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Istanbul Modern: Furat al Jamil and Hayv Kahraman in Conversation

At the opening of Neighbours, a new exhibition at Istanbul Modern, we asked Iraqi artists Furat al Jamil and Hayv Kahraman to talk about experiences that affected their work. FaJ: Where did everything start? How did you come to be painting on wood? HK: My first works were on brown paper. The tone of the…
 

Artists Furat al Jamil and Hayv Kahraman at Istanbul Modern’s Neighbours Exhibition

With support from the Ruya Foundation, Baghdad-based artist Furat al Jamil, and Iraqi-born Hayv Kahraman are taking part in Neighbours, a new exhibition at Istanbul Modern, the city’s museum of modern art. To celebrate its 10th anniversary this year, Istanbul Modern will showcase contemporary art from Turkey and the surrounding regions, including the Middle East,…
 

Foreign Policy’s Global Thinkers of 2013

Ruya Chairwoman Tamara Chalabi and Ikon Director Jonathan Watkins have been named two of Foreign Policy’s Global Thinkers of 2013. The issue is now available at newsstands and an interactive, digital edition of this year’s Global Thinkers list will be available online soon.
 

Jafar Mohamed in Venice: Back to the Studio

It is Jafar Mohamed‘s third week in Venice, for a month long residency at the Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, sponsored by Ruya. Jafar is a self-taught painter living in Baghdad. Following advice from his tutors at the Scuola, he specialised in Printmaking. Here is he in his studio, with his tutors and students of the…