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Mohamed el-Melehi, Blue Moon, 1984, cellulosic on wood, 207 x 156.8 cm. Courtesy of Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art.

Collection Highlights

Mohamed Melehi: A Giant of Postcolonial Art in Morocco

4 June 2024

By Arthur Debsi

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Visiting

'Mathaf' the film

7 May 2024

Produced by Pascale Abou Jamra

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Collection Highlights

Faiq Hassan: Celebrating Iraqi Folk Life

23 April 2024

By Arthur Debsi

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Collection Highlights

Collection Highlight: Yousef Ahmad and the Evolution of a Visual Language

30 January 2024

By Noora Abdulmajeed

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Exhibitions

Mehdi Moutashar: Exploring Introspection as Resistance

9 January 2024

Produced by Pascale Abou Jamra

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A painting with a deep blue background, circular images and featuring the Arabic letter 'ain' in the bottom center.

Collection Highlights

Collection Highlight: Madiha Umar, Precursor of Early Modern Calligraphy

26 September 2023

By Rim Albahrani

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Photo of a gallery space with a sculpture of a peasant women with a jug on her head in the middle.

Collection Highlights

Collection Highlight: Mahmoud Mokhtar and the Pride of a Nation

11 July 2023

By Arthur Debsi

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Exhibitions

Beirut and the Golden Sixties: Finding Resonance

13 June 2023

Interview by Loubna Zeidan

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Exhibitions

An Exercise in Remembrance: A Conversation with Sam Bardaouil

6 June 2023

Interview by Aiman Rizvi

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Two colourful abstract paintings in a gallery

Collection Highlights

Collection Highlight: Huguette Caland’s Beginnings (1964-69)

28 March 2023

By Noora Abdulmajeed

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Image of a man fighting a tiger.

Exhibitions

A story about stories: One Tiger or Another

17 January 2023

By Aiman Rizvi

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A projection of the artist, Taysir Batniji's face, in the middle of a gallery space.

Exhibitions

Taysir Batniji: A Palestinian Journey

8 November 2022

Produced by Aimen Jan

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