A Lens Into The Soul… Ahmed Rasul An Iraqi Photographer Captures Authenticity & Recuperation

By Bedor Al Obaidi Ahmed Rasul is an Iraqi photographer born in Baghdad, October 1998. He earned his Middle school diploma in 2015, he finished his bachelor’s degree in fine arts, painting school from the Academy of Fine arts, in 2020. What was your first motivation or the main reason why you became a photographer?…

Mohammed Omar Khalil: Printmaking Allows You To Go Beyond Boundaries

  In January 2014, I recommended his retrospective in Bahrain by Albareh Art Gallery as “Top Destination” and honestly felt disappointed that I couldn’t attend it. When I ran into Albareh Art Gallery Director Hayfa Aljishi in Art Dubai last March she told me “CAP Kuwait is bringing Khalil’s retrospective in April, so make sure…

!nspire: Farah Al Sabah… Art is Force of Change

It was February 2011 when I decided I want to take drawing course, asked a friend who is an artist for recommendations and she immediately said “Are you kidding me? Of course Bayt Lothan!”. Not that I didn’t think of it but was surprised that Bayt Lothan is considered the standing-still best option for art…

!nspire: Shahad Bishara

Photographed by: Sara Hammad —————————————————– !nspire is a new series where Al Mahha Art Blog introduce young creatives who are involved in the art scene but not as artists. They may be curators, writers, entrepreneurs… etc. In other words “behind the scene” team! They will share with you their story; how they got into visual…

Pascal Odille: Beirut Art Fair Is All About Identity!

In the middle of all the choas we are witnessing in our region for the past short while, adding to it an overall disappointment, come ART as lets say party crasher, breaks the heavy routine and bring out some beauty and even our pain in creative interactive sometimes sarcastic colors & shapes. Beirut Art Fair (BAF)…