Magic of conceptual art through the lens of Hashim Nasr Written by: Mahasin Ismail It’s astonishing how our hands and fingers can move in different directions, creating many shapes and expressive forms. The tiny bones, ligaments, tendons, veins, and stretchy skin are magnificent. You’ll be dazzled by how much we can say using our hands […]
Khalid Abdalrahman’s contemporary landscapes Written by Mahasin Ismail Our collective memory seems to categorise landscapes as something of the past. A nostalgic genre or a practice which has no place in today’s landmarks, which leaves the scene dominated by abstraction, installation, conceptualisation and minimalistic art. All we could think of are the romantic landscapes of […]
4 Sudanese female entrepreneurs to look out for Written by Reem Aljeally In a recent media report published by Nauur Media, the female-led company stated that only 8% of business owners in Sudan are females, while only 3% are in senior management positions. The art world is no different when it comes to male dominance. […]
Daughter of the Nile, A short film by Akelo A. Costa Written by Reem Aljeally As a diaspora, Akelo shares common issues of searching for identity, positioning, and the idea of a home in her poems that touch on subjects such as naivety, culture, trauma, adolescence, family, and love. Growing up as a South Sudanese […]
Politics and war, love and nerves Written by Rawan Hasan Al-Zain Ziad Al-Rahbani, the Lebanese phenomenon, whose music and dialogues we will try to discuss in this article to understand his perspective on life. “Musical attempts by Ziad Al-Rahbani” is the phrase mentioned in the archives of his early musical recordings. Attempts are the content […]
The rebirth of Dara Art Gallery Written by Reem Aljeally In 1999, Dara Art Gallery was founded by renowned Sudanese artist Dr. Rashid Diab and his then partner and artist Dr. Mercedes Carmona, showcasing mainly Diab’s works and other richer works by important names in the Sudanese art scene like Ibrahim Elsalahi, Yassir Abu El […]
