Middle Eastern & North African art
Paper, politics and poetry: why artists’ books from the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia deserve a closer look
British Museum show and book by Venetia Porter tap into rich seam of works by non-Western artists
Derelict ice factory in the desert transformed into UAE's newest contemporary art venue
Opening in time for the Sharjah Biennial, the Kalba Ice Factory building boasts 20,000 sq. m exhibition space
Amid national crisis, Beirut builds museum to house hidden art collection
Two years after an explosion caused billions of dollars of damage, the Beirut Museum of Art has broken ground in the Lebanese capital
Soheila Sokhanvari: the former scientist using ‘alchemy’ to bring together Iranian and Western culture
The Shiraz-born artist tells us how she became an artist after a bad cycling accident and why what is happening in Iran is “no longer a protest, it’s a revolution”
Heritage protection foundation Aliph expands with office in Saudi Arabia
The Geneva-based International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Areas is to open a second office in 2023 in Riyadh
Laila Shawa—a revolutionary Palestinian artist who found international fame—has died, aged 82
The artist and activist, described as the ‘mother of Arabic revolutionary art’ has work in the collections of the British Museum and the Ashmolean
Revamped Museum of Islamic Art in Doha to reopen with more than 1,000 new objects
After 18-month closure, Qatar gallery to relaunch on 5 October in time for Fifa World Cup
Exclusive: German museums latest to be implicated in far-reaching criminal investigation into antiquities trafficking
Case has so far seen Middle Eastern works seized from New York's Met and the indictment of a former Louvre director
Qatar ramps up cultural programme ahead of Fifa World Cup with museum previews and extensive exhibition programme
French curators take the reins at the country's new museums
Jordanian artist Mona Saudi—who made abstract sculptures in stone—has died, aged 76
Several of her works are held in the British Museum collection and a major public work stands outside Paris's Institut du monde arabe
Saudi Arabia-led campaign puts Arabic calligraphy on Unesco heritage list
Proposal was put forward by 16 Arabic-speaking countries
Saudi Arabia pushes forward with plans for cultural 'renaissance' with vast light festival full of both local and big-name artists
Agencies seem to be betting that time and increased exposure to the kingdom will wear down Western qualms over its human rights record
'A woman painting women': major show on colourful Algerian painter Baya explores her influence on Modernism
Exhibition of more than 70 of the artist's works at Sharjah Art Museum in the UAE includes rare works from her first ever show in 1947
Street art, social media, visibility: how the Arab Spring has changed art and culture, a decade on
We ask artists, writers and experts on Middle Eastern art about their memories of the revolutionary movements—and what they think the lasting legacies are
'King of colour': tributes paid to Moroccan artist Mohamed Melehi who has died of Covid-19, aged 84
The abstract painter transformed the art scene in post-colonial Morocco
'If you're coming to buy, you have two hours to do it': what it's like at London's real-life 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair
In the absence of the major fairs and auctions, Modern and contemporary African art is in the spotlight in London this week
Virtual photography show reveals modern Lebanon's many layers of tragedy
Lebanon Then and Now: Photography from 2006 to 2020 hosted by Washington, DC's Middle East Institute is both timely and prescient
Emergency fund launched in aid of Beirut's devastated art community
Belgian non-profit Mophradat says that 100% of the money raised will support individual artists and arts organisations
Beirut's art world mourns widespread death and destruction following explosions
With homes, galleries and studios entirely destroyed, Lebanese artists respond in the aftermath of Tuesday’s carnage
Huge explosion in Beirut decimates city and leaves art scene in disarray
Several galleries and museums have been destroyed or severely damaged following the blast and fire that shook the Lebanese capital on Tuesday
Facebook and Instagram ban trading of historical artefacts
Heritage group Athar were part of a campaign highlighting the social media giants' “black market in antiquities”
Adam Henein—the Egyptian sculptor who spent a decade restoring the Great Sphinx—has died, aged 91
Rose Issa, curator and friend of the artist, shares the life story of one of the most important sculptors in the Arab world
Eight emerging Arab artists are chosen to show 'ambitious' works across the world
The commissioning project Consortium Commissions provides artists with up to $20,000 to realise their projects
From Modernist nudes to present-day politics: British Museum to reveal its contemporary Middle Eastern art collection
Free exhibition at the London museum in October will show around 150 works that have been collected since the early 1990s
Saudi art organisation acquires vast collection of Middle Eastern art from Dubai's bankrupt Abraaj firm
Works from the Abraaj Group Art Prize will be managed by Art Jameel with some works going on show at the Dubai space Jameel Art Centre
Trampolining in a Saudi Arabian valley? First look at the interactive art biennial Desert X AlUla
Inaugural edition of the monumental show, opening this Friday, is free to the public
Christie's cancels Dubai sale of Middle Eastern art
March auction will return to the Emirate in spring 2021, but is cancelled this year due to new strategy and constrained supply of works
Capturing the streets: the Lebanese revolution through the eyes of an artist
Three months into the uprising we speak to Abed Al Kadiri about popular unity, state brutality and why he is documenting events through Chinese-style ink drawings
As demonstrations return to Cairo, Egyptian protest artist goes on show in new London space
Exhibition of street artist Bahia Shehab's work opens at Aga Khan Centre Gallery in King's Cross