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Contemporary art from the Maghreb to the Middle East, Central Asia and Southeast-Asia. More than 1000 articles, published 2003 - 2018 by Universes in Universe, until 2016 as a project of the Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa), funded by the German Federal Foreign Office.

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Examples from our Archive

A.M. Qattan Foundation

The headquarters of the A.M. Qattan Foundation in Ramallah, and a selection of visual arts projects and exhibitions. Special presentation in Universes in Universe

Khaled Hourani

A closer look at some artworks created 2017 - 2009, shown in his retrospective at Darat al Funun.

Ammar Khammash

Litho-acoustic project using desert flints to unearth a hidden order and undiscovered musical scales in the landscape of Jordan and Palestine.

Darat al Funun in Palestine

Palestinian artists celebrate Darat al Funun's pioneering role in the Arab and Palestinian art scene with events in Jerusalem, Ramallah, Bethlehem, and Gaza.

Ala Younis in Amman

The role of the archive and an extended research of Plan for Greater Baghdad, with a focus on women. MMAG Foundation, Amman, 2018.

Hrair Sarkissian: Homesick

July - Oct. 2017, Sursock Museum Beirut. Recreation and destruction of his childhood home in Damascus. Reflections on the artist's project.
By Murtaza Vali

Michael Rakowitz

The invisible enemy should not exist. Presentations in Sharjah 2007 and at Galerie Barbara Wien, Berlin, 2016. Text by Gauthier Lesturgie and photos.

Leila Alaoui

About the Franco-Moroccan photographer who died in the 2016 Ouagadougou terrorist attack.
By Hannah Kugel

How Did We Get Here

The origins of Turkey's social context, traced via artworks, and elements of popular culture and social movements since 1980.
By Bora Gürdaş

Unedited History

Art and visual culture in Iran from the 1960s up to the present. Shown in Paris and Rome, 2014 - 2015. Extensive photo documentation.

5th Marrakech Biennale

2014, Morocco. Artistic director: Alya Sebti; Visual & sound arts: Hicham Khalidi. Curators for performing arts, film & video, literature.
By Lucrezia Cippitelli

Meeting Points 6 in Berlin

Interview with artistic director Okwui Enwezor about the focus of the event in these times of change.
By Pat Binder & Gerhard Haupt

Latif Al-Ani’s Iraq

Considering how the history of Al-Ani’s archive and photographic practice bears an essential and yet paradoxical witness to the recent history of Iraq.
By Catherine David

Cemeti Art House

The founders N. Adipurnomo and M. Jaarsma about their concept and problems in the Indonesian art scene.
By Christina Schott

Ahmed Basiony

The artist died of gunshot wounds inflicted by snipers on Tahrir Square in 2011. His art projects, teaching, and last days.
By Shady El Noshokaty

Kader Attia: REPAIR. 5 ACTS

His first institutional solo show in Germany, KW Berlin, 26 May - 25 Aug. 2013. The artist interviewed by the curator; photo tour.
By Ellen Blumenstein

Ibrahim El-Salahi

The Sudanese artist is one of the most significant figures in African and Arab Modernism. Exhibition at Tate Modern and essay by Salah M. Hassan.

Marwan - Khaddousch or The unknown early works

Reflections on the work of the artist born in Syria, created in his early years in Berlin.
By Matthias Flügge

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