Arab art

Art and Disillusionment in Saleem Haddad’s Floodlines

Art and Disillusionment in Saleem Haddad’s Floodlines

Our reviewer examines the Arab melancholy at the heart of Saleem Haddad’s second novel.

20 FEBRUARY 2026 • By Layla AlAmmar
Why FRIENDSHIP?

Why FRIENDSHIP?

TMR's October issue examines the multifaceted nature of friendship — intimate or communal, joyful or bittersweet.

3 OCTOBER 2025 • By Rana Asfour
Syria and the Future of Art: an Intimate Portrait

Syria and the Future of Art: an Intimate Portrait

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
Going Home to South Lebanon: Abdel Hamid Baalbaki

Going Home to South Lebanon: Abdel Hamid Baalbaki

The Sursock Museum in Beirut presents "Ode to the South," a tribute exhibition to the late Abdel Hamid...

2 MAY 2025 • By Karina El Helou
Between Belief and Doubt: Ramzi Mallat’s Suspended Disbelief

Between Belief and Doubt: Ramzi Mallat’s Suspended Disbelief

"Suspended Disbelief" interrogates the tension between belief and doubt in the folklore and collective psyche of the Mediterranean...

11 APRIL 2025 • By Marta Mendes
Witnessing Catastrophe: a Painter in Lebanon

Witnessing Catastrophe: a Painter in Lebanon

Tom Young's art raises important questions about studying images and the lasting impact of colonialism in the Arab...

4 OCTOBER 2024 • By Ziad Suidan
Musings on a Major Exhibition: Women Defining Women at LACMA

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...

26 JUNE 2023 • By Philip Grant
Newly Re-Opened, Beirut’s Sursock Museum is a Survivor

Newly Re-Opened, Beirut’s Sursock Museum is a Survivor

Arie Amaya-Akkermans recounts the history of Beirut's museum, with its multiple destructions and resurrections.

12 JUNE 2023 • By Arie Amaya-Akkermans
Art World Picks: Albraehe, Kerem Yavuz, Zeghidour, Amer & Tatah

Art World Picks: Albraehe, Kerem Yavuz, Zeghidour, Amer & Tatah

The Markaz Review recommends the following exhibitions, on now in Paris, New York, Montpellier, London, Marseille and Beirut.

12 DECEMBER 2022 • By TMR
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