, we invite you to the opening of “30 Years of Color”, on Thursday, November 30, 2023, from 4 to 8pm.
In light of the horrific developments that have struck the people of Palestine and our people in the South of Lebanon, we cannot but persevere in our endeavors to defend our art and culture, and continue to represent the artists who have accompanied us and worked with us over the years. “30 Years of Color” is an ode to loyalty and community, to a three-decade journey with our artists, friends, and collectors, who have been with us since 1993, or who have joined us along the way. We are grateful for the longstanding relations we have forged, and we take this opportunity not only to look back and reflect, but to also look forward to supporting more emerging talents, as well as maintaining our growing collective.
During this past year, also as part of the 30-year festivities, we launched “Encounters 2023”, an open call followed by a group exhibition, strictly showcasing emerging talents, and facilitating a dialogue between them and the heritage which the older generation of artists has created and exhibited at Galerie Janine Rubeiz. We have been keen on documenting the socio-political changes and how they are reflected through the different practices of artists, since 1993.
Thirty years later, for this special occasion, Nadine Begdache, owner and director of Galerie Janine Rubeiz, with an unwavering vision to keep the gallery an open space for free expression, asked each of our artists to create one artwork inspired by this milestone: What do 30 years mean in one’s lifetime, in an artist’s lifetime, in History? What is their vision for the next 30 years? How does one evolve on a personal level over 30 years? How have the past 30 years been in our geo-political context? our very specific location in Ras Beirut…?
We invite you to experience the resulting exhibition, a mosaic of reflections around this anniversary, from our artists, each from their specific lens, with artworks by:
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November 30 (Thursday) 09:00 - December 30 (Saturday) 09:00
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Galerie Janine Rubeiz, Beirut, Lebanon
30nov(nov 30)09:0006jan(jan 6)09:00Melting Point
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On the occasion of the COP28 Climate Conference, taking place in Dubai, UAE, Art of Change 21 and Alserkal Initiatives are excited to collaborate and present the climate-related exhibition “Melting
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On the occasion of the COP28 Climate Conference, taking place in Dubai, UAE, Art of Change 21 and Alserkal Initiatives are excited to collaborate and present the climate-related exhibition “Melting Point” by the French-Swiss artist Julian Charrière. On view at Alserkal Avenue, the show brings to light rarely seen perspectives of our planet’s polar regions.
Though glaciers have never before had such a strong presence in our collective imagination or global media, Charrière presents them here anew, staging a kaleidoscopic vision of these environments at a critical point.
For this action at COP28, a tripartite collaboration unites Julian Charrière, a renowned and emblematic climate-engaged artist, Art of Change 21, a non-profit organisation on art & environment which has curated art shows and events in each Climate COP since 2015, and Alserkal Initiatives, a Dubai-based socially responsible cultural enterprise. The “Melting Point” exhibition is supported by R3, Maison Ruinart, Fondation LAccolade and Epson, and is part of Art of Change 21’s “Art at COP28” programming.
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November 30 (Thursday) 09:00 - January 6 (Saturday) 09:00
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Project Space at Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, UAE
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25aug(aug 25)18:0007jan(jan 7)21:00ANIA SOLIMAN | TERRAFORM
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“The drawings of Ania Soliman constitute a complex body of research into how the switch from theory to practice, from world-views to worlds, or from epistemology to ontology,
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“The drawings of Ania Soliman constitute a complex body of research into how the switch from theory to practice, from world-views to worlds, or from epistemology to ontology, unveils many dilemmas. […] Soliman’s work deals with much more than lines and forms and colors and compositions. There is a reason why much of her work takes a large scale: it needs a battleground on which to address belief – the way it shapes the self, how the self relates to the “I”, and the “I” to all the others”. Chus Martinez1
Sfeir-Semler Gallery is happy to announce the first solo exhibition of Ania Soliman in the Middle East, opening in our Beirut space on Thursday August 25, 2022, from 6 to 9 PM.
Centering around the idea of the Terraform, or the artificial reproduction of earth ecologies, the painting and drawing exhibition delves into the realms of the multi-layered connections, intersections and mergers between nature, technology, and humans. Soliman is a conceptual artist whose research-based practice often results in monochromic large-scale works on paper. After a month spent in Beirut, she produced works on canvas for the first time, using spray-paint, artificial and natural plants as well as pieces from dismantled obsolete machinery to leave organic shapes, poetic arabesques, or rough spontaneous streaks of paint on the fabric. The seriality and scale of these canvases that carry in their making both mechanical planning as well as natural impulses, underline the feeling of urgency and anxiety in our relationship to nature, to the point of acquiring sculptural attributes and becoming curtain-like objects hung in an engulfing loose rectangle.
While the spray-painted canvases are produced through performative action-painting, with quick bold moves that fill the space, the works on paper in Phtalo green follow a methodical process foregrounded by the artist and that allows her to identify the background from the objects that she draws using pigments, wax, and encaustic. The annotation system, revolving around the figure-ground relationship, becomes in turn part of the work, and results in surfaces that completely ignore central perspective. The four-paneled work on paper Terraform depicts a rainforest and turns a computer screensaver into an immersive experience, prompting the viewer to look for the tree, the leaves or the tiger concealed by the landscape. This specific color is used in a whole series that refers to our visual technologies and their addictive circuits: the toxic green works stem from the encounter with a culture that humans can no longer control.
The bamboo plants in fluorescent yellow use that annotation system to mimic technical drawings designed by humans to mass-produce artificial bamboos in plastic or cloth. The artificial plants represent the kind of irrational and manic overproduction that threatens the earth, yet they also reflect our desire for nature even in its most alienated manifestations.
Interestingly, some of the works titles are created in collaboration with a random word generator algorithm, while for others, Soliman uses machine mistranslations from Arabic, such as Chemical Emotions (kahraba) , Resurrecting Light (kahraba), Shaking the Nerves of Animals (kahraba) etc…
Ania Soliman’s Beirut diary includes insomnia drawings, banknotes and exploding galaxies, and is presented with a group of barrels, recuperated in the gallery neighborhood of Karantina, and constituting a “diwan” made of seats from recycled former oil containers. Ultimately, the exhibition doesn’t tackle technologies as such, but rather investigates how we feel, talk, and think about them: the core conceptual element of each work culminates in an overwhelming burst of colors.
Ania Soliman is an Egyptian, Polish, and American artist who grew up in Baghdad, and currently lives in Paris. She makes large scale drawings based on digitized imagery and archival material, while also working with text, performance, video and installation.
Her research-based practice focuses on processes of translation between different cultures and their representations. She is especially interested in how this determines our relationships, both real and imaginary, between nature and technology.
Through processes of tracing, desaturating, smudging, coloring, and embellishing, she transforms source materials into layered drawings that often repeat a motif since they represent the action of conflicting ideas working themselves out. Her works function as icons for unconscious negotiations between our bodies and the culturally determined languages that occupy our minds.
Ania Soliman’s work has been exhibited at Kunsthaus Bregenz (2020), the Drawing Center in New York (2020), Castello di Rivoli, Turin (2018), the Museum der Moderne in Salzburg (2016), the Museum of Contemporary Art at Antwerp (2015), the Whitney Biennial (2010), the 14th Istanbul Biennial (2015), the Museum der Kulturen in Basel (2014), among other venues, and she has recently done lecture-performances at the Global Art Forum in Dubai and Singapore. She attended Harvard College and Columbia University before participating in the Whitney Independent Study Program. In 2010 she was awarded the Laurenz-Haus residency in Basel, Switzerland.
