Articles

‘The Arrangement’ by Amir H. Fallah

Exhibition

‘The Arrangement’ by Amir H. Fallah

DUBAI / The Third Line is pleased to welcome back Amir H. Fallah, who will be exhibiting a selection of works in the Project Space, with a solo show to follow in December this year. In The Arrangement, Fallah works with mixed media and collage as his signature style, presenting works of floral arrangements appropriated from the Dutch/Flemish renaissance tradition of floral still-life painting.

Jun 12, 2013
‘Barzakh’ by Sami Al Turki

Photography

‘Barzakh’ by Sami Al Turki

BASEL / At VOLTA9, Basel's cutting-edge art fair for new and emerging art, Athr Gallery presents Saudi artist Sami Al-Turki's works from his latest photographic series ‘Barzakh', inspired by the artist's quest to find a home for himself in his own country. After having lived and studied abroad for a number of years, the artist made the decision to return and settle in his home country of Saudi Arabia, a desert country for the large part that consists mainly of empty land.

Jun 10, 2013
‘No. 10’ by Rana Begum

Exhibition

‘No. 10’ by Rana Begum

DUBAI / The Third Line is pleased to present Rana Begum's third solo show, No.10, exhibiting metal sculptures coated with vibrant colours that push the relationship between colour, form and three-dimensional space. Taking inspiration from urban order and disorder, Begum creates surfaces and planes that are luscious and seductive. To engage with these works the viewer must walk around them, embracing the materiality and making the viewing of the work a visceral and physical experience.

Jun 08, 2013
Orient Arts and Orientalism

Art Auction

Orient Arts and Orientalism

PARIS / On June 3rd, 2013, MILLON Auction House and the Expert Lucien ARCACHE wil present some 300 lots of 'ORIENT ARTS AND ORIENTALISM'. Amongst the iconic lots of this auction are an oil painting on canvas by Arthur von Ferraris, two portraits by José Cruz Herrera, a Kashan tile from the beginning of the 13th century, and a two Iznik panel from c.1580.

May 30, 2013
Of Drones and Dreams

Interview

Of Drones and Dreams

As part of Islamic Arts Magazine’s media partnership with the International Museum of Women’s online “Muslima” exhibit, we will be interviewing some of the artists participating in the IMOW show. Mahwish Chisty is one of them. Mahwish studied at the National College of Art of Lahore, specialising in miniature painting, before immigrating to the United States where she earned her MFA from the University of Maryland in 2008. Mahwish continues to work in the miniature genre but also produces multimedia installations that draw from both Eastern and Western traditions.

May 24, 2013