28.03.22
Arab News
All eyes on Riyadh bid for World Expo 2030 as Saudi Pavilion in Dubai holds closing ceremony
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28.03.22
Arab News
Artist Muhannad Shono expresses Saudi’s ‘brave creative spirit’ at 59th Venice Biennale
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22.03.22
Arab News
After Decades of War and Political Instability, Is Baghdad’s Art Scene Seeing Glimmers of a Revival?
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18.03.22
Arab News
Russia-Ukraine conflict blurs distinction between memory and myth
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11.03.22
Artnet
The UAE Wants to Become the Cryptocurrency Capital of the World. Here’s How Art Dubai Is Trying to Help
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11.03.22
The Jewish Insider
Alserkal Avenue, the Dubai arts district with a multicultural vision
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07.03.22
Arab News
International Women’s Day: The march of female empowerment in Saudi Arabia
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06.03.22
Arab News
Dream of untroubled life turns into nightmare of war for Arab students in Ukraine
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23.02.22
Arab News
Egyptian heritage rug maker Kahhal 1871 presents carpets with contemporary Arab vibe
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20.02.22
Arab News
Sudan’s fate in the balance as democratic transition hits a road bump
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18.02.22
Arab News
Expo 2020 Dubai participation boosts Kosovo’s ‘chances of getting UN membership,’ says minister
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17.02.22
Arab News
Why interest in Saudi Arabia’s emerging film industry has exploded
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14.02.22
Arab News
AlUla Arts Festival: Saudi Arabia’s cultural oasis hosts a packed season of international exhibitions
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14.02.22
Artnet
In Saudi Arabia, a Calm, Meditative Biennial Defies the Uproar as Desert X AlUla Organizers Say the ‘Dust Is Settling’ on the Controversial Show
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12.02.22
Arab News
In Desert X AlUla’s second edition, monumental art speaks with desert lands
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07.02.22
The Jewish Insider
The story of Rodoba Noori’s harrowing evacuation from Afghanistan
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08.02.22
Artnet
A Rogue Taliban Governor Has Been Digging Beneath the Ruins of the Bamiyan Buddhas, Chasing a Rumor of Buried Treasure
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01.02.22
Arab News
Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim discusses sunsets, nature and his hometown ahead of the Venice Biennale
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31.01.22
Artnet
With Local Investment and Rising Auction Prices, Is the Democratic Republic of Congo Poised to Become Africa’s Next Art Hub?
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21.01.22
The Jewish Insider
19.01.22
Arab News
UN’s $5 billion aid appeal puts a number on Afghanistan’s ‘unfolding nightmare’
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17.01.22
Artnet
From a Cosmetics Entrepreneur to a Seasoned Cultural Advisor, Meet Five Under-the-Radar Saudi Art Collectors
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14.01.22
Arab News
Six artists visually transform AlUla oasis for first art residency
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09.01.22
Arab News
Libya’s peace remains fragile as election disputes defy resolution
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07.01.22
Arab News
Saudi Day at Expo 2020 celebrates the Kingdom’s past, present and future
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05.01.22
The Jewish Insider
Abu Dhabi grants first civil marriage in move to modernize legal system
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02.01.22
Arab News
2022 Look Ahead: The cultural renaissance sweeping the Gulf region
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2022
LUX
Art of the Possible
Durjoy Rahman is on a mission
to make the world a better place through artistic dialogue and cultural
collaborations between artists from the Global North and South.
Rebecca Anne Proctor reports.
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2022
LUX
An Ocean Unites Us
This year’s Deutsche Bank Frieze Los Angeles Film Award challenges young LA filmmakers to explore how the Pacific reflects and makes the city. Rebecca Anne Proctor reports on the winners and the stories they tell in their films
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31.12.21
Arab News
Female collective aims to revive traditional Najdi building styles in Riyadh
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30.12.21
The Jewish Insider
Visions of Abraham offers Jewish tourists to the UAE an interfaith experience
17.12.21
Arab News
Tunisian artist wins Saudi Arabia’s Ithra Art Prize underlining Pan-Arab emphasis of this year’s award
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17.12.21
Arab News
Lakum Artspace opens in Riyadh with solo show by Ahmed Mater
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24.11.21
Artnet
Meet 5 Middle Eastern Collectors Shaping the Emirati Art Scene, From a Presidential Advisor to a Retired Pharmaceutical Magnate
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16.11.21
Flash Art
ART X Lagos Shines a Spotlight on Growing Market for NFTs in Africa
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08.11.21
Artnet
‘We Sell for the Same Prices Here That We Sell at Basel’: Nigerian Collectors Hunt for West Africa’s Next Art Stars at Art X Lagos
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26.10.21
Artnet
Nish McCree Is Building an Astute Collection of Contemporary African Art—and Working to Embolden the Continent’s Artists in the Process
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25.10.21
Artnet
Without State Funding, Ghana’s Rising Stars Are Building an Art Infrastructure of Their Own to Cultivate the Next Generation of Creatives
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18.10.21
Artnet
Prominent Artist eL Seed Says the Tunisian Pavilion at Dubai’s Expo 2020 Used His Work Without Permission
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14.10.21
Artnet
Sounding a diverse tune at the opening of Dubai Expo’s Israeli Pavilion
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20.09.21
Artnet
Beyond Amoako Boafo: The Next Emerging Names You Need to Know in Accra, Ghana’s Rapidly Accelerating Art Hub
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15.09.21
The Defense Post
Since Turkey took control of Afrin in 2018, the city's Syrian Kurds face arbitrary detentions, torture, sexual violations, property theft, extrajudicial killing, and gender-based violence.
