Events

John Halaka Landscapes of Desire

May 6 - 25, 2011

This is the first UK exhibition of recent drawings by this renowned activist artist John Halaka. Landscapes of Desire is inspired by the ruins of Palestinian homes and villages destroyed during and after the 1948 exodus. Depicting the ruins of stone homes from devastated Palestinian villages such as Kafr Bir’im, Lifta, Al-Bassa, A’mka and Kuikat, these images are drawn with ink and rubber stamped words. The repeated stamping of the words “remember,” “resist,” “return,” “rebuild” and “forgive”, defines the forms, textures and tones of the landscapes, becoming a visual mantra.

“Documenting the Revolution: What Next?”

May 4, 2011

The event aims to bring together a diverse group of Egyptian and American artists, journalists, and activists to discuss documentation and the revolution. Panelists will specifically explore film, journalism, graffiti art, and photography as mediums of documentation and reflect on their personal experiences.

Model Court

May 3, 2011

Model Court is as an ongoing body of work designed and produced by Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Sidsel Meineche Hansen, Lorenzo Pezzani and Oliver Rees . The project builds upon regular meetings with an international network of people inhabiting the space of the courtroom (lawyers, judges, typists, courtroom artists) and various film-makers, architects and theorists whose work deal with the spatial, aesthetic and geopolitical aspects of legal procedure.

CinémaTuesdays: World Nomads Morocco

Curated by ArteEast
May 3 - 31, 2011

Building on the stellar accomplishments of veteran directors of past decades, a new generation of filmmakers has emerged in the past ten years, offering a fresh and bold cinematic voice, engaged with the complexities of present-day Morocco. This series highlights contemporary issues that pervade artistic production in Morocco: the legacy of the years of political repression, undocumented workers’ migration to Europe, Casablanca as an urban metropolis, and Morocco’s increasing commitment to cultural diversity.

Various Artists

May 2 - 30, 2011

Artspace Gallery showcases a new selection of works by renowned Middle Eastern artists at an exhibition that is taking place from May 2- May 30. They will be including works by Kamel Yahiaoui, Hani Zurob, George Bahgory, Ayad Alkhadi, and photographer Harriet Logan.

Alwan Festival of Sacred Music presents:From Iran, Oudist Negar Bouban - Spring's Echo

April 30, 2011

The abundant references to the metamorphosis of spring that are found in Persian poetry constitute the theme for this solo performance by outstanding Iranian musician Negar Booban, who returns to Alwan after her successful sold-out debut performance in 2009

1 Hour – 99 Years & Eve and Adam with Negin Kianfar

April 30, 2011

ArteEast and Cineeast Magazine present a screening  of 1 hour – 99 years and Eve and Adam by Negin Kianfar. Negin Kianfar will be in attendance for discussion with Parvez Sharma. Cineaste editor Rahul Hamid will introduce the program.

A Selection of Films from Chronicles of a Paradise Lost: Filming Absence (Lebanese Cinema 1965-2010)

The Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Middle Eastern Studies at NYU with ArteEast and NYU's Center for Religion and Media Presents: Spring 2011 Visual Culture Series.
April 29, 2011

 

Meeting Points 6: Locus Agonistes: Practices and Logics of the Civic

April 28 - May 7, 2011

Beirut Art Center will be hosting an exhibition within the framework of Meeting Points 6. Meeting Points 6 is a biennial event comprising contemporary art, film, theater, dance, and performance. Curated by Okwui Enwezor, and organized by the Young Arab Theatre Fund (YATF), in collaboration with regional and international partners the project of Meeting Points 6 will take place across a number of historic cities in the Middle East, North Africa, and Europe over a one-year period between April 2011 and March 2012.

Cairo Dreams 201

Susan Hefuna
April 27 - June 16, 2011

Susan Hefuna returns to The Third Line with an exhibition of aluminum sculptures and ink drawings. Her new body of work is as dynamic as it is personal, dealing subtly with fragility and vulnerability. She tackles the complexity of capturing and preserving a present moment in time through aluminum and ink. Her works navigate through space, travel the mind and capture the unedited.

So Close in the Distance: Young Arab video art

Curated by Charlotte Bank
April 27 - May 1, 2011

The program "So Close in the Distance" show works by artists from different Arab countries such as Egypt, Syria, Tunisia, Palestine, Lebanon and Iraq.

Signs of the Times: The Popular Literature of Tahrir

Protest Signs, Graffiti and Street Art
April 27, 2011

Accompanying the online launch of the April issue of ArteEast's Shahadat, this discussion is ArteEast's first look at the cultural production related to the so-called "Arab Spring " 

A Talk on Censorship & Controversy in Contemporary Art - Traffic

April 25, 2011

A talk on censorship and controversy in contemporary art, discussing “The Persekian Affair,” blasphemy, public order and artists’ moral rights. Solicitor and Legal Consultant David Melville raises the question, “How should the State reconcile the right to freedom of expression and creativity with “public order” and the preservation of a society’s moral compass?” 

Exhibition of Ali Akbar Sadeghi

Marvelous Is Beautiful
April 22, 2011

Master Ali Akbar Sadeghi's work is exhibited at Aaran Art Gallery

dOCUMENTA (13)

April 21, 2011

Notes towards dOCUMENTA (13) in a state of hope - A lecture 
Followed by a launch / presentation of the first 20 notebooks of the series "One Hundred Notes One Hundred Thoughts" published by documenta and Hatje Cantz. Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev in conversation with Sarah Rifky 

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