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Rahel Aima

Rahel Aima is a writer. Her work has been published in ArtforumArtnewsArtReviewThe AtlanticBookforum, friezeMousse and Vogue Arabia, amongst others.

 

In her first major survey at Sharjah Art Foundationthe senior Māori artist’s vibrant, political landscapes highlight global indigenous struggles

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At Carbon 12, Dubai, a group exhibition of sculptures, textiles and painting uses the spinal cord as a metaphor for the ties that bind us

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Representing the UAE at the Biennale, the artist is considered a founding member of the Emirati avant-garde of the 1980s and ’90s

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Despite a lackluster inaugural exhibition, Hampi Art Labs shows promise as a revitalizing institution in the region

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From Farah Al Qasimi’s first exhibition of black and white photography to Katya Muromtseva’s watercolours of displaced women

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At Jameel Arts Center, Dubai, a group show examines the role of hospitality in the UAE and the wider Gulf region

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A public exhibition at the Pyramids of Giza offers sun, sand and monumental landscapes with a dash of Burning Man

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Archival research projects and the city’s historic venues were the highlights of this year’s somewhat inert biennial

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At Sharjah Art Foundation, a landmark group exhibition explores art inspired by popular culture in South Asia

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Despite some worthy presentations, this year’s edition adds little to the ongoing conversation about decolonization

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At SculptureCenter, a recent survey takes a narrow look at the artist’s career, focusing on his tech-inspired works from the 1980s and ’90s

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Two concurrent shows at the Bronx Museum and Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, track the artist’s career and ‘chopped-and-screwed’ process of reimagining art history

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A beautifully spare presentation at Lomex, New York, uses a tangle of haberdashery-esque materials to invoke transcedent scenes

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From hobnobbing with Oprah to championing new art centres, millennial crown prince Mohammed bin Salman is following a well-trodden path

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The Third Line, Dubai, UAE

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What the re-creation of Palmyra's Triumphal Arch in New York and London says about shared cultural identities

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