{"id":66023,"date":"2026-01-07T15:45:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T11:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=66023"},"modified":"2026-01-07T15:45:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T11:45:02","slug":"last-chance-alia-hussain-lootah-in-the-space-of-becoming","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/event\/last-chance-alia-hussain-lootah-in-the-space-of-becoming\/","title":{"rendered":"<mark>CLOSING TODAY<\/mark> Alia Hussain Lootah: In the Space of Becoming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this new body of work \u2013 paintings, drawings, and sculpture \u2013 Alia Lootah continues an exploration of how form moves, shifts, and transforms (&#8220;a form is never finished, only paused&#8221;). Shapes stretch, collapse, and reappear altered, &#8220;existing in a space between recognition and ambiguity&#8221; as the gallery puts it.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibition is anchored by knitted sculptures that demonstrate how simple materials can generate complexity \u2013 structures produced by a meditative, rhythmic act shaped by memory and labour, contrasting softness and stability, movement and stillness. &#8220;The exhibition invites viewers to engage patiently, witnessing forms that are always unfolding, always becoming &#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">In this new body of work \u2013 paintings, drawings, and sculpture \u2013 Alia Lootah continues an exploration of how form moves, shifts, and transforms (&#8220;a form is never finished, only paused&#8221;). Shapes stretch, collapse, and reappear altered, &#8220;existing in a <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/event\/last-chance-alia-hussain-lootah-in-the-space-of-becoming\/\" title=\"CLOSING TODAY Alia Hussain Lootah: In the Space of Becoming\"> [&#8230; more]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[50,96],"class_list":["post-66023","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","tribe_events_cat-art","tribe_events_cat-exhibition","cat_art","cat_exhibition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/66023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/66023\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66023"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=66023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}