Courtesy of Sfeir Semler Gallery
Feature Caption: Ania Soliman, Terraform 1 (everyone-zoospore, recovery-whew), 2022, colored pencil, encaustic, acrylic ink on paper, 4 panels of 280 x 115 cm each.
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August 25 (Thursday) 18:00 - January 7 (Saturday) 21:00
Location
Sfeir Semler Gallery
Admiralitätstrasse 71, D-20459, Hamburg, Germany
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16sepAll Day25febMAJAZ: CONTEMPORARY ART QATAR
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Every story starts somewhere, as an idea in a protagonist’s mind, a narrative composed of a series of incidents, or a place like no other. In this exhibition, artists take the
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Every story starts somewhere, as an idea in a protagonist’s mind, a narrative composed of a series of incidents, or a place like no other.
In this exhibition, artists take the role of the narrator, recalling both shared and personal experiences to communicate ideas fundamental to the modern world. These stories demonstrate how individual, social and cultural dialogues intersect, providing a framework for the exhibition, which explores three main themes: character, spaces and places, and the narratives that inspire creative concepts.
In preparing work for the show, each artist delved into a world of their own, deriving inspiration from a variety of sources, including memories, dreams, daily life encounters, folk tales, nature, cities and architecture. The selected works interact with each other through the exploration of material, form and colour. They are also connected by the artists’ collective experience of living in Qatar and being part of its unique community.
This exhibition features works by 36 artists, emerging and mid-career, who took part in the Artist in Residence programme at the Fire Station in the years 2015–2021. Each piece acts as a metaphor (majaz) for the artist’s journey and evolving artistic practice, capturing a moment or an idea that represents their experience in the past years.
With projects ranging from painting, drawing, prints, sculpture, new media and installations, Majaz: Contemporary Art Qatar shares a thorough exploration of the process of storytelling, both real and imaginary.
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September 16 (Friday) - February 25 (Saturday)
Location
Masrah Almaared
Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art Education City Doha, Qatar
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14nov(nov 14)09:0028jan(jan 28)09:00Wisdom of the crowd
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Elmarsa Gallery is very pleased to present a selection of unique works by Abderrazak Sahli (1941–2009), one of the most prominent Tunisian abstract painters of the 20th century. This exhibition
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Elmarsa Gallery is very pleased to present a selection of unique works by Abderrazak Sahli (1941–2009), one of the most prominent Tunisian abstract painters of the 20th century. This exhibition offers to see his paintings on burlap that were executed in the nineties, and that remain little known to the public at large.
Abderrazak Sahli, who was educated in the Koranic school of Zeitouniyya, explored the “defiguration” and “sonorisation” of words and texts as early as 1965. From then onwards he has worked in media as varied as photography, poetry, prints, paintings, books, boxes, bamboo sticks, sculpture, installations. His early figurative paintings later led to more conceptual exhibitions in Paris; combining old photographs and texts in Latin scripts of sonor poetry; other times his works were presented as part of a performance, with paintings and sculptures. His paintings react to a variety of stimuli, mixing unconscious elements with what is conscious, vigorous, and spontaneous. By alternating between the “full” (coloured) and the “empty” (uncoloured), Sahli seems to have endowed his starry mutant creatures with a kind of cosmic energy. The very expressive strength of the lightness of the forms or the shapes and the expressive strength of the whole is well demonstrated in his installation work « Buissons Ferriques » presented by Elmarsa at Art Projects at the first edition of Art Dubai in 2007, which was made of 100 metal stakes topped with painted patterns, in steel sheet metal of 180 to 270 cm height each.
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November 14 (Monday) 09:00 - January 28 (Saturday) 09:00
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Elmarsa Gallery
12jan(jan 12)10:0015apr(apr 15)06:00Samia Halaby and Farid Haddad
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Samia Halaby, de-coding colors Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut is proud to present the first solo exhibition of SAMIA HALABY in their Beirut space, opening on January 12, 2023 from 6 to 9
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Samia Halaby, de-coding colors
Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut is proud to present the first solo exhibition of SAMIA HALABY in their Beirut space, opening on January 12, 2023 from 6 to 9 PM in the presence of the artist.
Samia Halaby is a Palestinian-American artist, activist, and scholar living and working in New York.
Halaby constantly foregrounded works and techniques, and, in retrospect, was at the avant-garde of artistic production throughout her career. In her work, she manages to capture her biographical and political history, while acutely grasping the very essence of abstract painting.
Farid Haddad, For the Age of Lebanon
Sfeir Semler Gallery is proud to present Farid Haddad: For the Age of Lebanon, the artist’s first solo show in Beirut in over forty years. The exhibition presents an overview of Haddad’s painting oeuvre and spans the last fifty years of his practice between Lebanon
and the United States. The exhibition features a unique series of works from the early 1970s, on view for the first time.
Farid Haddad is a Lebanese-American artist who came of age in the years preceding the Civil War in Lebanon, and during a pivotal moment in Lebanese and Arab Modernism. This exhibition represents Haddad’s work as a vital chapter in the story of abstraction and
minimalism in the region. For the Age of Lebanon spans the artist’s early works, 1971–1977, and his most recent works, 2017–2022.
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January 12 (Thursday) 10:00 - April 15 (Saturday) 06:00
Location
Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut
12jan(jan 12)10:3025mar(mar 25)17:00THE FUTURE OF TRADITIONS
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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. It includes a
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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. It includes a few exceptional contemporary calligraphers, but mainly those only occasionally incorporating the written word in their works today.
These artists, from different backgrounds and possessing diverse styles, take inspiration from their own culture; they use the morphology of letters and phonemes, the rhymes and rhythms of calligraphy, abstracting words into pictures and thoughts into images.
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January 12 (Thursday) 10:30 - March 25 (Saturday) 17:00
Location
BRUNEI GALLERY, SOAS, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
15jan(jan 15)06:0020feb(feb 20)06:00My Favourite Things 7
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Mashrabia gallery of contemporary art are thrilled to invite you to the seventh edition of “My Favourite Things 7”. From 15 January until 20 February, 2023. This annual all-girls exhibition
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Mashrabia gallery of contemporary art are thrilled to invite you to the seventh edition of “My Favourite Things 7”. From 15 January until 20 February, 2023.
This annual all-girls exhibition started in 2016 as a small group exhibition, showing the artworks of 3 chosen women artists; featured by Mashrabia as the revelation of the season. In due course, “My Favorite Things” became an inclusive annual exhibition promoting and supporting up and coming women artists in Egypt. Its main aim is to guarantee for women to have a permanent and safe space, for exposure and free expression, maintaining a high artistic quality based on originality and innovative thought. There is no restriction to themes, as we seek authentic artwork that is most true, essentially reflecting subjects of great importance to the artists. This year’s selection includes 20 female artists, most of them participating for the first time. Their contributions give us a refreshing idea about what is contemporary art now in Egypt.
