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MoMA Takes a Stand: Art From Banned Countries Comes Center Stage

By JASON FARAGO The New York Times President Trump’s executive order banning travel and rescinding visas for citizens of seven majority-Muslim nations does not lack for opponents in New York — from Kennedy Airport, where striking taxi drivers joined thousands of demonstrators, to the United Nations, whose new secretary general, António Guterres, said the measures … Continued

Iraqi artist recreates ancient works destroyed by Islamic State

By Bushra Shakhshir Reuters  As Iraqi forces fight to retake the northern city of Mosul from Islamic State, an artist in nearby Erbil is chiseling at clay in a tiny, unheated studio to recreate historic Assyrian monuments destroyed by the group. Ninos Thabet, an 18-year-old Christian who studied art at Mosul University, is creating miniature … Continued

The Science of Form: An Interview with Samia Halaby

[Samia Halaby at the Kansas City Art Institute (1966).] by Maymanah Farhat Jadaliyya (Listen to the interview) At the 2016 edition of Art Dubai Modern, Samia Halaby will be featured in The Mechanics of Nature, an exhibition organized by Ayyam Gallery that explores historical developments in abstract art through the works of two pioneering Arab painters. … Continued

To Paris, with Love From Gaza

By Pam Bailey, founder, We Are Not Numbers Among the sympathies pouring into Paris from all over the world are messages from the Palestinians of Gaza, for whom such terror has been a regular occurrence for decades—particularly for the past six years, during which they have suffered through three major assaults by Israel. Despite their … Continued

Mo Amer talks to Adam May

Mo Amer Al Jazeera America   Adam May: What do you think that comedy will accomplish? Especially in a society where we have so much racism. We have Islamophobia. Your routine, does that tackle some of that? Mo Amer: Listen — you know, feel free to throw as many things at me right off the top, … Continued

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