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01.09.21
The Jewish Insider
A rising tide of cultural tolerance in the UAE as it approaches its 50th year
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09.21
Vogue Arabia
World of Wonder
As the much anticipated Expo 2020 Dubai opens next month, here are the highlights not to miss
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19.08.21
Artnet
Afghans Are Painting Over Images of Women While Culture Workers Are Putting Art in Storage as Afghanistan Braces for Taliban Control
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08.21
Vogue Arabia
Pump Up the Volume
Are women with big muscles considered feminine by society? Arab women talk strength, femininity, and crushing beauty stereotypes in the Middle East
30.07.21
Al Monitor
As Palestinian residents of Silwan face evictions, large public artwork protests
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27.07.21
Artnet
Inside the Accra Art Boom: How a Rising Generation of Dealers in Ghana Are Seizing the Moment
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24.05.21
Architectural Digest
The 8 Most Architecturally Significant Pavilions of Expo 2020
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21.05.21
Artnet
Palestinian Artist Khaled Jarrar Has Made an NFT to Call International Attention to the Plight of His Homeland
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20.05.21
Artnet
Caught in a War Zone, Artists and Cultural Leaders in Gaza and Israel Say the International Art Community Must Stand With Palestine
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17.05.21
Artnet
The Mysterious Entrepreneur Who Paid $62 Million for the World’s Largest Painting Plans to Open a Dedicated Museum in Dubai
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03.05.21
The Forward
Halva brownies and miso shakshuka: The UAE’s first major kosher kitchen opens for business
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05.21
Vogue Arabia
Mystical Kaleidoscope
The work of award-winning Abu Dhabi-based artist Julia Ibbini audaciously marries Islamic art and future-focused tech
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28.04.21
Artnet
An American Wrote a Memoir About How She Built Tehran’s Legendary $3 Billion Art Collection. The Iranian Art World Begs to Differ
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12.04.21
Architectural Digest
Antiques Mingle With Blue-Chip Art in This Georgian Revival Home in Brentwood, Los Angeles
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02.04.21
Artnet
Art Dubai, the First Major In-Person Art Fair Since the Pandemic, Proves That Collectors Are Ready to Show Up and Spend
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25.03.21
Artnet
After Losing Her Daughter in the Beirut Explosions, a Lebanese-Armenian Gallerist Launches a New Creative Platform in Her Memory
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02.02.21
Artnet
How the Upstart Ramallah Art Fair Was Organized Amid a Pandemic and the Trials of Daily Life in Palestine
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15.12.20
The Forward
Joseph Pilates invented a method. His Jewish lawyer helped make it a movement.
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18.11.20
Artnet
‘We Are Talking About Rebuilding Half a City’: How Beirut’s Cultural Community Is Recovering Three Months After the Deadly Blast
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05.11.20
Artnet
‘The Nigerian Creative Community Is Relentless’: Meet the Powerful Photographers Documenting the Fight to End Police Brutality
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15.10.20
Artnet
Nigerian Artist Ben Enwonwu Was an International Star in the 1960s. Now His Art Is Making a Comeback—and the Market Is Watching
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14.10.20
The Forward
As Israel and UAE make peace, Dubai Jewish community flourishes
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08.10.20
Ocula
African Connections: Artists to Watch at 1-54 and Frieze Masters
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07.09.20
Artnet
Despite the Beirut Blast, a Lebanese Publisher Is Forging Ahead With a Project to Unite 50 International Middle Eastern Artists
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01.09.20
The Forward
Emiratis say their deal with Israel will be good for Palestinians too
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21.08.20
Wallpaper
Beauty and destruction: Beirut’s design community struggles to rebuild in the aftermath of explosions
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17.08.20
Artnet
‘We Are Having Trouble Living Without Fear’: Beirut’s Cultural Sector Starts to Pick Up the Pieces After the City’s Deadly Explosion
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07.08.20
The Art
Newspaper
Beirut's art world mourns widespread death and destruction following explosions
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05.08.20
The Art
Newspaper
Huge explosion in Beirut decimates city and leaves art scene in disarray
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03.06.20
Artnet
The UAE Is Emerging From Lockdown, But Some Say Its International, Cosmopolitan Art Scene Will Never Be the Same
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23.05.20
The Forward
Will a Saudi TV show change how Jews are seen in the Middle East
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15.04.20
New Africa Daily
DRC’s COVID-19 Crisis Comes as the Country Battles Ebola, Measles, and Rebels
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06.04.20
Flash Art
A Resilient Cape: South Africa’s Thriving Art Scene Tackles COVID-19 and Lockdown
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24.03.20
Flash Art
Marrakech: A New Gateway to Africa / 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair Marrakech
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10.03.20
Frieze
Lomé confidential
Can Africa’s first primarily state-funded arts institution foster a more open and
democratic culture in Togo, following 50 years of political oppression?
