Don’t forget to buy Harper’s Bazaar Art Arabia’s most recent issue, in which I feature an art guide to Beirut! Check it out below:
Articles on Middle East art
- AB: Christie's nets $14m in Middle East art auction
- Arab News: Middle East art online: The power of culture in the region
- ArtInfo: Picasso May Visit Palestine With Loan of $7 Million Cubist Painting to the West Bank
- BBC: Banners win Jameel prize at V&A
- Bloomberg: Billionaires Splash Out on Middle-East Art as Dubai Fair Grows
- CNN: Don't pigeonhole us, say Saudi Women Artists
- CNN: Megabucks sex up Middle East art explosion
- Daily Star: Industrial warehouse zone turns underground art scene
- Daily Star: Sursock Museum to reopen its doors in 2012
- DW: Contemporary art from Syria finds favor with international buyers
- Eden Revisited: Shahram Karimi and the Re-Enchantment of Art
- Euro News: Lebanese art showcases rich and complex history
- FT: Turkey’s booming arts scene
- Gulf News: Iraqi art and artists celebrated in new book
- Kuwait Times: Kuwaiti artists stress importance of supporting modern art scene
- LA Times: Iranian artists inspired by adversity
- Non-profit offers platform to promote art, support education
- NYT: 'Passion Investments' Capture Hearts in Mideast
- NYT: Art Fair Illustrates Abu Dhabi’s Commitment to Culture
- NYT: Building Museums, and a Fresh Arab Identity
- NYT: Creating a Place for Contemporary Art
- NYT: Damascus Evolves Into a Hub of Mideast Art
- NYT: East in the Eye of This Beholder
- NYT: Face of War Pervades New Beirut Art Center
- NYT: From a New Generation of Artists, Vivid Canvases of Iraq’s Pain
- NYT: Iranians Shine, Assisted by Expatriate
- NYT: Iraqi Artists, Actors and Designers Try to Build New Lives in Jordan
- NYT: The Art World’s New Darlings
- SF Gate: Contemporary Middle Eastern Art Sale
- The Art Newspaper: Art on Shifting Sands
- The Art Newspaper: Contemporary art show in Saudi Arabia could herald a new movement
- The Art Newspaper: Saudi Arabia breaks onto contemporary art scene
- The Daily Star: AUB acquires Saleeby art collection
- The Daily Star: Human Nature and the Art Market
- The Daily Star: What you see isn't always what you get
- The Economist: Art in the Middle East: An avenue of free expression
- The Guardian: 10 of the best exhibitions at the Istanbul Biennal
- The National: Art bidding for beginners
- The National: Art museum to open in Dubai to counter dearth of cultural knowledge
- The National: Line-up for Abu Dhabi Art revealed
- The Telegraph: 80 galleries from LA to Bejing are going to Art Dubai
- Time: Arab Art Finally Gets the Showcase it Deserves
- VOA: MoMA Director Lowry Explores Middle East Art
- WSJ: Painting the Middle East With Too Broad a Brush?
Artist Links
- Afsoon
- Ala Ebtekar
- Amine El Bacha
- Amir H. Fallah
- Ara Azad Barsoumian
- Basim Magdy
- Charles Khoury
- Edgard Mazigi
- Essam Marouf
- Farah Ossouli
- Hani Zurob
- Hayv Kahraman
- Huguette Caland
- Jean-Marc Nahas
- Kamrooz Aram
- Katya Traboulsi
- Laudi Abilama
- Leila Kubba
- Michel Harmouch
- Mohammad El Rawas
- Mona Hakimi-Schueler
- Nasser Ovissi
- Nja Mahdaoui
- Pierre Koukjian
- Rima Amyuni
- Shahram Karimi
- Shahriar Ahmadi
- Zena Assi
Gallery Links
- AB Gallery
- Agial Art Gallery
- Al Masar Gallery
- Albareh
- Art Circle Beirut
- Art Clvb
- Art Space Dubai
- Artane
- Assar Art Gallery
- Ayyam Gallery
- Beirut Art Center
- Carbon 12
- Dar Al Anda Gallery
- Dirimart
- Espace Kettaneh Kunigk
- Galeri Nev
- Galeri Nev Ankara
- Galeri Nev Istanbul
- Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde
- Green Art Gallery
- Janet Rady Fine Art
- Kashya Hildebrand
- Lawrie Shabibi
- LTMH Gallery
- Meem Gallery
- Mica Gallery
- Q Contemporary
- Rose Issa Projects
- Safarkhan Gallery
- Shirin Art Gallery
- Sultan Gallery
- The Ara Gallery
- The Empty Quarter
- The Third Line Gallery
- X-ist
- XVA Gallery
- Zamaan Gallery
Museum Links
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Dear Taymour, I hope you are well. When will you be visitng us in Sharjah? I hope you will see the biennial and all other exhibitions going on to feature in your next post.
Best wishes, Manal AtayaManal Ataya
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Congratulations.. you are filling a much needed space in covering all the galleries in the area with much love and enthusiasm!. Dont forget our new gallery, Orjowan. Now we have a great exhibit for Adel Koudaih. My best wishes
Leila