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Go topSOURCE: SMITHSONIAN.COM BY BEN PANKO The first Palestinian museum has been a project more than 20 years in the making. Originally conceived as a memorial to mark the 50th anniversary of the Nakba, or catastrophe, as Palestinians call their displacement in 1948, when the Palestinian Museum opened in May 2016 near Birzeit in the West Bank, it had evolved to celebrate Palestinian … Continued
SOURCE: THE DETROIT NEWS BY MICHAEL H. HODGES, DETROIT NEWS FINE ARTS WRITER When Americans think of Saudi Arabia, they tend to think of limited civil liberties and heavy-handed censorship — not to mention that issue of women not being able to drive. So clearly there can’t be any modern art of consequence, right? “Epicenter … Continued
A family of artists Sundus and Tamara Abdul Hadi and mother Sawsan Al Saraf (Cinq à Six) By: Kateryna Gordiychuk Source: CBC In a world of art, inspiration doesn’t come easy. But for sisters Sundus and Tamara Abdul Hadi who grew up surrounded by music and painting, a career in the arts was a natural … Continued
Image courtesy the artist Dar Yusuf Nasri Jacir Source: Harper’s Bazaar 2007 Golden Lion winner Emily Jacir announces intentions to transform her historic family home into the Dar Yusuf Nasri Jacir for Art and Research A Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign started by Palestinian artist Emily Jacir aims to see her family home, a 19th century … Continued
An installation view of Exhibition 1 at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Art (all photos © Charles Benton unless otherwise noted) By: Vivek Gupta Source: Hyperallergic “It was inspired by my favorite mosque in the world … the Faisal Mosque in Islamabad,” he said. “Have you been there?” I asked. “No, no, but I’m dying … Continued
The house is located close to the Israel-Palestine border wall. Photo: Kickstarter. By: Henri Neuendorf Source: Artnet News The Palestinian artist Emily Jacir has launched a crowdfunding campaign to transform her family’s historic 19th-century home in the West Bank into an independent exhibition space and community art center. The space will focus on visual … Continued
The “Hope” mural of August 2014 was the first of al-Shami’s works to bring him acclaim outside Daraya (MEE/Majd el-Maaddamani) By: Barrett Limoges Source: Middle East Eye Leaning into a slab of roof hanging precariously over one of Daraya’s many shattered streets, Abu Malek al-Shami worked furiously through the night. He strained his eyes … Continued
By Lucinda Breeding Denton-Record Chronicle An art magazine has named a University of North Texas professor among the top eight female art historians working today. Nada Shabout, a UNT art history professor, has dedicated much of her academic life to studying modern Arab art. It’s this pursuit that got the attention of Artsy, an online … Continued
BY SULTAN SOOUD AL-QASSEMI NEWSWEEK Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, details began to emerge about the CIA’s covert role in using art as a tool for political ends during the Cold War. The policy—known as “long leash”—was initiated to showcase the creativity of American artists such as Jackson Pollock, Robert Motherwell … Continued
By Kristopher Monroe Do Savannah Opening April 21 at the Jepson Center, Telfair Museums presents a treasured selection of work from its permanent collection in “Kahlil Gibran and the Feminine Divine.” Gibran was a visionary artist and poet whose philosophy was and still is ahead of its time. Born in 1883 in the town of … Continued
By HADANI DITMARS The Art Newspaper The president of the Iraqi Artist’s Society is on a mission to return a painting by Faeq Hassan—who he calls “Iraq’s Picasso”—to the Iraqi state. The 1968 painting, a dramatic depiction of Saladin’s famous 12th century conquest of Jerusalem from the Crusaders, was due to be auctioned at Christie’s … Continued
By Leyal Khalife Stepfeed Zaha Hadid’s legacy will live forever Source: LikeSuccess.com On Mar 31, 2016 the world lost the internationally renowned Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid. One year later, Hadid’s legacy lives on with established and up-and-coming architects looking back at her iconic buildings for inspiration and a breath of fresh air — because that’s … Continued
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