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05.03.20
Flash Art
Is Collectible Design a New Form of Contemporary Art? Nomad St. Moritz / 3rd edition
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03.03.20
Artnet
Art Dubai Downsizes Its 2020 Fair Due to Growing Concern Over the Spread of Coronavirus
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11.02.20
Artnet
With Help from a Nigerian Prince, a Bold New Contemporary Art Museum Is Set to Open in Lagos
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06.02.20
Artnet
‘We Had the Guts to Say Yes to This’: Artists Explain Why They Ignored Widespread Censure to Participate in Desert X’s Saudi Edition
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02.20
Vogue Arabia
The Accidental Activist
The first Arab woman to receive Finland’s Hän Honor award, women’s rights advocate Soraya Bahgat will strive for gender equality until it is achieved
29.01.20
Artnet
‘I Am Not Part of Some Propaganda Machine’: Artists and Curators Defend Their Participation in the Saudi-Backed Show Desert X AlUla
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24.01.20
Artnet
Christie’s Has Cancelled Plans for a Middle Eastern Art Auction in Dubai, Citing a Lack of Top-Quality Works
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06.01.20
LUX
Woman on a Mission
Galerie Maria Behnam-Bakhtiar, a new gallery in the heart of Monaco, celebrates its opening with an exhibition of works by Iranian-American artist Farzad Kohan, but it is no ordinary commercial enterprise, as Rebecca Anne Proctor discovers
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08.11.19
Artnet
The Second Lagos Biennial Takes Over a Former Government Building to Imagine What Would Happen If Artists Were in Charge of Our Future
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05.11.19
Artnet
‘The Idea Here Is to Go Big’: Galleries at the Art X Lagos Fair Work to Cultivate Africa’s Largest Economy
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02.10.19
Artnet
Contemporary Art From Africa Is Seizing Global Attention. Here’s Your Guide to Six Emergent Art Markets Making It Happen
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27.09.19
Artnet
‘You Make a Decision to Continue’: Amid a Crushing National Deficit, Beirut’s Art Scene Finds Creative Ways to Stay Afloat
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12.09.19
Artnet
‘We Have Our Own Individual Voices’: Saudi Artists Debate Their Place in the Kingdom as the West Becomes Wary of Its Commitment to Progress
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20.08.19
The National News
A glimpse into the lives of the Flower Men of Saudi Arabia – a colourful tribe with deep roots
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23.07.19
Artnet
Ethiopia’s Art Scene Has Long Suffered From a Disinterested Government. But Shifting Politics Might Soon Make Culture a Priority
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17.06.19
Artnet
For Years, Iran’s Art Scene Has Been a Pioneer in the Middle East. Now US Sanctions Are Knocking Its Artists Back to the 18th Century
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29.04.19
Artnet
Togo Unveils Plans for a New Museum Inside a Former Colonial-Era Government Headquarters
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22.03.19
Artnet
Amid a Gloomy Economic Forecast and Simmering Political Tensions, Art Dubai Tries to Find Stability
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21.03.19
The National
News
Addis Fine Art: helping Ethiopian artists thrive at home and abroad
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04.03.19
Frieze
Masked Men and Mythical Beasts: Five Cape Town Shows Employ Fiction to Radical Ends
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22.02.19
Galerie
7 Standout Artists at 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair in Marrakech
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25.11.18
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
Step Inside La Clinic’s Modern Interiors For A Mind And Body Detox
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01.11.18
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
24.10.18
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
Soly Cissé Mixes References To The Physical And Spiritual Worlds In His Magical Artworks
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18.10.18
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
The Ferragamo Family: Inside The Opulent Home Of Italy’s Most Iconic Cobbler
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17.10.18
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
15.10.18
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
Ghanaian Artist El Anatsui Believes Art Belongs To The World
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11.10.18
The National
News
Saudi architect Albara Saimaldahar on carving his niche with shape-shifting furniture
23.09.18
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
African Metropolis Presents The Complex Metropolis Structure Through An Urban Lens
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19.09.18
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
18.09.18
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16.09.18
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
This Major Contemporary African Art Fair Returns In October
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09.09.18
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
Uncovering The Gems At Ethiopia’s Addis Fine Art Gallery
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29.08.18
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
Preview: South Africa’s FNB Joburg Art Fair Returns For A Vibrant 11th Edition
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14.08.18
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
Review: Iranian-American Painter Nicky Nodjoumi At Dubai’s The Third Line
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04.07.18
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
02.07.18
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01.07.18
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
27.06.18
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
A Look At The Meditative Works Of Saudi Artist Lulwah Al Homoud
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27.06.18
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
The Dubai Mall Fashion Avenue Extension Welcomes New Hermès Abode
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24.06.18
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
24.06.18
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
Why This South African Visual Artist And Blogger Is Creating A Stir
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22.06.18
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
21.06.18
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21.06.18
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21.06.18
