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.

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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 Alserkal Arts Foundation, is a group exhibition retracing a body of work produced between the 1950s and ‘80s, at a time when Moroccan modernism was…

©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 religious divides At the Louvre Abu Dhabi in the UAE, a new exhibition takes visitors on an adventure to explore how the culture of knights…
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 art season would be complete without a visit to Art in the Age of Anxiety, a wide-ranging exhibition that brings to light several of the…
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 of identity and the fatherland in his latest exhibition, on view at Saleh Barakat in Beirut. The exhibition by the 52-year-old artist, whose works were…
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 splash of colourful panache, Lebanese-American poet, essayist and visual artist Etel Adnan spreads a palette of joy to counter the grim reality of life in…
Installation View of Unknown Places Exhibition

BUILDING A MYSTERY

A Dubai exhibit highlights the magic of unknown places. An exhibition investigating Unknown Places reveals far-flung landscapes often hidden from view. This unique exhibit, made possible by German airline Lufthansa, made its Middle Eastern debut in September 2019 at Dubai’s…
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 from Dubai to Hong Kong, it’s business as usual at ARCOMadrid 2020. This year’s fair took place as planned, presenting some 200 galleries from more…
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 to 1975. Famed art historian and critic John Berger once said that archives are what “distinguishes man from any other animal, we can only see…

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