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Ashkal Alwan, Beirut: "Spectral Days," An Artist Book by Setareh ShahbaziDate: November 20, 2012Please join Ashkal Alwan for the launch of Spectral Days, an artist book by Setareh Shahbazi, with a text by Mirene Arsanios. |
The Unbearable Lightness Of Witnessing: Studies For A Self-PortraitDate: November 20, 2012Born in 1964, Chaza Charafeddine studied curative education in Switzerland and eurythmie dance in Germany, before shifting her interest to visual arts and photography in 2007. In 2012, she published her first novel Flashback, (Dar Asaqi, Beirut). She lives and works in Beirut since 2006. The Unbearable Lightness Of Witnessing "If I go into a butcher's shop I always think it's surprising that I wasn't there instead of the animal." Francis bacon |
Ashkal Alwan, Beirut: HWP Workshop Presentation, Situation RoomsDate: November 16, 2012A 60 minute-long interactive workshop presentation for 15 spectators |
Qalandiya International: Art Biennial Across PalestineDate: November 15, 2012Qalandiya International, an ambitious undertaking by the Palestinian art community, will launch its zero edition in the fall of 2012. It is slated to take place from November 1st to 15th, throughout many Palestinian cities, towns, and villages. The event is a daring foray into showcasing Palestine's cultural endeavors on the world stage. The event will feature 50 international and Palestinian artists who are presenting a distinct body of newly commissioned projects. A series of high-profile art events, performances, installations, interventions, films, tours, and cultural activities will take place in Palestinian cities across various divides: Jerusalem, Nazareth, Gaza, Ramallah, as well as in several towns and villages in the West Bank. The event will also highlight significant architectural sites with talks and walks, setting the tone for local and international interaction. Qalandiya International is the culmination of the vision and work of seven prominent Palestinian cultural instituitions that are focused on contemporary culture to both local and international audiences, while forming artistic links across a fragmented Palestinian geography. The artistic collaboration includes the following institutions: Riwaq, Al Ma'mal, A M Qattan Foundation, Palestinian Art Court - Al Hoash, The International Art Academy - Palestine, Sakakini Cultural Center and The House of Culture and Arts - Nazareth. It is the intent of the institutions involved to sustain this landmark contemporary art event, as it is to be organized every two years and will be a creative step towards elevating Palestine's cultural and artistic image on the global stage. For more information, click here. |
Ibrahim Nasrallah: Time of White HorsesDate: November 13, 2012Join for the launch of the English translation of Ibrahim Nasrallah’s novel Time of White Horses, which charts the history of three generations of a Palestinian family in a small village. Ibrahim Nasrallah’s saga is a descendant of a genre introduced in Arabic fiction by Naguib Mahfouz’s famous Cairo Trilogy. The novelist will be in conversation with Omar Al-Qattan. For more information, click here. |
Light from the Middle East: New Photography- V&ADate: November 13, 201213 November 2012 – 7 April 2013 The first major exhibition of contemporary photography from and about the Middle East, Light from the Middle East: New Photography features over 90 works by some of the most exciting artists from across the region. Photographs by 30 artists from 13 different countries showcase a range of creative and sophisticated responses to the social challenges and political upheavals that have shaped the Middle East over the past 20 years. The exhibition covers a wide range of techniques and subject matter, from photojournalism to staged and digitally manipulated imagery, presenting multiple viewpoints of a region where collisions between personal, social, religious and political life can be emotive and complex. This exhibition has been enabled through the establishment of the Art Fund Collection of Middle Eastern Photography at the V&A and the British Museum. For more information, please click here. Read about the exhibition in artlyst and the Guardian. For a gallery of images, click on this aricle. |
MACRO (Musee d'Art Contemporain de Rome): "Riffs," solo show by Yto BarradaDate: November 11, 2012It is a pleasure to announce you the one man show of Yto BARRADA at theMACRO (Musée d'Art Contemporain de Rome) from September 20 to November 11, 2012. Yto Barrada will also present a new project at the FIAC 2012, on our common booth with Galerieofmarseille and Galerie Polaris, and also at the FIAC Hors les Murs at the Muséum d'Histoire Natuelle - Jardin des plantes. The title of the show, RIFFS, has multiple references: Riffs recalls the Rif mountains, in Northern Morocco, where in 1921 a historic revolt took place. It also refers to the Cinema Rif, home of the Cinémathèque de Tanger, of which the artist is the founding director. Above all, the title of the show refers to the musical term “riff”, a phrase of music frequently repeated in a composition, a concept that inspires the artist’s presentation of her works and the show’s layout. |
Starr Forum | Looking Beyond the Veil: A photo exhibit and discussion with Kiana HayeriDate: November 8, 2012Kiana Hayeri is an artist in residence at MIT CIS. She grew up in Tehran, where the country's morality police restricted her public behavior. She left in 2005 when she was 17 and moved to Toronto, where she studied photography at Ryerson University. She returned to Iran in 2010 to explore the dual lives of many young women who are expected to behave and dress modestly in public by covering their hair, arms and legs. But behind closed doors, these women act very much like her Canadian friends—dating, singing, studying ballet and even swimming. Her work is represented by Reportage by Getty Images Emerging Talent and has been featured in the New York Times. To learn more, click here. |
