My most recent book is now online
‘I am Anything, I am Everything’ is a book/catalogue I wrote on the recent work of Saudi artist Ayman Yossri Daydban for the Athr Gallery in Jeddah. The book is fully online here on my Issuu publishing...
View ArticleSo-called ‘terrorists’ finally receive a democratic platform – as an art project
I chaired a summit and helped curate a project designed by the Dutch artist Jonas Staal in Berlin on 4 and 5 May, as part of the Berlin Biennial. The New World Summit is the latest step in the artist’s...
View ArticleAfghanistan in Documenta 13
Note: a very different, one-page graphic version of this article was published in the Belgian art magazine A Prior #23; see the article here. Another article about this subject was published in the...
View ArticleGulf Art Guide online
Finally, after a year and a half working on project proposal and funding, followed by nearly a year intensive research and writing, the Gulf Art Guide is online. Some of the cities (Abu Dhabi, Sharjah,...
View ArticleAn Encyclopedia of National Representation: Review of the Venice Biennale, 2013
Although I came to Venice to test and explore an artist’s project that fundamentally critiques the system of national representation at the Biennale, I must admit I enjoyed the national pavilions much...
View ArticleA Saudi Artist in Paris
An exhibition I’m curating in Paris: it will only remain open for 2 days (Sat 28 and Sunday 29 September). Don’t miss the opening party / vernissage ! Ibrahim Abumsmar is an artist specializing in...
View ArticleSearching for Ancient Arabia
I’m about to start a FIND fellowship at New York University Abu Dhabi called ‘Searching for Ancient Arabia’ and I’m looking for artists, curators, critics and scholars to participate in this research...
View Article‘Searching for Ancient Arabia’– further information about the research project
A workshop will be held for all those interested in participating in this research project at the Downtown Campus (off Hamdan Street) of NYU Abu Dhabi on Tuesday 25 February, from 18:00 to 20:30. For...
View ArticleArt and Soft Power in the Gulf
Article published in Issue #47 of Afkar / Ideas published in October 2015 by the European Institute of the Mediterranean in Barcelona / French version / Spanish version Art and Soft Power in the Gulf...
View ArticleArticle about Jonas Staal in Syria
Closing ceremony of the New World Summit in Derik, Syria I published this article in the December 2015 edition of The Art Newspaper – with first a ‘news’ story on page 3, and then a feature on pages...
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