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Saudi-Arabian artist Alia Ahmad is blossoming in the contemporary art world. Her large-scale, expressionistic oil paintings have captured the eyes of collectors, auction houses and galleries worldwide ...
A whimsical ode to the madness of new love, Senti blends pop charm with Indo-Western visuals and Arabic calligraphy in a ...
The Mohammed Bin Rashid Library hosted the second edition of the UAE-China Forum in partnership with the Emirates Society for ...
“Writers in Caricature, Drawing Literature” exhibition was held to mark the week of books and writers, a new exhibition of ...
Nigerian artist and founder of Garga Art Galleries Limited, Aliyu Aminu Ahmed, emphasizes in a recent interview that art transcends monetary value, serving as a vessel for cultural preservation ...
Equatorial Guinea has caught the attention of global markets after securing an investment-grade credit rating of BBB/A2 from Bloomfield Investment Corporation, a rare milestone for the oil-rich ...
and “Boundless Expanse,” a bold look at abstraction and hurufiyya — a modern art movement that integrates Arabic calligraphy into contemporary visual expression. Titled after a beloved 1970s Qatari ...
The show, curated by art critic Uma Nair, borrows from a term rooted in Indian philosophy, referring to the dual nature of existence: the material and the spiritual. It encompasses both the tangible ...
10 Upcoming Auction Lots: Roger Bezombes , Raoul Dufy , Raoul du Gardier , Jacques Majorelle , Mahmoud Mokhtar , Edouard Léon Louis Edy-Legrand , Shafic Abboud , Rudolf Ernst , Ahmed Ben Driss Yacoubi ...
The soldiers, traders, and settlers began to use a new vernacular that mixed local Prakrit-based speech with Persian and Arabic vocabulary ... Its poetic tradition, calligraphy (nastaliq script), and ...
Speaking to SAYS, lead actor Sharnaaz Ahmad expressed his gratitude for the overwhelming support the local blockbuster has received so far. When asked about the training for his role as Ghaz, the ...
Dr Richard Piran McClary is a senior lecturer in Islamic art and architecture in the history of art department at The University of York.