Spotlight
“I see it as my responsibility to defend our right to live equally under the same sky.” Tagreed Albagshi
Saudi artist Tagreed Albagshi tells artBahrain how she found her voice through art, its power to tell stories and as a force for change. Page Views: 2816
Interview with artist/curator Yasmin Sharabi
In this interview with artBahrain, Yasmin Sharabi, artist and curator of the Bahrain Financial Harbour Fine Art Gallery explains how her roots inform her art and talks about the benefits of creating and curating. Page Views: ...
Lord of the Earth – A “Happening” by Modhir Ahmed
“Because art has the power to inspire and empower people to take a step in order to create change in something they believe in especially when the desired goal is to help transform the world for the better” Artbahra...
ARTIST PROFILE: GAZELLE SAMIZAY
If one has been watching the news unfold across the Arab world for the past several months, investigating the artwork of Gazelle Samizay, will have particular redolence, especially for women. By Laura Stewart &nb...
Christie’s Dubai Totes Up $5.9 Million in October Paintings Sale with A Solid 88% Works Sold
Line Up of Iranian, Arabic and Turkish Modern and Contemporary Paintings Establish 29 New World Records By Laura Stewart Page Views: 1684
My Studio – is not only the place that belongs to me, it is also the place that I belong to
It is nice to visit the studio of an artist, the hub of all creation, the place that is for the most part hidden from the eyes of the public. artBahrain visits the studio of Bahraini artist Khalid Thamazi. He’s open to talk a...
“I paint what is part of me” – Asghar Ismael
SELF-TAUGHT BAHRAINI ARTIST ASGHAR ISMAEL APPEARS TO BE ENJOYING HIMSELF. THE REASON IS THE 62 YEAR OLD PAINTER IS OFTEN IN AN ENVIABLE POSITION OF MAKING WORKS OF ART THAT HE LIKES AND SELLING TO PEOPLE WHO AGREE WITH...
artBahrain in conversation with Faika Al Hassan
We’d shared many short conversations over cups of tea in the past but none of them touched the subject of art. We’d indulged in conversations about fashion, travel and food, but never really about art. And spea...
Richard Noyce on the KRAKOW PRINT TRIENNIAL 2012
It is always a pleasure to return to Krakow, which is probably my favorite city, but this time it was always going to feel different. I was last there in 2009, for the openings of the main exhibitions of the Krakow Triennial, a...
There is “art” in everything we appreciate – A Studio Visit with Aysha Almoayyed
I’ve never spoken to very determined young artist who came into the art world from a different angle, her path has taken her through the beginnings of a career in marketing before she began training and working as ...