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
The Red Hour: In Conversation With Simon Njami, Curator Of The 13th Dakar Biennale
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19.06.18
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
19.06.18
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
Early Picasso Blockbuster Show To Be Staged at Fondation Beyeler
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18.06.18
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
Mythic Carnival: British-Caribbean Artist Zak Ové’s Multimedia Artworks Requite A Lost African Culture
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14.06.18
Galerie
Bacon and Giacometti Go Head to Head In Spellbinding Basel Show
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04.06.18
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
In Praise Of Water Lilies: This Season’s Art Market Round-Up
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13.05.18
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
Festa Italiana: Meet Rossana Orlandi, The Queen Of Design
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13.04.18
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
Inside Brazilian Couturier Alexandra Fructuoso’s São Paulo Home
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26.04.18
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
25.04.18
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
25.04.18
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
Earthly Wonders: Anna By RabLabs Introduces Spring Collection In Dubai
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24.04.18
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
Preview: Sassan Behnam-Bakhtiar At London’s Saatchi Gallery
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10.04.18
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
05.04.18
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29.03.18
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
EXCLUSIVE: Bazaar In Conversation With Piaget At Art Dubai
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26.03.18
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26.03.18
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22.03.18
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11.03.18
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
First Look: Rare Works By Mahmoud Saïd And Bahman Mohasses At Sotheby’s
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11.03.18
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
In Conversation With: ArtBAB Fair And Programme Director Kanika Subberwal
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20.02.18
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
10.02.18
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
05.02.18
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04.01.18
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
In Conversation With: Othman Lazraq On The Museum Of African Contemporary Art
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24.01.18
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
Meet Our Cover Star: British-Iranian Architect Farshid Moussavi
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21.01.18
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
This Beirut-Based Collector Has A Treasure Trove Of Arab Art
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17.01.18
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
Here’s How Dubai-Based Sneha Divias Is Telling Stories Through Interior Design
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14.01.18
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
Fashionable Floors: Here’s How The Rug Company Celebrated Its 20th Anniversary
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07.01.18
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
Faces From The Cape: Lionel Smit’s New Sculptural Works Focus On The Cape Malay Community
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06.01.18
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
Louvre Abu Dhabi Presents Exhibition Of Four UAE-Based Contemporary Artists
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30.12.17
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
Accra’s Gallery 1957 To “Takeover” Lawrie Shabibi In Dubai
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27.12.17
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
24.12.17
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
Grey Area: Inked Collaborates With Tinkah On Immersive Dining Experience In Dubai
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20.12.17
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
The Voice Of Egypt: Shirin Neshat’s Latest Film ‘Looking For Oum Kulthum’
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13.12.17
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
Cadillac Brings ‘Letters to Warhol’ Exhibition To Dubai
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10.12.17
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
07.12.17
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
The Magical East: Egyptian Artist Mohamed Abla Explores The Silk Road
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05.12.17
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04.12.17
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
1-54 Art Expands to Marrakech: One-On-One With Fair Founder Touria El Glaoui
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16.11.17
Galerie
A Rare Look at Tehran’s Forgotten Red-Light District on Show at the Tate
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13.11.17
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
A Review Of Hassan Sharif’s Monumental Retrospective ‘I Am The Single Work Artist’
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24.10.17
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24.10.17
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This Is The World’s Largest Museum For Contemporary African Art
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23.10.17
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23.10.17
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10.10.17
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
Design Studio Apical Reform To Open First Gallery In Dubai
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10.10.17
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
04.10.17
Harper’s Baazar Arabia
Frieze Week: What To Expect From Frieze London And Frieze Masters
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05.09.17
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10.08.17
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Fashion In Motion: The V&A Celebrates The Work Of Molly Goddard
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15.03.17
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2017
Galerie
Lalla Essaydi’s Powerful Photographs Celebrate the Female Gaze
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