LONDON : More than 150 works of art have been brought together for what auction house Christie's says is the largest exhibition of Arab art to take place in London.Titled 'Modern and Contemporary Art of the Arab World', the show is divided into two sections and features items from across the region, spann
LONDON : More than 150 works of art have been brought together for what auction house Christie's says is the largest exhibition of Arab art to take place in London.
Titled"Modern and Contemporary Art of the Arab World", the show is divided into two sections and features items from across the region, spanning 80 years and various mediums. The non-selling"Kawkaba: Highlights from the Barjeel Art Foundation" is a gender-balanced collection featuring some 100 pieces."Emirati Art Reimagined: Hassan Sharif and the Contemporary Voices" centres around the pioneering artist and includes items on loan and for sale.
Key pieces of"Kawkaba" include Syrian painter Marwan's"Head" from the mid-1970s, Lebanese artist Samia Osseiran Joumblatt's"Formative Radiation", painted in the late 1960s, and Egyptian painter and activist Inji Efflatoun's"Dreams of the Detainee" from 1961. The Emirati section is woven around Sharif's multi-disciplinary body of work and also introduces younger talent."It's usually the quiet season for us because we don't have sales, so we decided to organise this exhibition to bring people to discover Arab art and culture," he said.Source: Reuters
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