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January 15 (Sunday) 06:00 - February 20 (Monday) 06:00
Location
Cairo, Egypt
23jan(jan 23)10:0024feb(feb 24)10:00“LOOSE THREADS” BY DANIEL CANOGAR
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Daniel Canogar returns to the Middle East this January with his first solo exhibition in the region. Canogar’s “Dynamo”, the audiovisual project installed in the Spanish Pavilion, was
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Daniel Canogar returns to the Middle East this January with his first solo exhibition in the region. Canogar’s “Dynamo”, the audiovisual project installed in the Spanish Pavilion, was a highlight of EXPO 2020 for many, and 2021 also saw the artist present “Bifurcation”, a building-sized laser projection at Noor Riyadh, Saudi’s annual light and art festival. Now, his new solo show “Loose Threads” will launch at Galloire in City Walk, Dubai on 23rd January until the 24th February 2023. The exhibition gathers artworks which reference fabric and textiles in order to explore the technological reality of today.
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January 23 (Monday) 10:00 - February 24 (Friday) 10:00
Location
Galloire, City Walk, Dubai
24jan(jan 24)10:0004jun(jun 4)06:30Bollywood Superstars: A Short Story of Indian Cinema
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Abu Dhabi, UAE: As part of its rich 2022-2023 cultural season, Louvre Abu Dhabi has announced its upcoming exhibition, Bollywood Superstars: A Short Story of Indian Cinema, opening from 24
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Abu Dhabi, UAE: As part of its rich 2022-2023 cultural season, Louvre Abu Dhabi
has announced its upcoming exhibition, Bollywood Superstars: A Short Story of Indian Cinema, opening from 24 January and running until 4 June 2023. Organised in partnership with Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac and France Muséums, the exhibition will showcase the depth and richness of the Indian sub-continent’s art and civilisation through its long tradition of image making, and the diversity of the Indian filmmaking industry.
Through more than 80 artworks including photographs, textiles, graphic arts, costumes and over 30 film extracts, the exhibition explores the rich history of the Indian cinema from its beginnings in the late 19 th century up to the present. The artworks come from the collections of Louvre Abu Dhabi, Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, Musée de l’armée, Musée national des arts asiatiques – Guimet, al-Sabah Collection, Raja Ravi Varma Heritage Foundation and Priya Paul Collection.
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January 24 (Tuesday) 10:00 - June 4 (Sunday) 06:30
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Louvre Abu Dhabi
28jan(jan 28)11:0329(jan 29)11:03Shift away, Quoz Arts Fest
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Quoz Arts Fest, the region’s best-loved arts and culture festival, returns for its 10th edition on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 January 2023 across Alserkal and Al Quoz. The weekend will
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Quoz Arts Fest, the region’s best-loved arts and culture festival, returns for its 10th edition on Saturday 28 and Sunday 29 January 2023 across Alserkal and Al Quoz. The weekend will feature a diverse and dynamic programme of more than 200 activations, and bring together more than 50 creative concepts from across Al Quoz, to celebrate a decade of success, and feature live music, art, contemporary dance, performing arts, food trucks, public art installations, wellness, and more. Highlights of the bumper weekend include headliners Bu Kolthoum and Saint Levant, who will be performing in the UAE for the first time, along with Big Hass, a Dubai-based hip-hop DJ known for his electric sets, and Omar Musa, a Bornean-Australian rapper and poet who will be treating festival-goers to a powerful spoken word performance.
The 10th edition of the festival will take place under the thematic ‘Shift Away.’ Visitors will be invited to set aside their preconceptions upon entering the festival’s ‘portals’ and shift away to three fantastical worlds. In Shift to Nature, visitors will be challenged on their perception of scale and implored to surrender to the vastness of nature; in Shift to Cyborg, they can explore the dizzying dimensions of the digital universe; and in Shift to Childhood, visitors can unleash their inner child, play, and believe in magic again. Each world will be brought to life with various installations, immersive activities, and more.
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28 (Saturday) 11:03 - 29 (Sunday) 11:03
Location
Alserkal avenue, Al-Quoz, Dubai, UAE
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MENART FAIR is the international modern and contemporary art fair, dedicated to artists from the Middle East & North Africa, selected by must-see galleries. The artists featured in MENART FAIR come
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MENART FAIR is the international modern and contemporary art fair, dedicated to artists from the Middle East & North Africa, selected by must-see galleries.
The artists featured in MENART FAIR come from the Middle East (Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, Turkey), the Gulf States (Iran, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen) and North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt).
The third edition of MENART FAIR will happen in Brussels from 3 to 5th February 2023 (VIP opening on 2nd February 2023).
A selection of ART + DESIGN from international galleries will be brought together for four days at the Boghossian Foundation (Villa Empain), a key venue in Brussels’ artistic life.
This exceptional event transports the visitor on a journey to the heart of this luminous and bewitching Orient.
The fair, in its confidential and joyful format, encourages collectors and visitors to take the time to meet the galleries and to exchange.
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february 3 (Friday) - 5 (Sunday)
Location
Brussels
04feb(feb 4)09:0025mar(mar 25)09:00Chased by Unicorns
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After a successful stretch at Pi Artworks London in November 2022, Fabio Lattanzi Antinori’s solo show, Chased by Unicorns, will be shown at Pi Artworks Istanbul from February 4th. Accompanied by several
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After a successful stretch at Pi Artworks London in November 2022, Fabio Lattanzi Antinori’s solo show, Chased by Unicorns, will be shown at Pi Artworks Istanbul from February 4th. Accompanied by several new works and performances, Antinori’s show looks to value-systems in society, the tension between personal gain and corporate profits and the politics of surveillance.
Central to the show is a series of sculptural and printed works comparing Raymond Williams’ notion of key words, a tool to understand how ‘important social and historical processes occur within language’ with current digital marketing’s calculated use of keywords. Put simply, terms we look for online and which are secretively used to predict our behaviour and then influence it through advertising techniques.
In the second part of the show the artist reflects on the unsustainable nature of the current economic model and on the way happiness, coopted by advertising and brands, can be used to perpetuate a culture of consumption and production. Combining the results of a survey designed to understand the psychological consequences of life as a consumer, with a selection of self-help books, podcasts and transcripts from instructional videos, Antinori trains and later asks an AI model to reflect on the nature of happiness.
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February 4 (Saturday) 09:00 - March 25 (Saturday) 09:00
06feb(feb 6)06:0024mar(mar 24)06:00Gut Feelings: Part II
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The Third Line is pleased to announce Gut Feelings: Part II, the fifth solo exhibition with Los Angeles based artist Hayv Kahraman. Occupying both gallery spaces, Kahraman presents a series of
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The Third Line is pleased to announce Gut Feelings: Part II, the fifth solo exhibition with Los Angeles based artist Hayv Kahraman. Occupying both gallery spaces, Kahraman presents a series of new paintings and drawings that continue her ongoing scientific research and exploration into the effects of trauma on the body, and the role of the gut in our healing process.
Kahraman’s practice is heavily guided by her refugee experience, where notions of gender and trauma are consistent themes throughout her work. Recently, the artist has directed her research towards neuroscience, human immunology and “neurosculpting” – the ability to restructure the neural pathways in our brain through the gut microbiome – and how they specifically relate to trauma, and our ultimate goal to heal and repair.
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February 6 (Monday) 06:00 - March 24 (Friday) 06:00
Location
Alserkal Avenue
07feb(feb 7)09:0022(feb 22)09:00Prayer for the Living
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Galleria Continua is pleased to present a new solo show, “Prayer for the Living”, by Jamaican born American artist, Nari Ward. Ward will exhibit an installation and a series of
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Galleria Continua is pleased to present a new solo show, “Prayer for the Living”, by Jamaican born American artist, Nari Ward. Ward will exhibit an installation and
a series of artworks that have a spiritual dimension capable of transforming the
visitor’s perspective.
