In the Global South, abstraction connects with modernism and evades censorship. Could it be a powerful way to...
10 OCTOBER 2025 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
Matt Broomfield's new book explores the history of the Rojava revolution in Syrian Kurdistan as a model for...
11 JULY 2025 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
Following the banishment of Bashar Al-Assad, Syrian artists are starting to return and exhibit new work at home...
4 JULY 2025 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
Palestinian artist duo Basel Abbas & Ruanne Abou-Rahme fight anti-Arab propaganda by making challenging art.
22 NOVEMBER 2024 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
The November 2024 featured artist is the late German-Iraqi sculptor Lin May Saeed, much of whose work celebrated...
1 NOVEMBER 2024 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
Art, activism, archaeology, and archiving are crucial for rebuilding and healing cities by combining the past and present.
23 AUGUST 2024 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
Arie Amaya-Akkermans on a book that reviews not only Turkey’s social and political deterioration over the last decade,...
28 JUNE 2024 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
Arie Amaya-Akkermans delves into Yvette Achkar's compelling artwork depicting the resilience of the human spirit in the face...
1 APRIL 2024 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
Arie Amaya-Akkermans reviews "The West: a new history of an old idea" that argues how the West was...
3 MARCH 2024 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
In Olivier Bourgeois' docudrama "The Oath of Cyriac," professionals and volunteers race to preserve the Aleppo collection.
19 FEBRUARY 2024 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
Arie Amaya-Akkermans talks to Lebanese and Cypriot artists about their work on the divided island of Cyprus.
8 JANUARY 2024 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
In Gaza, the rubble and ruin must remain in full view not only as evidence of war crimes,...
25 DECEMBER 2023 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
