SOURCE: ARTNEWS BY ALEX GREENBERGER The Institute of Arab and Islamic Art in New York has added five artists, writers, and curators to its advisory committee. The committee is designed to help the IAIA develop its programming and overall creative vision. The advisory committee’s new members are Bidoun‘s senior editor, Negar Azimi; Omar Berrada, the director … Continued
SOURCE: CHICAGO TRIBUNE BY STEVE JOHNSON How does “Backstroke of the West,” the Michael Rakowitz solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, break the rules for an art show? Let us use bullets to enumerate the ways, a choice that seems appropriate for an exhibition that is in part about the connections between … Continued
SOURCE: WASHINGTON POST BY VANESSA H. LARSON “I so much believe in the positive contributions that women are making in the Middle East,” says Janet Rady, curator of “I Am,” a recently opened exhibit at the American University Museum featuring works by 31 female artists with roots in 12 countries in the region. “They’re not … Continued
SOURCE: ARTNET BY EILEEN KINSELLA A senior official lays out research that he says supports the sculpture’s return. Two months after authorities seized an ancient head of a bull that was on loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, a senior official in the Manhattan District Attorney’s office says, in no uncertain terms, that … Continued
SOURCE: CNN BY SARAH HASSAN (CNN)Clad in Bedouin attire from head to toe, “Sheikh” William of Arabia is smiling, seemingly content with having swapped Kensington Palace for a humble tent and camels. American singing sensation Beyoncé, meanwhile, covered in a black veil, serves Arabic coffee, and the king of pop Michael Jackson swaps his piano … Continued
The festival offers viewers a glimpse at contemporary Arab and Arab-American lives. SOURCE: MINNESOTA DAILY BY HALEY BENNETT Hosted by Mizna, a local arts organization, the Twin Cities Arab Film Festival invites viewers to share in the iterations of contemporary Arab lives, but above all, to enjoy some incredible cinema. Festival director Michelle Baroody, a … Continued
SOURCE: SMITHSONIAN.COM BY BEN PANKO The first Palestinian museum has been a project more than 20 years in the making. Originally conceived as a memorial to mark the 50th anniversary of the Nakba, or catastrophe, as Palestinians call their displacement in 1948, when the Palestinian Museum opened in May 2016 near Birzeit in the West Bank, it had evolved to celebrate Palestinian … Continued
SOURCE: THE DETROIT NEWS BY MICHAEL H. HODGES, DETROIT NEWS FINE ARTS WRITER When Americans think of Saudi Arabia, they tend to think of limited civil liberties and heavy-handed censorship — not to mention that issue of women not being able to drive. So clearly there can’t be any modern art of consequence, right? “Epicenter … Continued
A family of artists Sundus and Tamara Abdul Hadi and mother Sawsan Al Saraf (Cinq à Six) By: Kateryna Gordiychuk Source: CBC In a world of art, inspiration doesn’t come easy. But for sisters Sundus and Tamara Abdul Hadi who grew up surrounded by music and painting, a career in the arts was a natural … Continued
Image courtesy the artist Dar Yusuf Nasri Jacir Source: Harper’s Bazaar 2007 Golden Lion winner Emily Jacir announces intentions to transform her historic family home into the Dar Yusuf Nasri Jacir for Art and Research A Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign started by Palestinian artist Emily Jacir aims to see her family home, a 19th century … Continued
An installation view of Exhibition 1 at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Art (all photos © Charles Benton unless otherwise noted) By: Vivek Gupta Source: Hyperallergic “It was inspired by my favorite mosque in the world … the Faisal Mosque in Islamabad,” he said. “Have you been there?” I asked. “No, no, but I’m dying … Continued
The house is located close to the Israel-Palestine border wall. Photo: Kickstarter. By: Henri Neuendorf Source: Artnet News The Palestinian artist Emily Jacir has launched a crowdfunding campaign to transform her family’s historic 19th-century home in the West Bank into an independent exhibition space and community art center. The space will focus on visual … Continued
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