The exhibition will take place for the first time in the gallery’s spaces inside Dubai’s
most iconic hotel, Burj Al Arab Jumeirah. Galleria Continua now celebrates more than a year at the prestigious hotel, product of a collaborative and successful partnership for which the gallery hosts a varied programme of exhibitions by international contemporary artists.
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7 (Tuesday) 09:00 - 22 (Wednesday) 09:00
Location
Burj Al Arab Jumeirah, Dubai
09feb(feb 9)09:0020(feb 20)09:00Frieze Viewing Room Los Angeles 2023 Edition
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Frieze Viewing Room is a free digital platform, connecting global audiences with Frieze’s galleries and artists. Opening to all from February 09–20, the Viewing Room offers fair visitors a selected preview of
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Frieze Viewing Room is a free digital platform, connecting global audiences with Frieze’s galleries and artists.
Opening to all from February 09–20, the Viewing Room offers fair visitors a selected preview of gallery presentations coming to Frieze Los Angeles 2023, as well as the chance for audiences around the world to experience and acquire the artwork on show.
In collaboration with Vortic, the platform uses cutting-edge technology to create 3D viewing experiences with immersive 3D rooms featuring galleries such as Canada, OCHI, Nicola Vassell Gallery, The Pit, Welancora Gallery, Johyun Gallery amongst many others.
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9 (Thursday) 09:00 - 20 (Monday) 09:00
Location
Los Angeles
11feb(feb 11)22:3814(feb 14)22:38Art Cairo Gallery
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Art Cairo Gallery Art Cairo revealed that it will be holding its fourth edition in February 2023. As the first comprehensive art fair in the country, the fourth edition will feature
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Art Cairo Gallery
Art Cairo revealed that it will be holding its fourth edition in February 2023. As the first comprehensive art fair in the country, the fourth edition will feature galleries from all over the region, displaying the works of numerous artists. Cairo’s Dusit Thani Hotel, the fair’s venue, is hosting an engagement program of talks, panel discussions, and site visits for historical cultural scenes in Cairo.
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11 (Saturday) 22:38 - 14 (Tuesday) 22:38
Location
Grand Egyptian Museum
Kafr Nassar, Al Haram, Giza Governorate 3513204, Egypt
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15feb(feb 15)09:0022apr(apr 22)09:00George Condo. People Are Strange
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Hauser and Wirth is pleased to announce that George Condo will inaugurate the newly established West Hollywood gallery with his first exhibition in LA in nearly five years. With the exhibition’s
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Hauser and Wirth is pleased to announce that George Condo will inaugurate the newly established West Hollywood gallery with his first exhibition in LA in nearly five years.
With the exhibition’s title ‘People Are Strange,’ taken from the hit 1967 song of the same name by legendary – and quintessentially Los Angeles – band The Doors, Condo’s latest canvases are filled with fragmented portraits and abstractions. In these large-scale works, the artist renders layered, vibrating planes, lines and geometries that suggest a world of oppositional forces and states, at once solemn and euphoric, connected and entropic, logical and ineffable, beautiful and ugly. In their ability to convey deep contradictions through Condo’s mastery of the medium of painting, the canvases on view painted in New York City over the past year and a half are a reconstructive body of work involving both harsh lines and melodic painterly passages – and which characterize the dividing forces of modern life everywhere.
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February 15 (Wednesday) 09:00 - April 22 (Saturday) 09:00
Location
Los Angeles
18feb(feb 18)21:3020(feb 20)21:30Notations On Time At Ishara Art Foundation
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Notations On Time At Ishara Art Foundation Notations on Time is a group exhibition that explores the philosophical and political dimensions of time through the works of 20 contemporary artists from South
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Notations On Time At Ishara Art Foundation
Notations on Time is a group exhibition that explores the philosophical and political dimensions of time through the works of 20 contemporary artists from South Asia and its diaspora. Curated by Sandhini Poddar and Sabih Ahmed, the exhibition stages a dialogue between artistic generations to highlight entanglements between the past, present and future.
The exhibition exists as a veritable laboratory of time, exploring art in notational, experimental and fragmentary forms. Standing apart from Western notions of linearity, progress and capitalist domination, Notations on Time explores ontological systems that reveal how artists from this region and its diaspora think about aesthetics, existence, remembrance and futurity.
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18 (Saturday) 21:30 - 20 (Monday) 21:30
Location
Ishara Art Foundation
A3, Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, UAE. P.O. Box 181992
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Ishara Art Foundation
22feb(feb 22)07:0019mar(mar 19)07:00Alternative, Houssam Ballan
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Fann À Porter gallery is pleased to invite you to the opening of Alternative, a solo exhibition by Houssam Ballan, opening on Wednesday, 22 February at 7 pm. Houssam Ballan’s Alternative highlights
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Fann À Porter gallery is pleased to invite you to the opening of Alternative, a solo exhibition by Houssam Ballan, opening on Wednesday, 22 February at 7 pm.
Houssam Ballan’s Alternative highlights a large body of work that he produced during a year of significant transition, at a time when he left his home in Damascus to resettle in Beirut. In Lebanon, Ballan experienced a distinct symptom of exile, the feelings of detachment and disorientation that colors displacement, as his life was essentially severed from his native Syria. In this new city, a place where waves of mass exodus and influxes of migration have alternated over the last fifty years, Ballan quickly identified the emotional burden that comes with this experience. While these recent artworks are not outwardly autobiographical, as the artist intentionally limits recognizable symbols that reflect aspects of his life, they are deeply in tune with the experiences of Beirut’s diverse communities.
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February 22 (Wednesday) 07:00 - March 19 (Sunday) 07:00
Location
Villa 45 - St. 23b - Al Wasl Rd opposite Box Park - Jumeirah 2, Dubai, U.A.E.
22feb(feb 22)12:0004jun(jun 4)19:00the only constant
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The NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) Art Gallery pleased to announce of its Spring 2023 exhibition, the only constant, which explores human-landscape relations as they manifest in contemporary art practice, globally. In
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The NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) Art Gallery pleased to announce of its Spring 2023 exhibition, the only constant, which explores human-landscape relations as they manifest in contemporary art practice, globally.
In this exhibition, artists confront our contemporary landscape, with a focus on the moment where humans change landscape, and landscape changes humans, moving from images related to paradise, and progressing to ideas of development and technological aspiration.
The exhibition officially opens to the public on Wednesday, February 22, 2023
and will be running from Tuesday through Sunday, 12-8 pm.
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February 22 (Wednesday) 12:00 - June 4 (Sunday) 19:00
Location
The NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) Art Gallery
24feb(feb 24)10:0016apr(apr 16)16:00Fractured Modernities: Contemporary Art from Turkey
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The Academy Art Museum is pleased to announce its current exhibition, Fractured Modernities: Contemporary Art from Turkey. This exhibition includes works by Didem Erbas, Merve Unsal, Erdem Varol, and Zeynep Kayan. This exhibition explores
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The Academy Art Museum is pleased to announce its current exhibition, Fractured Modernities: Contemporary Art from Turkey. This exhibition includes works by Didem Erbas, Merve Unsal, Erdem Varol, and Zeynep Kayan.
