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Aerosol Spiritual Art: Mohammed Ali at TEDxViadellaConciliazione

ITALY / An Italian cardinal, a Serbian basketball star, the Cuban-born American singer Gloria Estefan and a Muslim graffiti artist from Birmingham, UK were invited to take part in the TEDxViadellaConciliazione event on April 19th, the first ever TEDx event to take place in the Vatican State.

Conference Series at All Arts Istanbul

ISTANBUL / Islamic Arts Magazine visited All Arts Istanbul (18-21 April 2013). The event included a conference series which included talks by prominent Turkish art historians and Ottoman and traditional art experts.

‘The Letter That Never Arrived’ by Iranian Artist Bita Ghezelayagh

LONDON / Bita Ghezelayagh’s is having a second solo show at Rose Issa Projects (25 April – 24 May 2013), featuring a new body of work that explore the aesthetic and poetic qualities of traditional Middle Eastern and Persian carpets. Bita Ghezelayagh started her career as an architect with a specialism in the restoration of historic buildings, and has always been motivated to preserve traditions threatened by mass production and contemporary taste.

Conversations 2013 at Alserkal Avenue

DUBAI / Conversations at Alserkal Avenue was initiated last year when the art world professionals joined the efforts to raise awareness and funds in partnership with Emirates NBD for the children with special needs of Manzil School through exhibiting their art works in a professional context for the first time. The unique stories about each piece from young artists touched the hearts of many and enabled the audience to join a conversation through visual arts

‘All Arts Istanbul’

ISTANBUL / Islamic Arts Magazine visited All Arts Istanbul (18-21 April 2013), a new art fair focusing on traditional and classical Turkish, Islamic and Ottoman Arts and antiques. The fair presented a broad range of works spanning the ancient to the modern. Being the first art fair of this kind in Turkey and the region it was a true refreshment.

‘Time of Transformation’ by Youssef Nabil

DUBAI / The Third Line is pleased to present internationally acclaimed artist Youssef Nabil’s fourth solo show in Dubai, which premieres the New York based Egyptian artist’s latest body of work. Working with his characteristic technique of hand painted silver gelatin photographs, Nabil introduces us to three new series that reflect upon the clash of archetypes that define the state of his present day home country. The exhibition will open on April 24 and will run until June 12, 2013.

Canadian artist Mathew Shane selected for residency programme at Maraya Art Centre

SHARJAH / Maraya Art Centre, in collaboration with Dubai’s Cuadro Fine Art Gallery –Dubai-based non-profit group Project Encounter and Sheikh Ibrahim Center– will be hosting Canadian artist Mathew Shane as part of a residency programme aimed at nurturing international artists and opening up dialogue between different cultures through the arts.