Mathqaf

We publish, research, curate, collaborate, and champion art from West Asia and North Africa.

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Eid Mubarak! Wishing everyone a blessed time with beloved ones. Sliman Mansour (Palestinian, b. 1947), ‘Jerusalem’ (1996). #eid #EidMubarak #slimanmansour

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New Resource: جرائد Jara'id - A Chronology of Arabic Periodicals (1800-1929), 2020 Edition https://t.co/uinBnb7Od5

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On exhibitions we loved... Huguette Caland: Faces and Places at Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art was a major solo exhibition that featured six decades of Caland’s artistic journey.

Read about the exhibition on our site https://t.co/oVoCz3cHro

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Today on the site, we prepared a brief overview of online sources that may serve researchers and enthusiasts of modern and contemporary Arab art. https://t.co/ipPkQPOVN2

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Today on the site a brief biographical note on the Palestinian artist Juliana Seraphim, who created mystical, surreal, dream-like worlds. https://t.co/UwX8UgUaJW

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‘Gulf’s Misperceived Museology’ live now, go have a read and let us know your thoughts. https://t.co/fXvU5vrr0M

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Born in Paris in 1971, Yto Barrada is a Moroccan-French artist who spent most of her upbringing in Tangier, Morocco.

Head over to our website to learn more 🔗👉🏼

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We think a little escapism will not hurt anyone, especially after this odd year. This playlist is dedicated to all the dreams, secret wishes, shy smiles and unexpected wonderful things that, despite of everything, we still have. 

Happy dreaming, happy jamming.

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Dear friends, today we publish our second playlist, Dream Away: https://t.co/0EbKALAtRh

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We often talk about modern Arab art over here, but what is it actually?    

To learn more, you know the drill, click here:

https://t.co/1rxHOwNanK

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To celebrate the new week, we listed four must-see exhibitions in the region to see this week. 

If we could, this week we would travel to Marrakech, Dubai and Doha to see some wonderful gems... 

...Dash to our site to find out more: https://t.co/gImnV8RCKo

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Today on the site a brief overview on the history of modern art museums in West Asia and North Africa. 

Do you know when the first modern art museums in the region were established?  

Dash to the link to find out more: https://t.co/RKsXwWR7JU

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Do submit your papers please!

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We are proud to introduce our ‘In Focus’ series on https://t.co/7alx2OGLcS to delve deeper into different aspects of an artist’s practice, life, and career.

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Hatoum described performance art as a ‘revolutionary medium, setting itself apart from the gallery system and the art establishment. Additionally, performance art resonated with ‘the kind of issue-based work’ that she was experimenting with at the time.

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#Mathqaf #MathqafInterviews #AlymamahRashed #KuwaitiArtist #KuwaitiArt #MuslimaCyborg #spiritualintelligence #islamicphilosophy #Barzakh #contemporarygulfart #contemporarykhaleejiart #Kuwait #NewYork

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We are over-the-moon happy to introduce our Interviews series 🌙🚀

Above all, we are thrilled, honoured and overjoyed to have the brillant and incredible artist, Alymamah Rashed, featured for our first interview.

https://t.co/5CXs5ERz9j

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Alymamah participated in several exhibitions in New York, including at the Czech Center, Parsol Projects, and The New School. Her upcoming projects include solo exhibitions with Bawa (December 2020), and Tabari Art Space (May 2021).