Interview 

Reviving Iraq’s ancient crafts: interview with the artist Rashad Salim

Rashad Salim is an Iraqi-German artist and designer based in London. His project, Ark Re-Imagined, aims to build a functional and floating vessel that re-imagines Noah’s Ark, using indigenous ancient boat making techniques. The artist has been working with local craftspeople across Southern Iraq in this project. In May 2016, Salim was awarded a grant…
Event 

Ruya Lab #4: Photography

The Fourth Ruya Lab was a day-long seminar about printing, editioning and exhibiting photography for the international art market. The workshop took place ahead of ‘Calling Calouste’ an exhibition of new Iraqi photography commissioned by Ruya, which opens on October 1 2016 at the Gulbenkian Building in Baghdad. Six of the eight photographers participating in…
News 

5th Çanakkale Biennial Cancellation

We regret that the 5th Çanakkale Biennial, which was scheduled to open on 24 September, has been cancelled due to developments within a political agenda that is contradictory to the basis of the Çanakkale Biennial Initiative (CABININ). We are saddened by the turn of events and our thoughts are with the organisers and artists involved…
 

پێناسەکردنی “نیشتیمان”: بەشداریکردنی هونەرمەندان “ئاکام شێخ هادی” و “سەلام عەتا سەبری” لە پێنچەمین بیناڵی نێودەوڵەتی لە شاری چاناکاڵی لە وڵاتی تورکیا

” کۆلارەکان سەرکەوتنە ئاسمان و حەزو خولیاکانی ئێمەیان بۆ ئازادکردنی خود لە فریندا بەرجەستە کردەوە. بەڵام سەفەری ئەوان نەسەفەرێکی هەڕەمەکی و لە خۆرا و بێ بەرنامەیە و نە سەفەرێکی ئازادیشە، ئەوان هەمیشە دەگەڕێنەوە بۆ نیشتیمان”. هونەرمەندی فۆتۆگرافەر ئاکام شێخ هادی لە زنجیرەکارێکی هونەری نوێدا وێنەی بابەتەکانی خۆی گرتوە، ویەکێکیان بریتیە لە وێنەی کۆمەڵێک ژن و…