Movement and Memories In his recent exhibition, titled Nostalgia, held at Wadi Finan Art Gallery in Jordan, the emerging local artist, Fadi Daoud, used his linear style to evoke memories of happier times that he believes will resonate with a worldwide audience   Mid-thirties seems a somewhat young age to create a show on the theme of...

Crunching the Numbers Anders Petterson, founder of art market analysis firm ArtTactic, talks to ArtScoops about the key role earmarked for new technology in shaping the industry’s future, the characteristics of contemporary MENA art and why transparency remains a topical issue    What prompted you to set up ArtTactic?  Back in...

Rising From the Ashes In his forthcoming exhibition ‘Building with Fire’, which takes place at the iconic and specially chosen L’Orient Le Jour premises, the artist Jean Boghossian examines the highly topical destruction-rebirth cycle, in his own, inimitable way   The use of a blowtorch to produce fire and smoke in art remains a...

Marking Centuries of Creativity and Connections ‘Islam and Florence, Collecting Art, from the Medici to the 20th Century’ reveals a rich relationship of trade and cultural activity that goes deeper and much further back than many realise, as Giovanni Curatola, the exhibition’s curator and professor of archaeology and history of Islamic art at...

A Relationship worth Celebrating  An exciting exhibition, titled ‘Islam and Florence, Collecting Art, from the Medici to the 20th Century’, signals that change is under way at the renowned Uffizi Gallery in Florence, as William Ward, its global media consultant, explains Given that the Uffizi Gallery in Florence houses the best...

A Fresh Take on Beirut In ‘The Shape of a City’, the British artist Nathaniel Rackowe takes urban exploration of the Lebanese capital to a whole new level An exhibition currently taking place in Beirut, titled ‘The Shape of a City’, is satisfying for the British artist Nathaniel Rackowe on many levels, not least because it brings his...

Going the Extra Mile While London might dominate the UK’s art scene, a show titled ‘Contemporary Art of the Middle East’, currently taking place at Wetpaint Gallery in Stroud, approximately 144 km from the capital, is proving to be a win-win for both artists and audiences    A new exhibition of contemporary Middle Eastern art in the...

Doreen Toutikian, founding director of Beirut Design Week, shares her hopes and goals for the 2018 edition of this key annual event with Artscoops   What was behind the decision to choose ‘Design and the City’ as the theme for the seventh edition of Beirut Design Week (BDW2018)? This year we created a new board for MENA Design...

Championing a Cross-Cultural Language Natalya Andakulova, founder of the Andakulova Gallery in Dubai, believes that Central Asia’s art is the ideal medium for relaying the region’s rich culture and fascinating history to an increasingly wider audience   What prompted you to open the Andakulova Gallery?  I was born in the most...