Bassam Freiha Art Foundation's monthly lecture series, led by Dr Michaela Watrelot, BFAF Curator and Director of Exhibitions, continues with that moment in the twentieth century when artists began to radically challenge traditional ideas of art, authorship, and meaning. In the [... more]
Bassam Freiha Art Foundation's monthly lecture series, led by Dr Michaela Watrelot, BFAF Curator and Director of Exhibitions, continues with an exploration of the diversity of artistic practices that have shaped art since 1970, reflecting a period in which artists [... more]
One in a series of talks exploring the history and symbolism of gemstones and jewellery across the world. Speakers are art historians May El Hage andDavid Usieto Cabrera, both lecturers at L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts. Right: Armband with Herakles [... more]
Andrew Eisenberg, Associate Professor of Music at NYUAD and Head of the Music Program there, combines oral history, ethnography, and musical analysis to explore how musicians in twentieth-century Mombasa used Arab and Indian musical influences to navigate questions of identity, [... more]
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