This article appeared in ‘Reflected Selves: Exploring Portrait Photography.’ This issue explores the intimate exchange between photographers and their subjects, revealing how identity, emotion, and connection shape each portrait. Featuring artists devoted to capturing authenticity and presence, this issue highlights…
The Dalloul Artist Collective launches its curatorial programme with The Escape to Joy, a solo exhibition dedicated to the Lebanese painter Fawzi Baalbaki. On view at Stone Gardens – a landmark building by architect Lina Ghotmeh – the exhibition situates…
For this year’s Arab Art Exhibition, Christie’s London hosts the most comprehensive exhibition ever staged in Europe of Syrian-German artist Marwan (1934 – 2016). Curated by Dr. Ridha Moumni, Marwan: A Soul in Exile spans six decades of work, tracing…
Voices from Gaza showcases the compelling work of Laila Shawa, an artist whose practice bore witness to the violence, erasure, and steadfast spirit of her homeland. Born in Gaza, Shawa spent decades transforming the pain of occupation into urgent visual…
The Santa Barbara Museum of Art announces Vian Sora: Outerworlds, the first solo museum exhibition in the United States dedicated to the Baghdad-born, Louisville-based painter. The exhibition marks a pivotal moment in Sora’s career, situating her dynamic, multi-layered abstractions within…
Galerie Lilia Ben Salah hosts Présences Croisées – Crossed Presences, a group exhibition tracing the entangled trajectories of seven women artists whose practices span generations and geographies. Anchored in the gallery’s ongoing curatorial engagement with Arab artistic histories, the exhibition…
Marking its first summer exhibition, Ishara Art Foundation presents No Trespassing, curated by Priyanka Mehra. Bringing the street into the white cube, the show assembles six artists from the UAE and South Asia whose practices reflect the complexity of urban…
This article appeared in ‘Reflected Selves: Exploring Portrait Photography.’ This issue explores the intimate exchange between photographers and their subjects, revealing how identity, emotion, and connection shape each portrait. Featuring artists devoted to capturing authenticity and presence, this issue highlights…
As the Sun Appears from Beyond: Twenty Years of the Al Burda Award makes its North American debut at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, following its launch at the Louvre Abu Dhabi in December 2024. Presented in collaboration with…
Antevasin: the one who sits at the border of two worlds marks Richi Bhatia’s first solo exhibition at Gallery Isabelle, presenting a body of work that moves between drawing, performance, object-making, food interventions, and assemblage. Working across India and the…