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Algerian artist ‘Baya was a secret I didn't want to force’, says author Alice Kaplan
MEMO | Hassina Mechaï July 23, 2024 Paris, 21 November 1947, the young Baya Mahieddine exhibited her paintings in Paris. In front of Aime Maeght’s gallery. Painters... Read more -
‘Spotlight’ at Frieze Masters: Solo Shows by 20th-Century Artists
Frieze June 28, 2024 The Spotlight section, dedicated to solo presentations of radical and pioneering 20th - century artists, returns to Frieze Masters in... Read more -
Marginalized Artists are Front and Center at the 2024 Venice Biennale
Artnet | Jo Lawson-Tancred January 31, 2024 The list of 332 participating artists has been announced for the main exhibition at this year’s 60th Venice Biennale, curated... Read more
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Ten must-see pieces at Abu Dhabi Art 2024
Written by Main Jalal | The National News November 29, 2024 Abu Dhabi Art 2024 is in full swing, bringing collections from more than 100 galleries from across the region and... Read more -
An Arab Art Capital: Group Show at Musée D’Art Moderne Paris
Canvas Online | Sophie Kazan Jul 31, 2024 Présences Arabes – Modern Art and Decolonisation, Paris 1908–1988 at the Musée d’Art Moderne in Paris chronicles the participation of... Read more
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How Arab artists revolutionised Paris’s Modern art scene in the 20th century
The Art Newspaper December 26, 2023 How did Modern Arab art develop? How did Arab artists contribute to the art scene in Paris? And how did... Read more -
Distilled Lessons: Abstraction in Arab Modernism
Mathaf October 27, 2023 In dialogue with Mehdi Moutashar: Introspection as Resistance , this exhibition examines experiments in abstraction that differentiate Arab modernism from... Read more
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Three Decades and Counting: Artissima 2023
Canvas Magazine October 23, 2023 In its upcoming edition, Artissima will celebrate its 30th birthday with the flair and rigour that audiences have come to... Read more -
Diversifying the Collections – In Conversation with Amy Gilman of the Chazen Museum of Art
Widewalls August 31, 2023 Flanked by two lakes on the spectacular campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Chazen Museum of Art represents one... Read more
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Ministry of Culture calligraphy exhibition gathers artists in Riyadh
Arab News | Haifa Al Shammari June 13, 2023 RIYADH: The second “Scripts and Calligraphy: Paths of the Soul” exhibition is being held at Irqah Hospital in Riyadh until... Read more -
Garden of Africa: Interview with Rachid Koraïchi
The Markaz Review | Rose Issa June 4, 2023 One of Algeria’s most eminent international artists has created another beautiful garden, this time to honor the anonymous migrants or... Read more
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Exploring the long and aesthetic role of text in contemporary Middle Eastern art
The National News | Melissa Gronlud March 15, 2023 Exhibitions in the UK shine a spotlight on the importance of lettering in the development of modern art in the... Read more -
Elmarsa Gallery hosts Nja Mahdaoui’s JAFR. The Alchemy of Signs exhibition
Gulf Today | By Muhammad Yusuf April 19, 2022 Elmarsa Gallery, Dubai, is currently hosting JAFR. The Alchemy of Signs, the third solo exhibition of Tunisian artist Nja Mahdaoui’s... Read more
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Sheikh Mohammed's art collection to be showcased at Etihad Museum
Khaleej Times October 26, 2021 The Dubai Collection on Monday announced details of its first physical exhibition featuring a selection of its newly accessioned artworks... Read more -
Mahjoub Ben Bella, painter of music, musician of painting
Le Monde France October 22, 2021 The painter Mahjoub Ben Bella died a year ago, and, after Angoulême, the MUba in Tourcoing, located very close to... Read more
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Jardin d’Afrique: A moving memorial to forgotten migrants
Middle East Institute | Hadani Ditmars July 13, 2021 In Zarzis, on Tunisia’s southern coast, Algerian artist Rachid Koraichi has created a moving memorial to the thousands of migrants... Read more -
Sharjah Art Museum Launches Exhibition Dedicated To Baya Mahieddine
Harpers Bazaar Arabia | By Sonia Sultan June 30, 2021 Article published by Harpers Bazaar Arabia highlighting Sharjah Art Museums launch of the Baya Retrospective exhibition Read more
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About the Contemporary Ceramic Art from the Middle East display
Victoria & Albert Museum May 19, 2021 This display brings together for the first time contemporary artists from across the Middle East and North Africa and in... Read more -
Mahjoub Ben Bella's son tells us about his father: 'He could transform negative energy into brilliant art'
Dalloul Art Foundation July 9, 2020 Nadjib Ben Bella, son of the Algerian artist who died last month, shares with Myrna Ayad his father's process of... Read more
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The Best Galleries To Visit In Tunisia
The Culture Trip | By Helen Brady May 13, 2020 Tunisia is one of the wealthiest and most economically stable African countries, yet remains distinctly absent amongst the continent’s cultural... Read more -
Al Musiqa, l'expo à la rencontre des musiques arabes, à la Philharmonie
France Info: Culture | Annie Yanbékian April 10, 2018 Jusqu'au 19 août 2018, les musiques du monde arabe, de la période préislamique à nos jours, sont à l'honneur à... Read more
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Elmarsa Gallery Presents the Work Of Painter Abderrazak Sahli
Harpers Bazaar Arabia | By Tanika D'souza December 7, 2016 The comprehensive oeuvre spans the Tunisian artist’s impressive and important body of work. Elmarsa Gallery, a Tunisia-based contemporary gallery that... Read more -
Shining a spotlight on North African art
Gulf News | By Jyoti Kalsi August 4, 2016 The latest exhibition at Elmarsa gallery, 'Yesterday is Tomorrow's Memory', celebrates the depth and diversity of art from North Africa... Read more
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Yesterday Is Tomorrow’s Memory, an exhibition in Dubai that revisits North African art
The National | By Anna Seaman June 26, 2016 The Yesterday Is Tomorrow's Memory exhibition in Dubai's Elmarsa Gallery offers visitors an engaging history lesson as well as a... Read more -
Rachid Koraïchi | Jameel Prize 2011
Victoria & Albert Museum September 14, 2011 The Jameel Prize is an international award for contemporary art and design inspired by Islamic tradition. Its aim is to... Read more
