Middle East

Articles tagged “Middle East”.

Showing 1 - 3 of 3 Articles
Image_AO_Nesvet_MEI
Artscope Online, News, Visual Arts

ART DRIVING SOCIAL CHANGE GLOBALLY: THE NEW MIDDLE EAST INSTITUTE GALLERY

By Nancy Nesvet

The Middle East Institute (MEI), based in Washington, D.C., launched its highly-anticipated gallery for Contemporary Middle Eastern Art on September 13. Featuring socially engaged work by seventeen artists, from Morocco […]

miriam cooke, Julie Mehretu, Asma Naeem and Deen Sharp (from left to right) at Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture panel discusson at MIT on April 8, 2019. Photograph by Donna Dodson.
Current Issue, Issue Articles

MAKING CONNECTIONS: WITH JULIE MEHRETU

By Donna Dodson

It is inspiring when our world-class universities invite artists to have a seat at the table. On Monday, April 8, 2019, MIT organized a panel discussion centering on the artist […]

LEFT: Faig Ahmed, Epiphany, from the “Liquid” series, 2016, handmade woolen carpet, 74” x 79”. Courtesy of the artist and Sapar Contemporary, New York. Image courtesy of Ahmed Faig Studio. RIGHT: Samira Alikhanzadeh, No. 10, from the “Double” series, 2010, digital print, mirror fragments and acrylic on board, 35” x 50”. Lent by Azita Bina Seibel.
Issue Articles

The Shape of Birds: Bridging the Cultural Divide Through Art

By J. Fatima Martins

“The Shape of Birds” takes the theme of displacement, remembrance and adaption from Nizar Qabbani’s poem “A Lesson in Drawing” which begins with “My son placed a paint box in […]