The Victims of Critique: A Symposium at the Guggenheim
The conversation positioned protest, whether of a person or an institution, as an attack upon civility, thus recasting the object of critique as a victim.
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Tucked into a corner alcove of Mounir Fatmi’s exhibition “Inside the Fire Circle” was a short video in which the artist sits down at a typewriter, picks up a pair of hammers, and begins to bang on the…
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Atlas Dubai: Art Without America
President Trump's seven-nation travel ban has had a chilling effect on Dubai's relations with the West, leaving the US's status as a “global” art center more questionable than ever.
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Atlas Dubai: Consumed Culture
The work of many artists in Dubai, a locale hosting a hodgepodge of nationalities, suggests that the emirate is not a melting pot but a welter of distinct cultural parts.
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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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Sky Mall: Sophia Al-Maria at the Whitney
September 8, 1978, was a day that shaped the Persian Gulf as we know it. A crescendo of religious demonstrations culminated in a massacre that has come to be known as Iran’s Black Friday. Guards opene…
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Paradise Lost: Middle Eastern Art at the Guggenheim
“But a Storm Is Blowing from Paradise” at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York is a worthwhile, if regrettably diverse show. Curated by Sara Raza, the third and final iteration of the…
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