Why LOVE, WAR & RESISTANCE?
Can love act as a transformative force during challenging times, in the face of 2000-pound bombs, drones, AI surveillance, snipers, annexation and expulsion?
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Mounir Fatmi—Where Art Meets Technology
Sophie Kazan Makhlouf interviews international Moroccan artist Mounir Fatmi on his studio practice, why he makes art, and what he thinks of global audiences.
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.
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.
Gregory Pardlo presents Two Poems
Pulitzer Prize winning poet Gregory Pardlo presents two poems from his collection "Spectral Evidence."
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.
World Picks from the Editors: AUGUST
Film and photography festivals, concerts, art, standup comedy, lectures...TMR World Picks run the gamut and are selected by our editors.
As We Near the End (or What Adorno Said)
In his play, Youssef El Guindi debates whether art is merely a distraction or if it can truly change the world.
World Picks From The Editors: June 1 — June 14
TMR editors highlight their picks of events, books, films, podcasts and other cultural products from around the globe.
New Palestinian Poster Art Responds to War and Apartheid
Curator Nadine Aranki presents posters by new and established artists, writers and graphic designers, in the service of social justice for Palestine.
Issam Kourbaj’s Love Letter to Syria in Cambridge
A blood-red line drawn across the form of Syria seems to confirm the nonsensical nature of the country’s political situation and makes the destruction of artist Issam Kourbaj’s homeland all the more tragic.
Colors of the Diaspora: Alia Farid
Sophie Kazan Makhlouf reviews Alia Farid's first solo exhibition in the UK that draws a line between local traditions and global migrations.
Cyprus: Return to Petrofani with Ali Cherri & Vicky Pericleous
Arie Amaya-Akkermans talks to Lebanese and Cypriot artists about their work on the divided island of Cyprus.
The Apocalypse is a Dance Party
Turkish artist Sena Başöz explores the metaphor of the magnolia and the advent of the apocalypse within the realm of imagination.