Artscoops and Gallerease announce a Partnership to facilitate international growth of both online art platforms
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Where Reality Meets Imagination
Where Reality Meets Imagination
Margarida Mendes and Azar Mahmoudian, joint assistant curators of the 11th Gwangju Biennale, talk to Ahmad Minkara about the importance of community, context and cultural reach in their project.
Profound and thought-provoking, the question...
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Collectors Under the Spotlight: Mazen and Loulia Soueid
Collectors Under the Spotlight: Mazen and Loulia Soueid
Synergy, storytelling and selection all have a part to play in creating a collection of character, Mazen and Loulia Soueid tell Ahmad Minkara.
Among the many things that brought Mazen...
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Poetic Licence
Poetic Licence
The Tehran-born master craftsman Reza Lavassani talks to Artscoops about how he moves from thinking to living out his ideas through his work.
While poetry is undoubtedly a key source of...
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Subtle Statements
Subtle Statements
Maryam Majd, director at the Assar Art Gallery, Tehran, tells Artscoops why Iranian art’s appeal is growing by the day.
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Artscoops to take part among the media partners of Contemporary Istanbul’s 11th edition
Artscoops to take part among the media partners of Contemporary Istanbul’s 11th edition
AB Gallery, Hyo Rim, Flow and Play, Indian ink & Lacquer on Korean Hanji paper, 80x115cm, 2015
Artscoops is teaming up with the organisers of...
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Gallery owner Saleh Barakat talks to Ahmad Minkara
A Window on the Region
Gallery owner Saleh Barakat talks to Ahmad Minkara about moving on, moving up and moving into a new white space.
Having just marked 25 years in the art business with the opening of a new gallery bearing his name, Saleh Barakat is no stranger to milestones.
In fact, as the gallery owner...
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Ahmad Minkara Interviews Lebanese-American Artist Nabil Nahas
A Long and Winding Road
Ahead of his new show, which opens on May 20 at the Saleh Barakat Gallery, Nabil Nahas talks early influences, Lebanese landscapes and unexpected departures of style with Ahmad Minkara.
A...
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A closer look at Amar A. Zahr, founder of Beirut Art Residency (BAR)
A closer look at Amar A. Zahr, founder of Beirut Art Residency (BAR)
Would you please introduce yourself? And tell us how you decided to start an art residency in Beirut?
Starting out as an artist myself, after exploring a few residencies around the world, including Istanbul, Dubai and New York, I was convinced that...
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