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Open Society Foundations Documentary Photography ProjectDate: July 16, 2013Open Society Foundations are making available to the public an expansive documentary photography collection chronicling some of the most pressing human rights and social issues of our times. Moving Walls is an annual documentary photography exhibition produced by the Open Society Foundations Documentary Photography Project. Moving Walls is exhibited at our offices in New York and Washington, D.C., and includes five to seven discrete bodies of work.Since its inception in 1998, Moving Walls has featured over 170 artists whose works address a variety of social justice and human rights issues that coincide with the Open Society mission. For more information, click here. |
Meem Gallery, Dubai: Modern Iraqi Art: A CollectionDate: July 10, 2013Meem Gallery is pleased to present an extensive display of works, including paintings and mixed-media compositions, by important modern and contemporary Iraqi artists. Modern Iraqi Art: A Collection takes viewers through the decades of Iraq’s modern and contemporary art production. The exhibition represents the creative output of three generations of artists, starting with the work of modern masters such as Faiq Hassan who, with Jewad Selim, pioneered the country’s modern art scene and forged a contemporary artistic identity specific to Iraq. For more information, click here. |
The Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris: "Invisible Light"Date: May 30, 2013April 10 - July 7, 2013 |
Little Syria, NY: The Life & Legacy of an Immigrant CommunityDate: May 27, 2013May 3-27 The Arab American National Museum is proud to present an exhibition on the history of Little Syria, documenting the life of this immigrant community, recognizing Little Syria’s contribution to the city of New York, its connections to the Arab World, and its legacy across the United States. In the late 1800s, immigrants from the Arab World began settling in lower Manhattan. Their entrepreneurial spirit transformed the neighborhood, which came to be known as Little Syria, into a thriving community lined with shops, restaurants and coffeehouses, each furnished with signs written in their native Arabic. Here Arab Americans raised their families, educated their children, formed religious and community organizations and gradually became part of the life of New York. For more information, click here. |
Townhouse, Cairo: Artist Talk with Joseph AudehDate: May 19, 2013Townhouse presents a talk with artist Joseph Audeh. “Salon: Design, Water, Power” is a discussion about hydrological development in Egypt and the accumulation of power and capital it makes possible. We will explore state and civic strategies used to overcome issues of water scarcity and availability across the Middle East, as well as hybrid solutions that combine Islamic technology with future innovation. Joseph Audeh is a Palestinian-American artist whose work stems from multiple disciplines—architecture, political ecology, and development studies. His various projects attempt to open up a dialogue about the division between nature and society. For more information, click here. |
2013 London Palestine Film FestivalDate: May 15, 2013Pre-Fesitival Season: April 11-26 |
FIAF World Nomads FestivalDate: May 7, 2013As part of the World Nomads festival, FIAF presents a month of Tunisian films curated by Dora Bouchoucha, one of Tunisia’s most successful female film producers. The films featured in the series explore the place of women in Tunisian society before and after the fall of President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali in January 2011. With award-winning features, gripping shorts, and insightful documentaries, this series provides an important window into one of the world’s most watched countries post-revolution. For more information, click here. |
In Memory of Farideh Lashai, exhibitions At Tyler Nahem Fine Art and Leila Heller Gallery in NYCDate: May 7, 2013It is it, and it is only now... Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art, 37 West 57th Street April 3 ‐ May 7, 2013 Thus in silence in dreams' projections Leila Heller Gallery, 568 West 25th Street April 4 – May 2, 2013 Edward Tyler Nahem Fine Art (ETNFA) and Leila Heller Gallery are pleased to present two posthumous New York exhibitions celebrating the life and career of internationally renowned, recently deceased, Iranian artist Farideh Lashai (1944 – 2013). On view, from April 3 to May 7, at ETNFA will be works such as El Amal, 2011-‐2012, Le Dejeuner au Park-e-Mellat, 2007-‐2011, among others. An extended version of Lashai’s work Rabbit in Wonderland, 2010, will be on view at Leila Heller Gallery from April 4 to May 2. A joint-gallery catalogue, featuring an essay by Negar Azimi, Senior Editor of Bidoun magazine, will be published to accompany the exhibitions. Through her dynamic paintings and videos, Farideh Lashai, who began exhibiting her work internationally in numerous solo and group exhibitions in 1968, created a compelling Iranian aesthetic in contemporary Middle Eastern art, inspiring artists at home and abroad. During her career, Lashai captivated viewers with her works, which seem to inhabit an ephemeral reality akin to the actual shifts of events through time and space. Lashai’s amalgamated use of layered mediums such as video, paintings, and sound, brings to lifetransient movements of iconic figures and other characters projected upon striking paintings of nature. Her intricate use of projected videos and sound upon unique paintings function as a cohesive whole and awaken a universal sense of nostalgia. For more information, please click here. |
