Sara Shamma has been selected for the 61st Venice Biennale. Commissioned by the Syrian Ministry of Culture and curated by Yuko Hasegawa — director of the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Kanazawa — the multi-sensory pavilion "The Tower Tomb of Palmyra" will occupy the open-air courtyard of the Università IUAV di Venezia, focusing on the ancient city once ruled by the warrior queen Zenobia.
Retrospective at Institut du monde arabe-Tourcoing
The Institut du monde arabe-Tourcoing presents a major retrospective dedicated to Hamed Abdalla (1917-1985), one of the defining figures of modern Egyptian art. Bringing together paintings, drawings, lithographs, and archival materials preserved by the artist's family, the exhibition retraces the successive phases of his life and work — from the 'Signs of Egypt' series to the anthropomorphic Arabic letterforms of his Paris years.
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