Dorian Batycka

Dorian Batycka is a Canadian curator, art critic and DJ based in Muscat, Oman. He is currently curator at Bait Muzna for Art Film. Previously, he was assistant curator for the first ever Maldives National Pavilion at the 55th Venice Biennale and has contributed to numerous publications, including Art and Education, Frieze Blog, and Nero. He can be found on Twitter.

Mohamed Melehi inspired mural in Alserkal Avenue. Photography by Seeing Things, Courtesy Alserkal Avenue

REVISITING MOROCCAN MODERNISM | MOHAMED MELEHI

New Waves: Mohamed Melehi and the Casablanca Art School Archives in Concrete, presented by the…

©Department of Culture and Tourism, Abu-Dhabi. Photo by Seeing Things, Ismail Noor

CELEBRATING THE MIDDLE AGES

Furusiyya: The Art of Chivalry between East and West explores romantic Medieval fables from across…

Trevor Paglen, CLOUD #135 Hough Lines, 2019. Dye sublimation print; 121.92 × 165.10 cm. Edition of 5 plus II AP and 1 exhibition copy. Courtesy of the artist and PACE Gallery.

VIRTUAL ADVENTURES

An exhibition in Sharjah examines art during the Internet era No tour of Sharjah this…

Serwan Baran, Untitled, 2020. Acrylic on canvas, 200 x 325 cm. Photography by Paul Hennebelle, courtesy of Saleh Barakat Gallery.

CONFLICT AND BEAUTY

Iraq’s seemingly endless conflict pervades Serwan Baran’s work Iraqi-Kurdish Artist Serwan Baran untangles the complexities…

Etel Adnan, Un Jardin / A Garden, 2019. Folded leporello book and watercolor on paper. Cover: 29 x 9.5 cm x 4 cm, 60 pages: 28.7 x 9.2 cm each. Courtesy of the artist and Sfeir-Semler Gallery Beirut/Hamburg

TRANSFORMING REALITY

Etel Adnan’s The Uprising of Colours Tantalises at Sfeir- Semler Gallery in Beirut With a…

Installation View of Unknown Places Exhibition

BUILDING A MYSTERY

A Dubai exhibit highlights the magic of unknown places. An exhibition investigating Unknown Places reveals…

Wendy Jacob, Rosette, 1994. Zinc rosette, heating elements, latex paint, plaster, 5.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 in

ARCOMADRID 2020 OPENS AMIDST FEARS OF CORONAVIRUS

As fears of the novel coronavirus continue to mount and art fairs continue to shutter…

BETTY KETCHEDJIAN WINS THE 2018 BYBLOS BANK AWARD FOR PHOTOGRAPHY

This past September, Betty Ketchedjian was announced as winner of the 2018 Byblos Bank Award…

Aref El Rayess, Homage to Martin Luther King, 1968, Oil on canvas, 150 x 101 cm © Aref El Rayess

A TIMELINE TO THE GOLDEN AGE

Saradar Collection has launched an archive of images documenting Beirut’s flourishing art scene from 1955…

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