What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal. Albert Bike “True Colors of Society, Hope and Survival” a group exhibition of 3 young Syrian artists Anas Homsi, Fadi Al-Hamwi and Wissam Shaabi at Joanna Seikaly Gallery, Beirut – Lebanon, featuring a collection…
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Christie’s Dubai Auction Hits Five Million USD!
Official results are out! Christie’s, the international auction house, achieved $5,900,350 sales in Modern and Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art auctions held in Dubai on October 23 and 24, 2012. Part I of Christie’s Modern and Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art auctions reached US$3,640,100 with 96% of lots sold, half of them above high estimate. Bidders from…
Janet Rady Focus of the Month: Rokni Haerizadeh
Janet Rady Fine Art is excited to present Iranian artistRokni Haerizadeh’s painting ‘Khosrow and Shirin’ (2009) as the focus of November’s Artist Focus newsletter. Rokni’s painting eloquently embodies an attachment with Iranian mythology and tradition coupled with a sarcastic view of the ambiguities of life in Iran today. In Rokni’s ‘Khosrow and Shirin’ we see the lovers from the Shahnameh epic comically…
(A.i.R) Announces Artists & Curator for 2013 Programme
Artists-inResidence (A.i.R) Dubai has annonced selected artists and curator for its residency programme 2013 by Art Dubai, Delfina Foundation, the Dubai Culture & Arts Authority (Dubai Culture) and Tashkeel. A.i.R Dubai 2013 will feature six artists from across the Middle East and Asia: Ebtisam Abdulaziz, Ammar Al Attar, Dina Danish, Reem Falaknaz, Joe Namy and Yudi Noor, who will work alongside…
Mark Your Calendar for November
Aaran Gallery What: ‘Geometry of Perception’ a solo exhibition by iranian artist Negar Varasteh When: November 30, 2012 Where: AAran Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran. Ayyam Gallery – Beirut What: ‘Against the Wall’, a solo exhibition of new works by Syrian artist Abdul Karim Majdal Al-Beik, seek untold stories amongst the multitude of graffiti, etchings, marks and cracks of the…
Al Mahha Art 