This exhibition explores the present moment in Turkey’s cultural history through the work of artists Didem Erbas, Merve Unsal, Erdem Varol, and Zeynep Kayan. The unique crossroads between empire and republic, heritage and modernity, and containment and globalization have forged complex webs in the fabric of the Turkish society that are present in each artist’s work, as the nation grapples with its identity and the social and cultural forces that make it so pluralistic. A dominant thread that brings the artists’ work together is a connection to this multicultural past, its manifestations in the present, and a critique of Turkey’s simplistic reputation as a bridge between the East and the West.
The influence of persistent political and economic upheaval is present in the way each artist explores the relationship between the built and natural landscapes and the people who live in them. From Erdem Varol’s grainy, high-contrast photographs taken from anywhere between a plane in high altitude to under a parked car, to Didem Erbas’ rich, fluid oil paintings documenting the exploitation of the country’s natural resources, the works in the exhibition marry movement and color with the heaviness of the nation’s past, especially in the wake of a catastrophic earthquake that shook Turkey and Syria.
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February 24 (Friday) 10:00 - April 16 (Sunday) 16:00
Location
106 South Street, Easton, Maryland
26feb(feb 26)09:0008may(may 8)09:00Timeless Echoes
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Zawyeh Gallery is pleased to announce hosting an exhibition by the renowned Iraqi artist Afifa Aleiby from 26 February until 8 May 2023. The exhibition titled “Timeless Echoes” will include
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Zawyeh Gallery is pleased to announce hosting an exhibition by the renowned Iraqi artist Afifa Aleiby from 26 February until 8 May 2023. The exhibition titled “Timeless Echoes” will include some of her latest artworks echoing her own life and tackling multiple societal and humane subjects.
Aleiby’s style is poetic, and her paintings have a unique quality of beauty mixed with the
intensity of emotions. Her work is a reflection on women’s state in society even though she stresses that she does not intend it to convey “a feminist statement” although it “may at times be related to women’s issues”. She adds: “I use the female figure as a medium to help communicate this idea. Women as human figures have something special that you cannot find in men: the way they move and their beauty.”
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February 26 (Sunday) 09:00 - May 8 (Monday) 09:00
Location
Alserkal Avenue, Dubai
27feb09:0027apr09:00BENEATH LATENT SKIES
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Beneath Latent Skies is the first part of a series of exhibitions by Lebanese contemporary artist, Chafa Ghaddar,
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Working across multiple media, Chafa Ghaddar casts a contemporary gaze towards the historic fresco mural painting technique. The exploration and excavation of new potentials in materiality and process are central to her practice. Ghaddar makes palpable the tension between durability and impermanence and unpacks a non-linear journey that departs from fresco painting’s classical associations and arrives in the present.
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February 27 (Monday) 09:00 - April 27 (Thursday) 09:00
Location
Tabari Artspace
28feb(feb 28)09:0020may(may 20)09:00A Perfect World
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Elmarsa Gallery is delighted to present A Perfect World, the first solo exhibition by leading Tunisian modernist Aly Ben Salem (1910-2001) at Elmarsa Gallery, Dubai, offering viewers a perspective on
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Elmarsa Gallery is delighted to present A Perfect World, the first solo exhibition by leading Tunisian modernist Aly Ben Salem (1910-2001) at Elmarsa Gallery, Dubai, offering viewers a perspective on a pivotal moment in North African art history. Ben Salem represents the first generation of artists to emerge out of Tunisia as the struggle for independence from French rule comes to its successful conclusion. He was initially trained in the academic style of painting at local art schools during the colonial period before rejecting that formal training as part of a generational political shift to exploring more authentic representation of his native culture. Ben Salem then moves to Paris in his early career and encounters a wider range of eastern and western painting styles before developing his unique style. At first glance, Ben Salem figurative visual language, like most of his Tunisian contemporaries, presents a sharp contrast to his North African peers’ abstract style who contested the figurative and narrative vision but, upon closer scrutiny, they share an expression of a plural Maghrebi identity and something inherent to their history, memory, identity, cultural heritage, authenticity. Somehow, by incorporating the various influences he encountered in his academic training and travels abroad, Ben Salem arrives at a modern painterly practice that is universal yet recognizably North African and continues to be visible in later artists work from the late 20th century.
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February 28 (Tuesday) 09:00 - May 20 (Saturday) 09:00
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Elmarsa Gallery, Dubai
28feb(feb 28)09:0030may(may 30)09:00Mosquito Effects
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Meem Gallery presents an exhibition of new work by the acclaimed Iraqi artist Mahmoud Obaidi. Speaking truth to power has never been something Mahmoud Obaidi has shied away from in hiswork.
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Meem Gallery presents an exhibition of new work by the acclaimed Iraqi artist Mahmoud Obaidi.
Speaking truth to power has never been something Mahmoud Obaidi has shied away from in hiswork. The artist was introduced to the notion of injustice from his adolescence, and has since spentmuch of his life processing the destruction of his homeland andthe isolation of exile. At the sametime, he has found commonality in the suffering of a myriad of communities around the world whohave also faced the brutal force of racism, occupation and inconceivable loss. In creating art whichconfronts these complexissues, Obaidi looks beyond simplistic politics and perceptions of identity,instead seeking to uncover and understand trauma from a historical, structural and geographical lens.As with much of Obaidi’s oeuvre, this latest body of work is made up of a multitude of layers whichlie behind the external, visible yet abstract structures, shapes and colour, revealing a visual inquirywhich goes far beyond the difficult topics which he seeks to tackle-namely colonisation andgenocide-and simultaneously forces him to look within and explore his own personal sense ofdisplacement
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February 28 (Tuesday) 09:00 - May 30 (Tuesday) 09:00
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Meem Gallery
28feb(feb 28)10:0021mar(mar 21)19:00Who Else is Here?
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Charmaine Chanakira will launch “Who Else is Here?” as part of the Alserkal Lates and to kick off Art Dubai at Mestaria Gallery. As part of her international debut,
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Charmaine Chanakira will launch “Who Else is Here?” as part of the Alserkal Lates and to kick off Art Dubai at Mestaria Gallery. As part of her international debut, the UK-raised self-taught Zimbabwean artist uses vibrant hues and textures in her work that are inspired by symbolism and simplicity. With a pop-art inspired style, Charmaine’s work fosters a thought-provoking conversation on the intricacies of the human mind and showcases art’s capacity to inspire and promote healing.
Colours, drawings and doodles come alive in a stunning fusion of neo-expressionism and spirituality. Chanakira’s works on paper are a window into her moments of self-reflection, offering a glimpse into the artist’s deepest thoughts and feelings. Her artwork holds the ability to uncover hidden aspects of our being that remain imperceptible to our conscious mind.
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February 28 (Tuesday) 10:00 - March 21 (Tuesday) 19:00
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Mestaria Gallery Alserkal Avenue, Dubai
07mar(mar 7)09:0030apr(apr 30)09:00NOT ONLY DIGITAL
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NOT ONLY DIGITAL featuring works by Annalù, Marco Lodola and Emre Namyeter is the exhibition opening on March 7, 2023, at Oblong Contemporary Art Gallery in Dubai, Bluewaters Island, where
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NOT ONLY DIGITAL featuring works by Annalù, Marco Lodola and Emre Namyeter is the
exhibition opening on March 7, 2023, at Oblong Contemporary Art Gallery in Dubai, Bluewaters Island, where it will remain open until April 30, 2023.
