If you think April is a ‘laidback’ month after March, you are mistaken! Here is your events & exhibitions list to Mark Your Calendar for April featuring a nonstop busting in Ayyam Galleries from Dubai to Beirut crossing Jeddah of course! A tribure to late Iranian artist Farideh Lashai at Leila Heller and a spotlight on…
Author: Mashaael Basheer
Journalist and writer
When An Artwork is ‘Overrated’
A huge buzz was created awhile ago when Lebanese artist Zena el Khalil displayed her rotating 4-meter-tall sculpture “A’ Salaam Alaykum: Peace Be Upon You” – famous with ‘Allah Disco‘ in London ‘s latest art fairs ‘Art 13’ . The interactive sculptural installation displays the word “Allah” in Arabic letters, made of glass mirror tiles…
Sharjah Biennial 11 Interface Cultural Diversity
One of established and leading contemporary bienniales in the Middle East, Sharjah Art Foundation launches the 11th edition of Sharjah Biennial (Re:emerge :: Toward A New Cultural Cartography) on March 13 to May 13, 2013 in Sharjah, UAE. With over 100 artists, 37 commissioned, Sharjah Biennal puts together a selection of contemporary artworks, performances, films revealing…
Mohammed Alkouh Portrays Broken Hearts
Then you walked away .. Leaving me in pain I can’t let go of our memories .. & your loves’ stain Kuwaiti artist Mohammed Alkouh introduces the fifth artwork from “Kalimat” series, a collection of work inspired by true love stories from Alkouh’s surroundings that did not end as couples wished or anticipated, in this body of…
Ayyam Gallery Looking for GCC ‘s Kunooz!
For all ambitious artists, do not miss the oppertunity by Ayyam Gallery! After the enormous success this comeptation made, bringing out the ‘hidden gems’ of talented Arab artists, Ayyam Gallery presents it’s first Pan-GCC Shabab Ayyam New Media Competition ‘Kunooz’ (Arabic word means Treasures). As a continuation of its groundbreaking Shabab Ayyam Project, an incubator programme that…
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