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The Venice Biennale Sessions event brought together artists, curators and students to explore the growing influence of Arab art in the contemporary art world.
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Venice Biennale Sessions event puts Arab artists in focus

An event in Venice spotlighted Arab artists and curators, exploring cultural identity, resistance and solidarity with Palestine.

The New Arab Staff
15 October, 2026
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Obituary
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Sliman Mansour obituary: The legacy of a Palestinian art pioneer

Zainab Mehdi

Zainab Mehdi

26 August, 2026
French-Iranian graphic novelist and illustrator Marjane Satrapi poses in front of the central part of an Olympic triptych tapestry created for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, designed from a drawing by Satrapi, during its unveiling at the Mobilier National (National Furniture) in Paris on March 12, 2024.
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Franco-Iranian artist Marjane Satrapi, aged 56, has died

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
04 June, 2026
Protesters march from Viale Garibaldi towards the Arsenale during a demonstration called by the Art Not Genocide Alliance (ANGA) demanding the exclusion of Israel and Russia from the 61st Venice Biennale
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Conflict inflames tensions at Venice Biennale of Art

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
09 May, 2026
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Ramzi Mallat's Leighton House installation confronts Orientalism

The New Arab Staff

Nadine Nour el Din

07 May, 2026
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Dia al-Azzawi on his Excursion Across Time London exhibition

Zainab Mehdi

Zainab Mehdi

23 April, 2026
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Hamada ElKept brings Gaza's sleepless reality to the world

Tala Halawa

Tala Halawa

09 April, 2026
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Mounira Al Solh on myth, memory, and feminist art

Melissa Chemam

Melissa Chemam

02 April, 2026
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Sudanese artist Ahmed Umar and the art of belonging

Alba Nabulsi

Alba Nabulsi

28 March, 2026
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Pixels, wool, and faith: The art of Iraqi artist Hussein Shikha

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Elisa Pierandrei

11 March, 2026
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Art interview
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Solin Nirvana on the defiant power of Kurdish hair braids

Zainab Mehdi

Zainab Mehdi

29 January, 2026
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Art & Culture Exhibition
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Art of resistance at All Eyes on Palestine exhibition in Athens

Zainab Mehdi

Zainab Mehdi

18 December, 2025
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Arts and culture
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Revisiting Dia al-Azzawi's tapestry tribute to Sabra and Shatila

Chloe Lewin

Chloe Lewin

15 October, 2025
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Visual artist Maram Ali's powerful portraits of Gaza's martyrs

Rawaa Talass

Rawaa Talass

17 July, 2025
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Egyptian presenter apologises for claiming artists' work as hers

The New Arab Staff
10 July, 2025
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Art & Culture Exhibition
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Dana Awartani’s show on Middle Eastern heritage lands in Bristol

Farah Abdessamad

Farah Abdessamad

03 July, 2025
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Arts and culture
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Artist Gianluca Costantini on art, activism, and censorship

Elisa_Pierandrei

Elisa Pierandrei

10 June, 2025
A view of the United Nations Headquarters building in New York City, United States
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New York Arab Festival concludes fourth edition

Brooke Anderson
08 June, 2025
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Arts and culture
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How rural Egyptian women are reviving the lost art of looming

Azza Guergues

Azza Guergues

28 May, 2025
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Arts and culture
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New door opens for Palestinian art at Palestine Museum Scotland

Zainab Mehdi

Zainab Mehdi

26 May, 2025
Paris exhibition offers glimpse of Gaza’s archaeological treasures
Art & Culture Exhibition
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Gaza’s rescued treasures shine at Paris Arab World Institute

The New Arab Staff

Naima Morelli

10 April, 2025