Art
Mounia Kansoussi: Time, Movement, Space
An artist raised in Morocco living in Montpellier, influenced by architecture and Samuel Beckett, has a very particular point of view.
Ammar Khammash’s Sustainable Architecture
Mischa Geracoulis reviews a lavish coffeetable book that examines the sustainable building practice of Jordanian architect Ammar Khammash.
Mohamed Al Mufti, Architect and Painter of Our Time
Nicole Hamouche visits artist and architect at his Beirut studio, whose work reflects on Damascus' and Beirut’s political and social scene.
The Ongoing Nakba—Rasha Al-Jundi’s Embroidery Series
Exile retold through embroidered Palestinian stories, by documentary photographer and visual storyteller Rasha Al Jundi.
Vera Tamari’s Lifetime of Palestinian Art
Taline Voskeritchian extolls a Palestinian's lifetime commitment to art as a powerful testament to human resilience.
Memory Art: Water and Islands in the Work of Hera Büyüktaşçıyan
Arie Amaya-Akkermans does a deep dive into the fascinating career of Istanbul-born Greek Armenian artist Hera Büyüktaşçıyan.
Anatolian Journey: a Writer Travels to Sultan Han to Witness a Postmodern Installation
Matt Hanson, an art writer in Turkey, drives across the high plains between Ankara and Konya to see a site-specific art installation.
Special World Picks Sept 15-26 on TMR’s Third Anniversary
TMR publishes World Picks special edition on its third anniversary, including events from Sept. 15-26, 2023.
What Palestine Brings to the World—a Major Paris Exhibition
Sasha Moujaes tours an expansive exhibition at the Institut du Monde Arabe, talking to the curator and several Palestinian artists.
New Graphic Novel is a Memorial for Holocaust Undesirables
Katie Logan has read "The Undesirables" — a graphic novel set in WW II-era Europe and North Africa.
Musings on a Major Exhibition: Women Defining Women at LACMA
Philip Grant took a look at a vast Los Angeles art exhibition that presents 75 independent Arab and Muslim women artists.
Olafur Eliasson’s Curious Desert Contrasts Qatar and Iceland
Safae Daoudi takes in the scope of Scandinavian artist Olafur Eliasson's Curious Desert exhibition in Doha.
Salman Toor
Artist Salman Toor paints immigrants and addresses the treatment of brown men and young people in public and private spaces. He is also concerned with the effects of technology on contemporary life.
The Gaze of the Sci-fi Wahabi
Author of "The Girl Who Fell From the Sky," Sophia Al-Maria reimagines the future of the Gulf region where she grew up.