Held at Ayyam Art Center in Alserkal Avenue on May 15, Ayyam Auctions held its seventh edition of The Young Collectors Auction in Dubai with sales reaching $550,000 higher than the 6th Young Collectors Auction last January. This only proves that Ayyam Auctions has established a strong ground and base for both collectors and artists around the region!…
Category: Art
Comparative Reading on Mohannad Orabi’s “It’s No Longer About Me”
“It’s No Longer About Me” is the title of Syrian artist Mohannad Orabi latest solo exhibition currently hosted by Ayyam Gallery (DIFC), Dubai, which caught my attention and made me wonder what is no longer about the artist?! To understand this statement, I had to look into Mohannad’s previous artworks and that gave me the answer. Comparing between latest and old…
Oussama Diab Presents The “New Pieta”
Is it an endless fight?! An endless suffering for the innocents?! When was it a crime to fight for your land?! Why is it forgivable to violate humanity?! On May 15, 2012 marks the 64th anniversary of 1948 Palestinian exodus, known in Arabic as the Nakba (disaster) and someone asked yesterday: will our kids live another years of Nakba…
Bija … A Soulful Concert!
Al Mahha was invited to opera jazz concert by Kuwaiti musician composer Nawaf Ghribah “Bija” at the cultural and art hub in Kuwait (Bayt Lothan). on May 2nd, 2012. “Bija” presented a different music fusion, a combination of past and present, a mixture of cultures done by talented 26-piece orchestra. Audience were thrilled with the positive, soulful atmosphere….
“The Power of…” Embodies “Pain is Beauty”!
Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom… The power to choose, to respond, to change. Stephen Covey “The Power of…” a controversial photography exhibition by Lebanese artist Mohamad Badr were he recorded the spiritual rituals of “Ashoraa” in southern Lebanon city, Nabaiyeh, in 2011. …
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