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PROJECT

Book: ‘Invisible Beauty’

The exhibition ‘Invisible Beauty’, the Iraq Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale, was accompanied by a new publication, produced by Ruya in collaboration with Mousse publishing. The publication includes specially commissioned new writing on the theme of ‘Invisible Beauty’ by Iraqi writers Ali Badr, Fares Haram, Sherko Bekas and Atyaf Rasheed, a text on Iraq’s…

Event

Invisible Beauty travels to S.M.A.K, Gent.

Last week a restaging of Ruya’s Invisible Beauty opened at S.M.A.K. Museum for Contemporary Art in Gent, Belgium. The exhibition was first shown as the Pavilion of Iraq at the 56th Venice Biennale 2015, for which Ruya appointed Philippe Van Cauteren, artistic director of S.M.A.K., as curator. Invisible Beauty showcases five Iraqi artists and the…

Video

Video: Opening week of Invisible Beauty, the Pavilion of Iraq at the 56th Venice Biennale

With special thanks to the artists and everyone who took part in the Pavilion of Iraq at the 56th Venice Biennale! Visit the Pavilion page for more photos of the artworks, our research trip in Iraq, and interviews with the artists.

News

Latif Al Ani named 2015 Prince Claus Laureate

Ruya Foundation is delighted that photographer Latif Al Ani has been named a 2015 Prince Claus Laureate. Latif Al Ani (b. 1932) is currently exhibiting in Invisible Beauty, the National Pavilion of Iraq at the 56th Venice Biennale, which was commissioned by the Ruya Foundation. Invisible Beauty constitutes the first major international exhibition of Al Ani’s work since…