Exhibitions

Upsurge: Waves, Colour and Illusion

18 Mar - 1 Sep 2020 Gallery Bringing together the diverse range of practices of a multi-generational group of artists - Mohamed Melehi (b.1936, Morocco), Mona Saudi (b.1945, Jordan), Hamra Abbas (b.1976, Kuwait), Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim (b. 1962, UAE), Shaikha Al Mazrou (b.1988, UAE) and Vivien Zhang (b.1990, China) - Upsurge explores notions of perception within abstract... Read more

In Vitro

Larissa Sansour at Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai 10 Jun 2020 - 3 Jan 2021 Museums Larissa Sansour’s film In Vitro (2019) is an Arabic-language sci-fi film, set in the biblical town of Bethlehem during the aftermath of an eco-disaster. The film presents an otherworldly reflection on memory, history, place and identity, with the locale of the film providing a narratively, politically and symbolically charged backdrop.... Read more

Op Art In Focus

Mohamed Melehi at Tate Liverpool 12 Jul 2018 - 21 Jul 2020 Museums A dazzling display from pioneering artists of the 1960s to today Op Art emerged in the 1960s. Its leading figures included Bridget Riley, Jesus Rafael Soto and Victor Vasarely. They combined lines, geometric shapes and eye popping colour to create artworks that fool the eye. Images could be subtle or... Read more

Our world is burning

Mounir Fatmi at Palais de Tokyo, Paris 21 Feb - 13 Sep 2020 Museums Exhibition conceived in collaboration with the MATHAF. The exhibition Our World is Burning offers a fully political view of international contemporary creation seen from the Gulf, where wars and diplomatic tensions have constantly determined the history of the early 21st century. The title explicitly refers to the human disasters generated... Read more

A Matter of Resilience

Nadia Kaabi-Linke at Darat al Funun, Amman 11 Jan - 31 Jul 2020 Museums A Matter of Resilience by Tunisian-Ukrainian artist Nadia Kaabi-Linke features five works, including one recreated for this exhibition, and two new works, one of which is a site-specific new work made in Amman. Through quiet and minimal formal gestures, the artist shows five different paths of dependency in these times... Read more

Rearranging the Riddle

Shaikha Al Mazrou at Maraya Art Centre, Sharjah 7 Mar - 25 Jul 2020 Museums Shaikha Al Mazrou’s sculptural experimentations and investigations are expressions of materiality—articulations of tension and the interplay between form and content as well as an intuitive, keenly felt understanding of materials and their physical properties. She combines and evolves ideas from contemporary artistic movements similarly preoccupied with formal and material elements,... Read more

Mophradat's Consortium Commission

Yazan Khalili at KW Institute Berlin 30 May - 19 Jul 2020 Museums A pioneering model for co-commissioning ambitious new work initiated by Mophradat, the Consortium Commissions exemplify the organization’s inventive approach to supporting artists from the Arab world. KW Institute for Contemporary Art presents part of the first edition of the new program with two solo exhibitions by Jasmina Metwaly (born in... Read more

Refuge

Zak Ové at 21c Museum Hotel, Bentonville, AR 1 Oct 2019 - 1 Sep 2020 Museums Refuge explores the contemporary human condition through depictions of needing, seeking, and creating shelter. Ranging from paintings and photographs to model trains and boats, these multi-media artworks combine realism and fantasy, the mythical and the mundane, in images and objects that highlight our shared vulnerability. Read more