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Farah Abdessamad

Farah Abdessamad

The Atlantic

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Curator Nada Shabout Traces the Enduring Legacy of the Baghdad Modern Art Group

Curator Nada Shabout Traces the Enduring Legacy of the Baghdad Modern Art Group

The Group played a seminal role in the reinvention of postcolonial identity through avant-garde art.

12.08.2025 10

Observer

Farah Abdessamad

Afghanistan’s War Rugs Weave a Knotty History at the British Museum

These rugs probe the aestheticization of war and the risk of defining a country primarily by its violent past and present at the expense of other...

01.08.2025 3

Observer

Farah Abdessamad

Ali Cherri Honors Life, Loss and Defiance in ‘How I Am Monument’

Wide-ranging works illustrate the artist's range and capture the exhibition's parable: what is destined to live will die, as what dies may rise again.

17.07.2025 2

Observer

Farah Abdessamad

The 13th Liverpool Biennial Celebrates a Vibrant World-City

The Biennial balances global perspectives with local voices proving the city remains a crossroads where art, history and lived experience collide.

28.06.2025 7

Observer

Farah Abdessamad

Don’t Miss: Fa Razavi’s Defiant Debut at Palo Gallery

In “Opera Rose,” the artist delivers a compelling meditation on form and modern mythology via an exploration of the classical nude and human...

08.04.2025 3

Observer

Farah Abdessamad

In Two Shows, Myriam Yousif’s Clay Sculptures Evoke Mesopotamian Culture and the Divine Feminine

An installation view of “Riverbend.” Nicholas Lea bruno / Courtesy of the artist and The Pit, Los Angeles Art is a space where conversations...

09.12.2024 3

Observer

Farah Abdessamad

The Long History of the "Elsewhere Museum"

02.12.2024 5

The Nation

Farah Abdessamad

When the Strange Is Familiar and the Familiar Strange: Surrealism Turns 100

“This summer the roses are blue; the wood is of glass,” André Breton wrote in 1924. “Existence is elsewhere.” His Manifesto of Surrealism...

11.09.2024 5

Observer

Farah Abdessamad