Tag: Arab art

Saudi Arabia artist Ahmed Mater featured at Christie’s in London

Saudi artist Ahmed Mater talks about his work involving magnetism, mirage and Mecca. Ahmed Mater: Chronicles is taking place at Christie’s headquarters located in the heart of St. James’s, London, from July 17 to August 22.

Caroline Chaptini sets Guinness World Record in Lebanon with caps

  After several months of daily solo work, environmental activist Caroline Chaptini, a Lebanese national set another Guinness World Records...

Marrakech biker chicks wear bootleg Chanel and Louis Vuitton Abayas

If you thought that women from the Middle East and North Africa all wear drab black blankets over the...

Paris Tower “Graffed” by Arab Street Artists, Then Destroyed (VIDEO)

The world's biggest street art exhibition was demolished this week in Paris just one month after opening to the...

Middle East’s Largest Mural Was Carved Out of Cement

We tend to lean away from cement as much as possible given its super high embodied energy content, but...

Mohammed Kanoo Shows How Arab Culture Is Never Black and White

Mohammed Kanoo's portraits aim to tease out our biases about the Middle East. Above is US President Barack Obama.  In...

Arabs Undressed, Artfully

Paris art exhibit tackles Islamic taboos in a show aimed at broadening Western views of Mid East culture. Oooh la...