Palestine Features in Larissa Sansour’s Sci-Fi Future
Larissa Sansour is a Palestinian-born artist whose photography, film, sculpture, and installation art is bound up with visions of the future.
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Traveling Crafts: The Moon and Science Fiction in Modern & Contemporary Middle Eastern Art
Science fiction and dystopias figure prominently in Arab literature going back more than 100 years, writes Elizabeth Rauh.
December World Picks from the Editors
Film & photography festivals, concerts, art, standup comedy, lectures...TMR World Picks run the gamut and are selected by our editors.
In Lebanon, Art is a Matter of Survival
Cultural arts venues have reopened, but Lebanon still faces canceled international events due to the ongoing war and evacuation orders.
Basel Abbas & Ruanne Abou-Rahme: Palestinian artists at Copenhagen’s Glyptotek
Palestinian artist duo Basel Abbas & Ruanne Abou-Rahme fight anti-Arab propaganda by making challenging art.
Palestinian Artists Reflect on the Role of Art in Catastrophic Times
Multimedia and performing artists gather in Marseille for the 8th Biennale "Sin," on how to be a Palestinian artist after October 7th.
Lin May Saeed
The November 2024 featured artist is the late German-Iraqi sculptor Lin May Saeed, much of whose work celebrated the animal world.
Beyond Our Gaze: Rethinking Animals in Contemporary Art
Naima Morelli introduces four artists who showcase the role of animals in art as symbols, actors, or something altogether different.
Artists & Animals: Adham Faramawy, Tarlan Lotfizadeh, Ouma & Mohammad Shaqdih
Four artists choose their animals, birds and fish as inspiration, cautionary tale, or metaphor.
The Palestinian Gazelle
Artist Manal Mahamid shares the evolution of her exhibition, The Palestinian Gazelle, reflecting on the paradox of colonialism.
Visuals and Voices: Palestine Will Not Be a Palimpsest
After a year of the war on Gaza, signs and symbols, art, and visuals from and about Palestine are still being banned, dismissed, or ignored.
Activism in the Landscape: Environmental Arts & Resistance in Palestine
The uprooting of olive trees by Israel is both symbolic and real, destroying Palestinians' right to live with shelter, safety, and dignity.
Photographer Mohamed Mahdy—Artist at Work
A world-renowned artist believes citizen photojournalism empowers communities to tell their own stories, giving it significant power.
Featured Artists: “Barred From Home”
Refugee camps, control, and dispossessed lives by artists Heba Tannous, Mahmoud Alhaj, Tayseer Barakat, Alaa Albaba, and photographer Iason Athnasiadis.
World Picks from the Editors: July 15 — August 2
Film and photography festivals, concerts, art, standup comedy, lectures...TMR World Picks run the gamut and are selected by our editors.