Essays on the artists

Mashael Alsaie, by Megan Macnaughton

Pockets of air solidified in an instant. Evaporating frankincense trapped in still glass. An evocative scent that can no longer be smelled, made inaccessible, stripped of its olfactive function and...

Reem R., by Océane Sailly

In the tradition of still life painting, Reem R. emerges as a contemporary artist who breathes new life into this enduring genre. Rooted in ancient Greece and reaching its zenith...

Aliyah Alawadhi, by Océane Sailly

Aliyah Alawadhi's artistic universe is an expansive and uncanny world made of glitches and pastel colors, saturated with Khaleeji cultural references along hijacks of art history, inhabited by hyper-feminized women...

Amna AlBaker, by Elina Sairanen

Fuelled by a desire to express her experiences of being an Arab woman in her time and space, Amna AlBaker (b. 1996) is an artist, photographer and writer with a...

Nour Elbasuni, by Lara Arafeh

Envisioning a world that speaks to the needs and aspirations of Arab society, Nour Elbasuni proposes a perspective that is both delicate and a challenge to the status quo. Born...

Amani Al Thuwaini, by Sarah Daher

To have a conversation with Amani Al Thuwaini is to uncover the wealth of depth hiding behind her expansive and growing artistic practice. Domesticity, womanhood, luxury, consumption, traditions, and symbols...