Beirut Art Center: White Wall, a group exhibitDate: November 3, 2012WHITE WALL, organized at Beirut Art Center in association with Fondation Saradar and a team of three curators, is an exhibition in which one of the main objectives is to give new impetus to the Lebanese graffiti scene. Fifteen international artists, from Europe, North America, South America, together with artists from Egypt and Tunisia, with diverse visions and street art practices, have been invited to share their passion and expertise. Beirut Art Center will host an exhibition, while the show will also spread over the streets of Beirut, creating a dynamic interaction between the exhibition’s venue and the city. Eighteen Lebanon-based artists- the figureheads of the Lebanese street art and graffiti scene- will participate in the various WHITE WALL activities and outdoor interventions throughout Beirut. Since the Civil War, public space in Lebanon had been occupied by inscriptions and stencils related to war and sectarian politics. Western-style graffiti appeared infrequently as of the mid-1990s. It was not until 2005 that a new scene emerged, taking on the task to create a uniquely Lebanese style of this art form. This scene is now burgeoning and the streets of Beirut have witnessed the birth of new artists mixing caustic stencils, western influences and Arabic graffiti. These interventions contrasted with public expectations, since they promoted unity over division and maintained a humorous and often critical look at Lebanese society. One of the key issues raised by this event is to understand how it is possible to bring an inherently outdoor and accessible art to an indoor space like Beirut Art Center, without betraying the idiosyncrasy of this art. While the first graffiti exhibition was already held in 1976 in New York City, this remains a challenge until today. The title, WHITE WALL, confronts the white walls of the galleries with the streets of the city, a challenging prospect for a street artist. A roundtable at Beirut Art Center organized by Fondation Saradar will focus on the phenomenon of Lebanese graffiti and its evolution from a message of war to a contemporary artistic expression. At the same time, items related to street art will be on display at Beirut Art Center. Visitors will be able to find a selection of books as well as graffiti-styled bags by "Sarah’s Bag", designed in collaboration with the artists. WHITE WALL aims to create a vibrant interaction between graffiti, the city of Beirut and the Beirut Art Center. Therefore the project is divided over different venues. Beirut Art Center will host the exhibition for a period of two months and the roundtable organized by Fondation Saradar. The rest of the exhibition will be spread over the walls of the city. The locations of the outdoor interventions will be indicated on a map that visitors can pick up at the main venues and find updates online. For more information, please click here. |
Hilger BrotKunsthalle, Vienna and Nadour Collection: "Come Invest in Us. You'll Strike Gold" A group show featuring MENA artistsDate: November 3, 2012Dates: September 10 - November 3 “Come Invest in Us. You’ll Strike Gold,” refers to the words spoken by Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika after being elected for the first time in 1999. As much as this was an economic promise addressed to his country, it was also a seductive wink to foreign investors. Since then, entrepreneurs have indeed honored his invitation with the heavy support of various international governments. Based on artist Djamel Kokene’s eponymous work, Come Invest in Us. You’ll Strike Gold – The Exhibition scrutinizes the scope of Western, as well as Arab, economic and financial interests at stake in the MENA region, interests that the recent popular uprisings and concurrent international political gamesmanship and strategic maneuvering have only made more blatant. The project offers diverse perspectives on how artists fom the MENA region and its diaspora reflect on the contexts, consequences and aftermaths of the various investments, transactions and contracts that have been made with and within the region. By exploring such multifaceted issues as the wealth of the territory as a whole, oil and gas drilling, militarization and the armaments industry, the flow of people and goods, real estate, building and civil engineering works, and brands and luxury goods, the works shown in the exhibition shed light on the true motivations behind the many questionable business dealings – invariably money, control and power – and, in extension, on how this is affecting the social, political and cultural environment of the entire region, as well as its inhabitants. Ultimately, the exhibition also reveals how these financial and economic dealings are impacting aesthetics and forms in the Arab World and Iran. For more information, click here. |
Like Me, Like You (F7ALI F7ALEK): Directed by George BajaliaDate: November 1, 2012The world’s most tragic love story finds a new life in modern-day Tangier, inspired by the classic American musical, West Side Story. Under the same sky as Romeo and Juliet, Tony and Maria, and Morocco’s own Isli and Tislit, two unlikely lovers find themselves caught between rival gangs in a community uncertain of its own future. Tangier’s sights and sounds come together with Bernstein’s most iconic songs to tell a story unlike any other; a story of jaded youth living only for today with little hope for tomorrow, a story of star-crossed love, a story of Morocco. In association with the American Language Center, Tangier, Like Me, Like You (F7ALI F7ALEK) is sponsored by a U.S. Embassy Cultural Affairs grant to the American Cultural Association. Director George Bajalia, a Fulbright grantee and a Chicago-based theatre artist, and New York theatre producer, Tom Casserly (2012 Tony Nomination, Peter and the Starcatcher), team up with Tangier’s Zakaria Alilech to bring this classic story to the Mendoubia Gardens this November.
