"Mosques with their own beauty can be found all around Egypt. What attracts me the most are the ones built during the Mamluk period, like the Sultan Hassan Mosque. The architecture itself reflects the Grandeur of the Islamic era." (Mohammad Rahmo)
Aug 16, 2012"My soul belongs to the traditional history of ebru but other than that I do not belong to the same world as those old masters. I see myself as an ebru artist. Part of me is traditional and another part is quite contemporary. If you take one part out then I’m no longer Ayla Makas, I’m no longer me, a combination of all these elements, all these personalities." (Ayla Makas)
Aug 05, 2012Rose Issa is a global reference when it comes to contemporary art and artists from Iran and the Arab world. Having lived in Iran, Lebanon, and France, she established Rose Issa Projects in London some twenty years ago and was the first to bring contemporary Middle Eastern film and art to the attention of the European art world and public. With the ever-growing interest in contemporary art produced by artists originally hailing from the Middle East, she has been much sought after in the last decade as a guest curator, art expert, and advisor, not only in Europe, but also in the United States and the Arab world.
Jul 29, 2012"I see myself as a researcher. I love and am always delighted to find new media to integrate into calligraphy or with which to practise it. For example, I invented a technology permitting the creation of virtual calligraphy in real time. Here rather than in light calligraphy where the spectator has to wait until the end of the performance to actually see the calligraphy, he or she can witness its construction in real time projected large scale unto a building for example." (Julien Breton)
Jul 17, 2012"In my paintings, the specific Rumi poems that serve as inspiration and starting point are obviously related to my personal state of mind at a given moment or period of life." (Soheila Esfahani)
Jul 06, 2012In the light of the newest addition to the gallery landscape in Dubai we spoke with Parisa Davarkia, CEO of RIRA Gallery.
Jul 03, 2012"In my opinion ebru art is the most compatible with us and our nature. Colours and water have an important effect on human psychology and human soul. Ebru is a technique that permits new things to happen, so we can easily be surprised." (Songül Sonmez)
Apr 03, 2012In the light of the recent exhibitions and auctions 'The Iraqi Art Project' at Showcase Gallery on January 14, 2012 we spoke with Noor Kadhim, a founder of INtheFRAME.
Jan 25, 2012
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