The exhibition, curated by Gallerist Paola Marucci, consists of tangible and non-tangible artworks: digital art and material art meet in one exhibition through the works of Annalù, Marco Lodola and Emre Namyeter. Oblong Gallery thus presents the two horizons of art collecting today, the more traditional one based on unique, visible, and materially existing artworks, and that of NFTs (Non – Fungible Tokens), works created on a digital medium.
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March 7 (Tuesday) 09:00 - April 30 (Sunday) 09:00
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OBLONG CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY Dubai - Bluewaters Island
08mar06:0008:00Are Androids Covered with Electric Dew?
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MARFA’ is pleased to announce hosting an exhibition by Caline Aoun. The exhibition explores how artificial mechanisms can change the way we engage with our physical surroundings, which are always evolving
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MARFA’ is pleased to announce hosting an exhibition by Caline Aoun.
The exhibition explores how artificial mechanisms can change the way we engage with our physical surroundings, which are always evolving through invisible forces. By disrupting the gallery’s very own environment, the different works describe the changing moments from invisible forces to visible and tangible things, and reveal the ambiguity between natural and artificial conditions. Such a disruption is similar to “singularity” in Mathematics, a point at which a surface, a construct, a thing ceases to be “well-behaved” and becomes uncontrollable or chaotic. Keeping this mathematical construct in mind, Caline Aoun’s works explore time and space’s intangible and ever-changing realms, and describe ephemeral points in time at which things become irreversible.
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(Wednesday) 06:00 - 08:00
Location
Marfa’, Beirut, Lebanon
10mar(mar 10)05:0022apr(apr 22)08:00Rej3a Ya mama
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Saleh Barakat is pleased to announce hosting the exhibition “Rej3a Ya Mama” by Katya Traboulsi. Traboulsi resuscitates the contradictions, complexities, and beauty of the ornament along with the graphic and typographic
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Saleh Barakat is pleased to announce hosting the exhibition “Rej3a Ya Mama” by Katya Traboulsi.
Traboulsi resuscitates the contradictions, complexities, and beauty of the ornament along with the graphic and typographic work adorning the backs and fronts of Lebanese trucks circulating across multiple geographies within and around Lebanon. Sharp, saturated colors gild phrases and symbols, reifying the image of their author. Inspired by the geographical differences between the Lebanese trucks and their aesthetics, Traboulsi’s iron works are an homage to Tripoli, revealing and transmitting images of her own informed by the cultural practices of the North. Abstracted floral gilds and birds inspired by cultural images coalesce with Khatt (calligraphy) proclaiming the advance of the heavens, thwarting the other’s envious gaze and ill will, calling for the mother or the nation.
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March 10 (Friday) 05:00 - April 22 (Saturday) 08:00
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Clemenceau, Justinian Street, Beirut-Lebanon
16mar(mar 16)09:0020may(may 20)09:00I Am The Traveler And Also The Road
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The biennial Tasweer Photo Festival Qatar opened its fifth exhibition, titled “I Am The Traveler And Also The Road”, featuring new work by twelve recipients of Tasweer’s annual grant award, on display until 20 May 2023 at
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The biennial Tasweer Photo Festival Qatar opened its fifth exhibition, titled “I Am The Traveler And Also The Road”, featuring new work by twelve recipients of Tasweer’s annual grant award, on display until 20 May 2023 at Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art.
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March 16 (Thursday) 09:00 - May 20 (Saturday) 09:00
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Arab Museum of Modern Art
18mar(mar 18)12:0019(mar 19)18:00THE CAMP | ALAA ALBABA
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Zawyeh Gallery is pleased to announce the first of a series of Open Studio events: an open studio by artist Ala Albaba in the Al–Amari refugee camp in Ramallah, Palestine. We are inviting
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Zawyeh Gallery is pleased to announce the first of a series of Open Studio events: an open studio by artist Ala Albaba in the Al–Amari refugee camp in Ramallah, Palestine. We are inviting the public to visit Albaba’s studio, where they will get an opportunity to inspect Albaba’s artworks closely and engage in face–to–face discussions with the artist whose artworks topics deal mainly with the theme of refugee camps as structures and Palestinian refugees’ aspirations. The event aims to create a space that encourages interaction between residents of the camp, and the broader Palestinian public with Albaba‘s artworks, with the opportunity of viewing the works that are in progress. Albaba started working in his studio in the camp in 2010 , and the space soon became the incubator of his artistic career.
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18 (Saturday) 12:00 - 19 (Sunday) 18:00
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Alaa Albaba studio, Al-Amari Refugee Camp, Ramallah
20mar(mar 20)09:0030(mar 30)09:00Couture Divas
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Fann À Porter in collaboration with Astrid Art is delighted to invite you to the opening of Couture Divas, an exhilarating exhibition during Women’s History Month, featuring the remarkable works of UAE-based artist,
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Fann À Porter in collaboration with Astrid Art is delighted to invite you to the opening of Couture Divas, an exhilarating exhibition during Women’s History Month, featuring the remarkable works of UAE-based artist, Azaïdé, opening on Monday, 20 March at 7 pm.
Couture Divas, a two-year project by Azaïdé, showcases vibrant and expressive pieces that celebrate independent and strong women in diverse settings. The collection highlights the heritage of various patterns, seamlessly blending vintage and modern codes into authentic traditional wear.
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20 (Monday) 09:00 - 30 (Thursday) 09:00
Location
Jumeirah 2, Dubai, UAE
30mar(mar 30)09:0002apr(apr 2)09:00Art Paris: 25 years
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Art Paris is celebrating its 25th anniversary with an edition that will bring together some 134 galleries from 25 different countries at the Grand Palais Éphémère from 30 March to 2 April
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Art Paris is celebrating its 25th anniversary with an edition that will bring together some 134 galleries from 25 different countries at the Grand Palais Éphémère from 30 March to 2 April 2023. Art Paris – which was founded in 1999 – is organised by France Conventions, a French family-run business.
Art Paris is committed to supporting the French scene. Since 2018, it has been asking an exhibition curator to turn a subjective, historical, and critical eye on a selection of specific projects by French artists from among the participating galleries. A specific theme is chosen, and the focus is accompanied by a text presenting their work.
Boosted by the success of its previous editions, the 2023 selection pursues the fair’s development with a list of exhibitors renewed at 33% (i.e., 43 new galleries compared to 2022) and the continued presence of a number of international heavyweights. 60% of the exhibitors are domestic galleries and 40% internationally based. This deliberate choice enables the fair to showcase the wealth of the French gallery ecosystem that includes leading modern and contemporary art galleries and galleries based in towns all over France, while providing support to emerging structures with “Promises”, the sector for young galleries.
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March 30 (Thursday) 09:00 - April 2 (Sunday) 09:00
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Grand Palais Éphémère
02apr(apr 2)09:0015sep(sep 15)09:00SELECTED WORKS - NABIL ANANI
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Zawyeh Gallery pleased to introduce an online virtual exhibition of selected works by the renowned Palestinian artist Nabil Anani. Anani presents the Palestinian landscape without disruptions, a perfectly manicured, well-tended landscape.
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Zawyeh Gallery pleased to introduce an online virtual exhibition of selected works by the renowned Palestinian artist Nabil Anani.
