[Art Africa, 4 July 2024] The Venice Art Biennale celebrates its 60th anniversary. There have been times, particularly over the

Art curator and CairoScene contributor Sophie Kazan attended the Venice Biennale’s preview week, giving us a glimpse into some of

CairoScene contributor and curator Sophie Kazan reviews this insightful reframing of ancient myths at the Lebanese Pavilion. Showing at the

A highlight of the 60th Venice Biennale for me this year was the fantastic film and powerful installations by artist

This year’s Art Dubai presented some exciting curatorial themes, focussed on elements of caring, wellbeing, kindness and shifting the gaze

In this article, the artist Manal AlDowayan describes her practice to me ahead of her exhibition in the Saudi Pavilion

The Markaz Review, 12 February 2024. When the artist Issam Kourbaj was first asked to create a retrospective exhibition for

[The Markaz Review, 22 January 2024] In Alia Farid’s artworks, communities, local practices and traditions are reconsidered, giving the rhythms

  The Markaz Review, 18 December 2023 London-based writer Sophie Kazan Makhlouf travels to Saudi Arabia to take in a

In the Beginning and the End is the Book   Artist books or artists’ books are used by artists to

Celebrating the birth of Moroccan contemporary art, The Casablanca Art School exhibition at Tate St Ives reveals the colourful innovation of a glorious era

[The Markaz Review October 9, 2023] As Frieze London celebrates its 20th anniversary, we explore the Middle Eastern artists and