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LEBANON Lamia Joreige returns to Marfa’ with As I Weep (25 June – September 23 2026), the artist’s third solo exhibition with the gallery and the latest chapter of her long-term research project Uncertain Times. Combining archival material, drawing, film,…
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 421 Arts Campus welcomes Human in the Loop (21 June – 13 September 2026), a new immersive installation by Emirati artist Dr. Ahmad AlAttar, developed through its Artistic Development Programme. An independent platform supporting emerging artists and…
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES At Efie Gallery, In Abstracto, In Concreto (16 May–21 September 2026) brings together four artists whose practices move between figuration and abstraction to examine memory, identity, and belonging through the lens of African and diasporic experience. Curated…
At the Arsenale, the Pavilion of Lebanon has emerged as one of the most mesmerising, critically acclaimed encounters of this year’s Venice Biennale. Entitled Don’t Get Me Wrong, the solo exhibition by renowned Lebanese artist Nabil Nahas is a monumental,…
Returning to the Grand Palais from 9–12 April, Art Paris 2026 unfolds as a key moment in the spring calendar, bringing together around 165 galleries from over twenty countries. Now in its 28th edition, the fair continues to position itself…
Like many galleries across the region, The Third Line found itself navigating uncertainty following the escalation of hostilities after 28 February. The gallery chose to reopen to the public after postponing From the Perspective of Language, a solo exhibition by…
In the heart of Riyadh, along the historic artery of Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Street (Al Tahlia), a bold and decisive transformation has unfolded. The seventh edition of Tuwaiq Sculpture has concluded its live symposium, leaving behind twenty-five monumental works…
For Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, memory is not merely recollection but a living organism: a drumbeat echoing through generations, storing traces of experience, knowledge, and imagination. He describes this phenomenon as a ‘memory drum,’ an inner mechanism that gathers and transmits…
Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim was born in 1962 in Khor Fakkan, on the east coast of the UAE, at a time when the town was still a small coastal settlement. As a child, he was energetic and often in trouble at…
This interview is an excerpt from issue #75 Being Wael Shawky. In this chapter, we explore how Shawky engages myth, not as a retreat from reality, but as an alternative system of knowledge. The layered, echoing voices that surface throughout…