Anani presents the Palestinian landscape without disruptions, a perfectly manicured, well-tended landscape. He paints the picturesque hills of Palestine without the ever-increasing Israeli settlements, by-pass roads, roadblocks, walls, and watch towers normally visible on every corner. He creates the Palestine of his dreams, inspired by his memories as a child growing up on the hills of Halhoul, a town near Hebron.
Olive groves, cypress trees, and wheat fields dot the hills and horizon as if they become part of an embroidered dress. The canvases are divided with horizontal lines and spaces inspired by the ancient terraces separating the fields, conveying a panoramic perspective and a rural ambiance. The trees carry different characters in each work as if they are putting on different costumes for each show.
Anani has addressed the Palestinian landscape and rural life throughout his artistic journey, and his fascination with them inspired his artworks.
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April 2 (Sunday) 09:00 - September 15 (Friday) 09:00
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Zawyeh Gallery, Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, UAE
06apr(apr 6)09:0019may(may 19)09:00Mirror Ball
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The Third Line is pleased to announce our second solo exhibition with Spanish-Moroccan artist Anuar Khalifi. The exhibition, titled Mirror Ball, will debut a unique sculpture together with a series
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The Third Line is pleased to announce our second solo exhibition with Spanish-Moroccan artist Anuar Khalifi. The exhibition, titled Mirror Ball, will debut a unique sculpture together with a series of richly detailed and vibrant paintings that continue the artist’s ongoing exploration in to the complexities of personal identity and the experience of living between two worlds, both seen and unseen.
Mirror Ballrefers to the only piece in the exhibition that is not a painting, but a sculpture. This title is symbolictotheentire exhibition, which is a journey to self-discovery.Commanding attention in the centre of the gallery,this reflecting sculpture–D1EB4UD1E(2023)–iswhere all the characters in the paintings are intertwined.Anchoringthem together,D1EB4UD1E(2023)represents their heart,theirorigin, andtheirultimatedestination
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April 6 (Thursday) 09:00 - May 19 (Friday) 09:00
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The Third Line, Dubai, UAE
18apr(apr 18)10:0024may(may 24)10:00Breaking Point, Works from the 90s
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The work of Hanibal Srouji presented in this exhibition dates back to a crucial period in the history of his country, Lebanon. It was conceived within the quietness and the
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The work of Hanibal Srouji presented in this exhibition dates back to a crucial period in the history of his country, Lebanon. It was conceived within the quietness and the vacuum that the “end of the civil war” had created. The works reflect a particular temporal state; within which time is contained and prolonged. They assemble different visions of space, memories, and temporal states of mind.
Srouji proposes mixed references between visions of inside and outside. The paintings are knitted with memories of past harmonized spaces and through extended temporalities. The work explores, in abstract form, the effects of uncertain times. Each artwork is conceived within different color dominances, examining intimacy, traces left by conflict, and colored hopeful fields and surfaces.
Here, the painting is born within thrusts of formal visual decisions and painterly actions standing at the edge of despair, while color gives a hopeful outlook towards what is yet to come. The paintings extend a resistance to literal representation by leaving hints of the artist’s attachments and references.
Srouji employs color and marks as an index of time, trying to capture a state of transition, yet, always stretching a vulnerable temporal field, linking past and present. The immediacy of gesture is combined with great care for control, structure and complexity. His paintings remain contemplative, a stance in a state of inbetween.
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April 18 (Tuesday) 10:00 - May 24 (Wednesday) 10:00
Location
Galerie Janine Rubeiz, Beirut, Lebanon
25apr(apr 25)09:0006may(may 6)09:00Elusive Dreams of Belonging
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ART DISTRICT gallery is pleased to announce hosting Rim Albahrani first solo exhibition from 25 April until 6 May 2023. The exhibition titled “Elusive Dreams of Belonging”. The exhibition focuses on
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ART DISTRICT gallery is pleased to announce hosting Rim Albahrani first solo exhibition from 25 April until 6 May 2023. The exhibition titled “Elusive Dreams of Belonging”.
The exhibition focuses on exploring themes of place, identity and belonging while questioning the categorical assumptions of home. I want to challenge preconceived notions of dislocated identities and focus beyond the borders of institutionalised structures that generalise all immigrants and diaspora alike. Unlearning these notions as their impact on these dislocated identities continues to play a limited perception of the vastness of identity formations.
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April 25 (Tuesday) 09:00 - May 6 (Saturday) 09:00
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Art District gallery, Gemayzeh - rue Gouraud
27apr(apr 27)09:0020may(may 20)09:00Conversations
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Mark Hachem gallery is pleased to announce hosting Ghazi Baker exhibition from 27 April until 20 May, 2023. The exhibition titled “Conversations” Baker’s style can be characterized as an exotic
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Mark Hachem gallery is pleased to announce hosting Ghazi Baker exhibition from 27 April until 20 May, 2023. The exhibition titled “Conversations”
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April 27 (Thursday) 09:00 - May 20 (Saturday) 09:00
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Mark Hachem Gallery, Beirut Lebanon
27apr(apr 27)20:2315may(may 15)20:23The Embassy of the MetaNation
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The Embassy of the MetaNation welcomes you to the Zico House in Beirut from April 27 to May 15, 2023 (opening at 6 p.m on April 27) The Embassy is exceptionally
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The Embassy of the MetaNation welcomes you to the Zico House in Beirut from April 27 to May 15, 2023 (opening at 6 p.m on April 27)
The Embassy is exceptionally presenting its film archives in its spaces. There, you contribute to its collection of stories, obtain the MetaNational Document, be proud to hold it, and share its human, animal, vegetal, and mineral fictions
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April 27 (Thursday) 20:23 - May 15 (Monday) 20:23
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Zico House
VFVR+QQW، Yammout Building, Beirut, Lebanon
03may(may 3)09:0014jun(jun 14)09:00Landscapes of the Mind: Fiction & Reality
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Galerie Tanit is pleased to announce hosting Tamara Haddad and Szilard Huszank exhibition, from 3 May until 14 June, 2023. Landscapes of the Mind: Fiction & Reality broaches the subject of
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Galerie Tanit is pleased to announce hosting Tamara Haddad and Szilard Huszank exhibition, from 3 May until 14 June, 2023.
Landscapes of the Mind: Fiction & Reality broaches the subject of Nature and Environment; an urgent and ever-growing issue most of us choose to look away from or simply ignore. Presenting a selection of works by Tamara Haddad and Szilard Huszank, this painting exhibition proposes two different viewpoints, approaches and techniques, which in reality complete each other and have similar intentions. Dual characteristics are omnipresent throughout the exhibition: beauty and destruction, factuality and imagination, figuration and abstraction, traditional and unconventional…
This exhibition brings together two different bodies of work, both focusing on nature. While Szilard Huszank presents a somewhat utopic and imaginary landscape, Tamara Haddad confronts us with a more accurate representation of our environment.
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May 3 (Wednesday) 09:00 - June 14 (Wednesday) 09:00
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Galerie Tanit, Mar Mikhael
03may(may 3)09:0026nov(nov 26)20:00LOBI LOBI - BOBO LAND - Comic Craze Vol. 3
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Cultural Foundation, managed by the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi, will organise three remarkable new exhibitions starting 3 May 2023, Pascale Marthine Tayou’s major show LOBI LOBI, its accompanying
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Cultural Foundation, managed by the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi, will organise three remarkable new exhibitions starting 3 May 2023, Pascale Marthine Tayou’s major show LOBI LOBI, its accompanying children’s exhibit BOBO LAND, and Comic Craze Vol. 3 which celebrates the rich history of Arabic comics and beloved Japanese anime.
