Tag: #middleeasternart

Sama Alshaibi’s Staging the Imagined, 2019, Installation shot at Ayyam Gallery by Sama Alshaibi. Courtesy of Ayyam Gallery

MAYA SAMAWI | AYYAM GALLERY

Founded in 2006, Ayyam Gallery is a leading arts organisation that manages the careers of diverse established and emerging artists. A blue-chip art space in Dubai, a series of collaborative projects in the United States, Europe, Africa and Asia, and…

Installation View. Courtesy of Mark Hachem Gallery

MARK HACHEM | MARK HACHEM GALLERY

Mark Hachem opened his first gallery in 1996 in Paris. In 2007 he opened a gallery in New York and three years later in Beirut. He concentrates on the modernists of the Middle East, such as Helen Khal, Leila Nseir…

Hala Khayat Portrait

CURATED BY HALA KHAYAT – THE MIND’S TREASURES

EXPERT ON MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE EASTERN ART HALA KHAYAT SHARES A SELECTION OF HER FAVOURITE ARTWORKS WITH SELECTIONS AND REFLECTS ON HOW AND WHY CERTAIN WORKS HAVE TAKEN ROOT IN HER MEMORY As an art specialist, I curate auctions…

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Knokke Art Fair 2023

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Being Abdul Rahman Katanani: An Astronomical Talent by Dr Basel Dalloul

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