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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260424T180000
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SUMMARY:Saeb Eigner\, Artists of the Middle East: Book Talk and Signing
DESCRIPTION:WASHINGTON\, DC\n\n\n\nThe National Museum of Asian Art hosts a
 n evening with Saeb Eigner\, author of Artists of the Middle East: 1900 to
  Now.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this lecture\, Saeb Eigner offers a journey through 
 more than a century of modern and contemporary art from the Middle East an
 d North Africa\, as documented in Artists of the Middle East: 1900 to Now
 . The book brings together over 250 major artists—from early modernists 
 to today’s leading contemporary voices—across a vast geographic area s
 tretching from Morocco to Iran. Eigner will highlight how cultural heritag
 e\, linguistic and literary traditions\, and regional socio‑political re
 alities have shaped different art movements and individual practices.\n\nB
 y examining landmark artists such as those active in the mid‑20th centur
 y alongside contemporary figures\, the lecture will trace continuities and
  ruptures: how earlier modernist expressions gave way to new forms\; how p
 olitical upheaval\, migration\, globalization\, and cultural exchange infl
 uenced artistic production\; and how art from the region today speaks to g
 lobal audiences while remaining rooted in local histories.\n\nAfter the ta
 lk\, join Eigner in conversation with Carol Huh\, Associate Curator of Con
 temporary Asian Art\, and have your copy signed by the author. Copies of 
 Artists of the Middle East: 1900 to Now will be available for purchase.\n
 \nhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/saeb-eigner-artists-of-the-middle-east-book
 -talk-and-signing-tickets-1981810960933?aff=ebdssbdestsearch\n\n\n
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LOCATION:National Museum of Asian Art (Enter on Independence Ave.)\, Freer 
 Gallery of Art  Independence Avenue SW \, Washington\, DC\, 20004\, United
  States
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