The flagship exhibition LOBI LOBI: Pascale Marthine Tayou, which is named after the artist’s poem LOBI LOBI (2020), seeks to evoke the parallel and cyclical realities of Tayou’s practice that transcend time and territories. Featuring sculptures, mixed media, installation, poetry, and photography, the exhibition highlights the rich paradoxes of consumer and material cultures in the artist’s reformulation of his visual environment.
LOBI LOBI is divided into four sections that follow Tayou’s multiplicities of object and language as he navigates human ecologies:
The Margin to the Centre explores Tayou’s artistic process by which he seeks to reconfigure everyday objects into living testaments of our environmental damage, and global histories. Through a tornado of colourful aluminum pieces, the artist invites an overwhelming sense of both amusement and loss.
Power Vessels showcases the artist’s contemporary crystal sculptures, which reinterpret west-central African sculptural figures. By embellishing his glass sculptures and masks in everyday found objects, he creates his own personalised authenticity in each of them, resulting in new depositaries of history.
Fantasia Urbaine demonstrates Tayou’s take on the spiritual meaning of continuity and healing, leading to new interpretations of material and an impactful exchange between community nature and the environment. This section also features a video installation of the artist’s Fantasia Urbaine, a parade he organised in 2007 to celebrate Cameroon’s street vendors.
The accompanying children-focused exhibit BOBO LAND: Pascale Marthine Tayou leads young visitors into an exploration of the self through the eyes of ‘Bobo,’ Tayou’s persona of a dreaming child discovering and inventing their future. Through a series of interactive and engaging installations, children will actively take part in a dream where they will play and get the chance to reinvent who they are, what they want to be, and what they will become.
The exhibitions are curated by members of the Culture Sector at DCT Abu Dhabi, curators Maisa Al Qassimi, Noor Almehairbi and Reem AlHashmi.
Comic Craze sheds light the evolution in style and content of Arabic comics and satirical cartoons from the 1800s to the present day. Featuring the creations of 49 UAE-based artists, visitors can explore creative illustration and animation ranging from historical comic magazines to popular Japanese anime productions that were dubbed into Arabic in the 1980s. The impact of such productions extended beyond providing entertaining narratives for children; their content is rich with deep humanitarian messaging and engaging soundtracks that continue to echo among generations from the Arab world.
Visitors will get the chance to meet new characters and protagonists inspired by modern local culture. Comic Craze also includes interactive elements such as screens broadcasting nostalgic cartoon theme songs, character figurines, and a photo booth equipped with comic props.
The exhibition is curated by members of the Culture Sector at DCT Abu Dhabi, curator Sumayya Al Suwaidi, and assistant curator Aysha Al Aseeri.
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May 3 (Wednesday) 09:00 - November 26 (Sunday) 20:00
Location
Abu Dhabi’s Cultural Foundation
03may(may 3)11:0014jun(jun 14)19:00Landscapes of the Mind Fiction & Reality
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Galerie Tanit is thrilled to announce the opening of Landscapes of the Mind Fiction & Reality with works by Tamara Haddad and Szilard Huszank. Presenting a selection of works by Tamara Haddad and Szilard Huszank,
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Galerie Tanit is thrilled to announce the opening of Landscapes of the Mind Fiction & Reality with works by Tamara Haddad and Szilard Huszank.
Presenting a selection of works by Tamara Haddad and Szilard Huszank, this painting exhibition proposes two different viewpoints, approaches and techniques, which in reality complete each other and have similar intentions. Dual characteristics are omnipresent throughout the exhibition: beauty and destruction, factuality and imagination, figuration and abstraction, traditional and unconventional.
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May 3 (Wednesday) 11:00 - June 14 (Wednesday) 19:00
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04may(may 4)06:0003jun(jun 3)08:00Five Sides But One Entrance
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Saleh Barakat is pleased to announce hosting Shawki Youssef exhibition, from 4 May until 3 June, 2023. Peeled paper and pulled fabric, Youssef’s work is a labour to expose and un-master
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Saleh Barakat is pleased to announce hosting Shawki Youssef exhibition, from 4 May until 3 June, 2023.
Peeled paper and pulled fabric, Youssef’s work is a labour to expose and un-master color and medium while bringing psychic traces and images to the fore. The works call for a procession beginning with Youssef’s collaboration with Jack Dabaghian. Photographic plates depicting sublime trees stand as their own ghostly apparitions, while their prints, stained by Koranic verses, are once again reified. From trees that transform into phantasmatic images to stains that conjure an entire landscape, Youssef’s works stand as procedures that penetrate the no-man’s-land of the trace, the layer, the fold and the stain.
Peeling through the surfaces of his works in a hallucinatory succession, Youssef’s constructions unveil a new sublime in exploiting the painterly mark, the texture as creased skins revealing the infinitude of the limits of materials.
This exhibition features a collaboration with Jack Dabaghian at The Upper Gallery.
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May 4 (Thursday) 06:00 - June 3 (Saturday) 08:00
Location
Saleh Barakat Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
04may(may 4)06:0019aug(aug 19)08:00The Return
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Sfeir-Semler is very happy to announce RAYYANE TABET’s solo exhibition opening in our Beirut gallery on Thursday May 4, 2023, from 6 to 8 pm. The Return is an immersive installation
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Sfeir-Semler is very happy to announce RAYYANE TABET’s solo exhibition opening in our Beirut gallery on Thursday May 4, 2023, from 6 to 8 pm.
The Return is an immersive installation that completely transforms the vast exhibition space of Sfeir-Semler Beirut, turning it into a foreign stratosphere. Stepping into the gallery, visitors are immediately bathed in a blue haze that engulfs objects and people alike and magically transforms their appearances. After the eyesight has adjusted to the dimmed setting, one distinguishes awe-inspiring, larger-than-life images of a bull’s head, that look like reliefs on a series of 8 symmetrically built free-standing walls.
The exhibition investigates the journey of a marble sculpture, dated ca. 360 B.C. that was unearthed during the excavation of the temple of Eshmun in Saida in July 1967. A month earlier, in June of that same year, the Arab-Israeli war had impacted the whole Middle East, and its reverberations are still felt today.
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May 4 (Thursday) 06:00 - August 19 (Saturday) 08:00
Location
Sfeir-Semler Beirut
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Seham is the solo exhibition of emerging Emirati artist, Almaha Jaralla. Jaralla’s mixed media works on canvas pioneer new notions of the conventional portrait. For Jaralla, architecture is, for example,
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Seham is the solo exhibition of emerging Emirati artist, Almaha Jaralla. Jaralla’s mixed media works on canvas pioneer new notions of the conventional portrait. For Jaralla, architecture is, for example, a concrete portrait of a society, one that offers her endless sources of inspiration. For her first solo exhibition at Tabari Artspace, Almaha Jaralla invites the audience to join her on a journey through Abu Dhabi’s constructed and social worlds from the 1980s until the present day.
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May 4 (Thursday) 10:00 - September 1 (Friday) 10:00
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Tabari Artspace