Spotlight

Interview 

Hassan Massoudy Iraqi Artist

Hassan Massoudy is an Iraqi-born French painter.Hassan Massoudy is an Iraqi-born French painter.vHassan Massoudy is an Iraqi-born French painter.Hassan Massoudy is an Iraqi-born French painter.Hassan Massoudy is an Iraqi-born French painter.Hassan Massoudy is an Iraqi-born French painter. Hassan Massoudy is an Iraqi-born French painter.
Event 

Ruya Lab #6: A Vernacular for Every Day Life (Part II) with Aneta Szylak

The curator Aneta Szylak held a second workshop for artists in Baghdad with the Ruya Foundation. The aim of the 4 day workshop was for artists to develop a vernacular artistic language, so that they can engage with contemporary art practices, while producing work that is relevant to their local context. “A vernacular artistic language…

Projects

PROJECT 

‘Invisible Beauty’ at the Erbil Citadel

‘Invisible Beauty’ attracted over 20,000 visitors at the Venice Biennale, between May and November 2015. After transferring to S.M.A.K. (Museum for Contemporary Art) in Ghent in May 2016, the exhibition will be re-staged in the Erbil Citadel in an 18th-century merchant’s dwelling, the Salih Chalabi House. The Erbil Citadel was placed on the UNESCO World…

Journal

Essay 

Venice Conversations: How Can I See What You Saw? by Nadine Hattom

It is said that my grandfather, Ghareeb Jabur Al Saddawi, a silversmith, owned a shop on River Street in Baghdad. And every year, he made the long journey to Egypt to sell his creations. He was so skilled that if you found one of his silver cigarette cases at the bottom of the river, the…
Interview 

Venice Conversations: War Reporter Ali Arkady Documents the Art Scene in Baghdad

Ali Arkady (b. 1982, Khanaqin) is a photographer and filmmaker from Khanaqin, Iraq. Since 2014, after the armed group ISIS invaded and took control of vast areas of northern Iraq Arkady has been reporting regularly from the frontline, embedded with the Kurdish forces and the Iraqi Security Forces. He has covered the recent operations to drive ISIS out of the…

Updates

Essay 

Venice Conversations: How Can I See What You Saw? by Nadine Hattom

It is said that my grandfather, Ghareeb Jabur Al Saddawi, a silversmith, owned a shop on River Street in Baghdad. And every year, he made the long journey to Egypt to sell his creations. He was so skilled that if you found one of his silver cigarette cases at the bottom of the river, the…
Interview 

Venice Conversations: War Reporter Ali Arkady Documents the Art Scene in Baghdad

Ali Arkady (b. 1982, Khanaqin) is a photographer and filmmaker from Khanaqin, Iraq. Since 2014, after the armed group ISIS invaded and took control of vast areas of northern Iraq Arkady has been reporting regularly from the frontline, embedded with the Kurdish forces and the Iraqi Security Forces. He has covered the recent operations to drive ISIS out of the…