PEN World Voices Festival: All That’s Left to You: Palestinian Writers in ConversationDate: May 4, 2013For the first time in the Festival’s history, PEN brings together a panel of leading Palestinian writers to take their place in the global literary community. From Palestine and from the diaspora, they will share their work, experiences, and visions, revealing how a literature is both imagined and created under occupation, siege, and exile. For more information, click here. |
2013 London Palestine Film FestivalDate: May 3, 2013May 3-15 The 2013 London Palestine Film Festival brings together 38 works by Palestinian and international artists working in almost every moving image genre. This year's programme comprises 24 events at the Barbican Cinema and University of London, involving 38 titles, 24 guest speakers, and the UK's first international conference on Palestine and the Moving Image. For more information, please click here. |
Ayyam Gallery, Dubai: The Young Collectors AuctionDate: April 30, 2013Ayyam Gallery, Dubai (Al Quoz) will hold this year's first installment of The Young Collectors Auction on 30 April. Featuring over eighty lots of painting, sculpture, photography, video and installation works from acclaimed and emerging artists throughout the region. The Young Collectors Auction is very pleased to present more than thirty artists that will be seen on auction for the first time, in its continued effort to provide talented, emerging artists with a platform for showcasing their works. For more information, click here. |
The Zayed University Middle East Film FestivalDate: April 30, 2013April 29-30, 2013 ZUMEFF's mission is to promote and showcase student filmmakers from across the Middle East. Started as a capstone project by two former Zayed University (Abu Dhabi) students, it still continues on for the forth consecutive year. This festival is the only Middle East wide student film festival, bringing together filmmakers, faculty and students from all around region. |
Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival, CairoDate: April 28, 2013D-CAF's (Downtown Contemporary Arts Festival) 2nd edition is in the making. From the 4th to the 28th of April 2013, Downtown Cairo will host a range of cutting edge Egyptian, Arab and international theatre and dance performances, music concerts, visual art exhibitions and film projections. So If you have missed the first edition of D-CAF, then mark your calendar for this edition. Full program out end of January 2013. |
Senses of Springtime at the Metropolitian Museum of ArtDate: April 28, 2013The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents Senses of Springtime, a festival for all ages. Immerse yourself in the splendors of the Islamic world and the Ancient Near East! Come dance, hear stories and music, create art, and explore the Met’s galleries. For more information, click here. |
Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia: 'That Person Who Is Your Creation: Iranian Women Exploring the Feminine Self'Date: April 26, 2013February 19 - April 26, 2013 A collaboration among innovative Iranian artists, Asian Arts Initiative’s multimedia exhibition That Person Who Is Your Creation: Iranian Women Exploring the Feminine Self (on view February 19 - April 26) challenges both Eastern and Western preconceived ideas about female identity. The exhibition, curated by Philadelphia arts event programmer Sara Zia Ebrahimi, takes its title from beloved Persian poet Forough Farrokhzad’s 1950s work 'Call to Arms', which advocates for women’s liberation. That Person Who Is Your Creation uses a mixture of mediums from artists Mona Shomali (New York) and Haleh Jamali (U.K.) to address the question of what the true self is for an Iranian woman and how she can answer Farrokhzad’s call to action. The exhibit is presented by From the Mouth of the Lion (mouthofthelion.com), promoting artists in the Iranian diaspora; and art clvb (artclvb.com), representing artists from the Middle East and North Africa. Opening Reception: Friday, March 1, 6 p.m. Artists’ Conversation: Saturday, March 2, 1 p.m., in partnership with the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts’ (PAFA) The Female Gaze: Women Artists Making Their WorldFirst Friday Open House: Friday, April 5, 6 p.m.
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