Check out my interview with Ayyam Gallery’s Kunooz Comeptition winners from Kuwait; Mohammad Sharaf and Mohammed Al Kouh published in REORIENT where they honestly talk about Kuwait’s art scene and what does winning in regional comeptition tells about unappreciated talents in Kuwait… For as long as I had been writing about the Middle Eastern art…
Author: Mashaael Basheer
Journalist and writer
الفنان حسكو: الكم الهائل من العنف الذي نعيشه لا أستطيع مواجهته إلا بالجمال
بقلم: ألينا عامر قبل ذهابي لمقابلة الفنان حسكو حسكو كان عقلي يضج بالأسئلة: اللغة الفنيّة، المدارس المتبعة، من هم الفنانين الذين تأثر بهم، مصدر إلهام العناصر في أعماله… الخ كان لدي تصور مسبق مستقى من الأعمال ولكن كل هذه المواضيع حلت بالمرتبة الثانية بالرغم من تعقيدها وأهميتها! تفاجأت بالبساطة والروح الريفية المتقشّفة التي تجد إلهامها…
When Portraits and Places Are [dis]Orient
dis•o•ri•ent (dɪsˈɔr iˌɛnt, -ˈoʊr-) v.t. 1. to cause to lose one’s way. 2. to confuse. 3. to cause to lose perception of time, place, or one’s personal identity. *** I was told about [dis]orient last May in SumarriaLunn Gallery, London by its curators Noor Kadhim and Piero Tomassoni and it would be in June which I knew I was going…
Pakistan Leads Five Artists to Create 2014 Abraaj Group Art Prize
The Abraaj Group Art Prize is delighted to announce the winners of its 2014 edition. The Abraaj Group Art Prize is awarded annually to five artists on the basis of proposals for new artworks, which become permanent additions to The Abraaj Group Art Collection following their unveiling at Art Dubai 2014. The artists will now…
Art Dubai Calling for 2014 Participants!
Attention artists & galleries! Now you don’t have any excuse not to apply in advance for Art Dubai Edition 8 taking place March 19-22, 2014 because Art Dubai announced open call for accepting proposals from galleries interested in participating in the 2014 fair. Participating in Art Dubai is a oppertunity of a life, an international one 🙂 Applications…
Al Mahha Art 