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Edge of Arabia presents: #COMETOGETHER, a group show in London of Contemporary Arab ArtistsDate: October 28, 2012October 6, 2012 - October 28, 2012 #COMETOGETHER represents Edge of Arabia’s return to London and most ambitious exhibition to date, showcasing large-scale, multi-media work by leading Arab artists.
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Mori Art Museum, Japan: Arab Express, The Latest Art from the Arab WorldDate: October 28, 2012This is the first exhibition in Japan showcasing contemporary Arab art at a large scale. It introduces the diversity of the Arab world and contemporary Arab art through three sections: Everyday Life and Environment; The Image of Arab: Gaze from Outside, Voices from Inside; Memories and Records, Histories and the Future. The show features works mainly produced since 2000 by 34 participants from 10 Arab countries, spanning Iraq and Oman in the East to Egypt in the West, with a focus on the Arabian Peninsula. Since the "Africa Remix" exhibition was held at Mori Art Museum in 2006, and in order to avoid any redundancy with that exhibition, other than Egypt that is one of the most important countries in the Arab history and culture, the Arab countries in the African continent have been excluded from this exhibition. "Arab Express," the title of this exhibition, conjures up many different images including a newspaper or an express train. It is a metaphor for conveying, to Japan, the current status of the Arab world and its art, which is transforming and moving forward as rapidly as an express train. As a fictitious newspaper, the exhibition queries what the real image of the Arab world is, and whether such an image even exists. For more information, click here. |
Leornard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery: "Interactions" A Group ShowDate: October 27, 2012Exhibition Opening Reception: Wednesday August 29th from 5:30 - 7:30 Art historians and theorists have often noted a divide between contemporary artists and their publics. This divide is particularly noticeable when certain media figures make provocative statements that sometimes lead to controversy, but it remains just as important even when undiscussed in the public sphere. INTERACTIONS is an exploratory and collaborative exhibition that deals with the reception and interpretation of contemporary art, and investigates the artist-public rift that persists, despite the institutionalization and professionalization of the art field. This exhibition, including several works from the Gallery's permanent collection, reveals the performative nature of art and underscores the interaction that takes place between artworks and the public. It aims to define the nature of this relationship by posing questions on the reception of the works: what is our relationship to works of contemporary art and how do we interpret them? Are we able to grasp their meaning quickly and directly? What impact do they have on our way of understanding and reflecting on the world around us? What approaches, thought processes, and actions do these artworks lead us to? In order to raise these questions, the works are presented using curatorial strategies that deepen and stratify our examination of the reception and interpretation of contemporary art. With the goal of highlighting some of the parameters that define the gap between contemporary art and its publics, the exhibition also includes written and oral accounts by thirty collaborators as well as documentation on various controversies that have arisen in the Québec and Canadian art milieus. INTERACTIONS is a starting point for a process of reflection that has until now remained relatively taboo and has mostly been made visible through controversies fueled by the media. For more information, click here. |
Delfina Foundation: "Study for a Garden" solo show and artist talk with Abbas AkhavanDate: October 25, 2012Delfina Foundation is delighted to announce the first London solo exhibition of a new body of site-specific works by Toronto-based Iranian artist Abbas Akhavan. Following a 10-week residency at Delfina Foundation, Akhavan will produce artworks in response to the Foundation’s new adjacent property. The resulting works will take over the house, and will offer visitors a unique opportunity to preview the building that the Foundation will expand into in Autumn 2013. In its un-renovated state, 31 Catherine Place provides an intriguing backdrop for Akhavan, where he has been given carte blanche to create an installation throughout the entire house. Folding the border between the domestic space and the garden, Akhavan’s new work explores the intrusion of nature into the house – familiar spaces have gradually been invaded by foreign elements. The residency and exhibition are in partnership with Canada House Arts Trust and Iranian Heritage Foundation. The Private View is hosted in association with The Third Line Dubai, UAE. Private View: Mon 08/10/2012, 15:00—19:00
Exhibition dates: 09/10—20/11/2012, 12:00—18:00
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