A Timeline of Attempts to Fix the Art World
From the founding of the Louvre in 1793 to the emergence of the Underground Museum in Los Angeles in 2012 to the start in 2013 of GCC, a collective focusing on contemporary Gulf culture, this…
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At the 2013 World Government Summit, the prime minister of the United Arab Emirates debuted a new hand gesture. He raised his hand as if in benediction, and extended his thumb, index, and middle finge…
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When Nations Become Brands: GCC on Tackling the Gulf Region’s Values, and Gazing Into the Area’s Future
When the nine-person collective GCC opened its first show, at Sultan Gallery in Kuwait City, in 2013, some of the artists’ friends didn’t attend their opening. The reason was some…
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At BAM’s Migrating Forms Film Festival, Internet-Obsessed Millennials and War-Torn Countries Collide
A look at the seventh edition of the annual showcase for video and experimental film
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“Here and Elsewhere”
This summer the New Museum staged the most ambitious U.S. exhibition to date of contemporary art from the Arab world.
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Corporate Aesthetics: the GCC at MoMA PS1
In the 21st century, business and diplomacy look like the best of friends. Thanks to intergovernmental efforts to deregulate and homogenize financial markets, money can now travel largely unobstruct…
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