ArteEast, in partnership with the Arab American National Museum, Arab Film and Media Institute and Cinetopia Film Festival is pleased to present the latest screening in the Arab Film Series Online Employing impressive cinematic techniques and anchored by a tour-de-force performance from newcomer Mariam Al Ferjani, Beauty and the Dogs presents a gripping moral conundrum […]
Toronto Palestine Film Festival: Resisting Borders Short Film Program Available starting 3 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020 $5 (Canadian dollars) More info + Tickets ArteEast is pleased to co-present the short film program Resisting Borders with the Toronto Palestine Film Festival (happening online Sept. 23-29, 2020). Audiences around the world can enjoy this program with on-demand availability for […]
SAVED FROM THE WATERS: FILMS BY SAFAA FATHY Tamaas/Earth Arts Justice, ArteEast, and Maysles Documentary Center present nine films by Egyptian/French poet and filmmaker Safaa Fathy that offer a window into Fathy’s expansive body of work and practice. Present in her films as both poet and documentarian, Fathy deftly and tenderly brings to light searingly […]
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Join us a for an afternoon symposium Taking Shape: New Perspectives on Arab Abstraction Friday, March 13, 1:00–5:00 pm Hemmerdinger Hall, Silver Center (enter at 32 Waverly Place, or 31 Washington Place for wheelchair access) Free of charge, no reservations, seating is limited. Photo ID required for entrance to NYU buildings. Until the late 1960s, […]
ArteEast is pleased to co-host, together with the Consulate of the United Arab Emirates in New York City, an Authors Talk for 14-year-old Emirati author, Aysha Al Naqbi – the youngest published author from the U.A.E. Moderated by Bill Bragin, Executive Artistic Director of The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi and leading figure in the arts in […]
Join us for an exploration of APF Fellow and ArteEast Artist-in-Residence Rashwan Abdelbaki's work at the Manhattan Graphics Center. Rashwan is a Syrian-born multi-media artist specializing in painting, etching, and engraving.This event is free, and open to the public. Rashwan is a Syrian-born multi-media artist specializing in painting, etching, and engraving.This event is free, and open to the public.
Join us Thursday, March 2nd at the Metropolitan College of New York for a talk with ArteEast Artist-in-Resident Rushwan Abdelbaki.
Chronic is the second chapter of If Not For That Wall, our long term project on different forms of imprisonment. Articulated in fragments, the exhibition, film program, talks and book readings that form part of the six week program question the power of differentiation between the “sane” and the “pathological”.
This is the first major survey of Hatoum’s work in the UK, covering 35 years from her early radical performances and video pieces, to sculptures and large-scale installations. Born in Beirut to a Palestinian family, she settled in England in 1975. Through the juxtaposition of opposites such as beauty and horror, Hatoum engages us in conflicting emotions of desire and revulsion, fear and fascination.
