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a href= http://www.hammer.ucla.edu target= _blank UCLA Hammer Museum /a director Ann Philbin announced today that the institution’s two-decad

A film about a 1982 war crime in Lebanon shows Israeli soldiers are more open to divulging their violent actions. But their search for exoneration without accountability says much about Israeli society's moral decay.

The High Museum ruminates on love — platonic, romantic, spiritual. Plus, Persian art at the Getty and a tenor takes a final bow, in our weekly arts newsletter.

This spring, the a href= http://www.high.org target= _blank High Museum of Art /a presents a thematic exhibition featuring contemporary artworks f

Sergei Loznitsa’s extensive documentary “Mr. Landsbergis,” clocking in at 246...

Akram Zaatari explores how the internet fulfils the desire to perform for strangers

The fourth Mediterranean Biennale presents works by 60 international artists in public spaces across Haifa and Sakhnin Valley. The exhibition joins art world superstars, rising stars and emerging voices from countries that are rarely seen in Israeli museums and galleries, including Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey and Bahrain. In response to the pandemic, curators Avital Bar Shay and Belu-Simion Fainaru, in collaboration with the Wizo Academic Center, have titled the event “Living Together - Crossin...

Sharjah Art Foundation explores Middle East, Latin America links an hour ago Sharjah Art Foundations Bait Obaid Al Shamsi serves as a venue for art exhibitions, events, artist studios and residencies. Muhammad Yusuf, Features Writer Sharjah Art Foundation has announced Genealogies in the Middle East and Latin America, an online screening programme featuring 21 video and film artists and collectives from the two regions. Taking place June 1 – July 11, the project explores histo...

The chain begins with Alia Farid’s Theatre of Operations (2017) that reflects the artists background, which is rooted in and between Latin America as much as the Middle East. Farid will then launch the series by proposing two works from these regions that have been influential to her work. The videos will be presented consecutively, with each of the respective artists inviting the participation of another artist to follow. Thus, the programme unfolds. Artists taking part in the project incl...

Film still from ‘Hagat We Mehtagat’ Fawazeer series, starring the trailblazing Egyptian icon Sherihan and directed by Gamal Abdel Hameed, 1993. Fawazeer, which translate to riddles, are popular variety TV shows that air during the month of Ramadan.Sherihan’s Fawazeer was an all-singing and dancing extravaganza, which saw her don flamboyant and exquisite costumes and couture fashion. Via @takweer_ Artist and designer Marwan Kaabour is exploring what it means to be queer and Arab through th...