International Art Gathering & Local Boost… Welcome to Beirut!

City of cultures and art, freedom and madness, Beirut hosted for 4 days an arab and international artistic celebration where all cultural differences and geographic borders melted for the love of Art under one umbrella called Beirut Art Fair (ME.NA.SA). For the 3rd year in a row, Beirut Art Fair (BAF) 2012 brought together different…

2 Days Workshop of “The Other Resurrection”

Al Mahha took part of a 2 days photography workshop by Contemporary Art Platform CAP and Rawiya ‘s “The Other Resurrection” by photographers Laura Boushnak and Tamara Abdul Hadi.   The first day of the workshop was an outdoor photography in Kuwait’s old and traditional open-air market “Souk Al Mubarkiya” where we were asked to…

Usra Al Madhoun Poetic Photography

“Aged 9 in the heart, 90 in mind, 19 on paper. Photography has been my secret hiding place since 2008. My personal diary, if I may say.” Usra Al Madhoun   Born in Beirut, Lebanon in 1993, Usra Al Madhoun started photography at age 13. She practice artistic photography as an art rather than hobby at the age of…

“Methods to the Madness” Exposes Behind Scenes of Artworks

What inspires an artist? What are the steps he/she take in completing an artwork? Have you ever dived into the mind on artist when working on his/her art piece?! All these questions and more were answered in “Methods to the Madness” held in Contemporary Art Platform (CAP) – Kuwait. A group exhibition, in collaboration with Cuadro Fine…

Controversial & Contemporary At ‘The Samawi Collection II’

          Have you been to a private collection exhibition that includes over 60 artworks varying from paintings, installations, photography, sculptures?! If you still havn’t it isn’t too late to head to Ayyam Gallery Art Center in Al Serkal, Dubai to see mesmorizing, conterversial, contemporary art pieces from ‘The Samawi Collection II’….