Al Hangar and the New Generation of Saudi Artists

Myrna Award writes about  Al Hangar (The Warehouse) an initiative by young Saudi artists, who describe it as a cultural movement which aims to “ignite a sense of community.” Artists are individually invited to show work at Al Hangar, similarly to a biennial. And so far, they’ve been inundated with requests to participate, an indication of …

Exhibition “In Search of Lost Time” at SOAS

The exhibition In Search of Lost Time (not the Proust novel), which runs at the Brunei Gallery, in the School of Oriental & African Studies until the 19th of March, "presents work by 13 artists who seek to reframe conventional interpretations of time in the Gulf." The  Arabic title of the exhibition, Urgent Memory is apt, as the exhibition …