The Ruya Foundation’s new publication Art and Its Objects: Five Essays on Contemporary Art Selected by Jonathan Watkins is being distributed for free in art spaces and cultural centres across cities in the Middle East. The book includes a selection of essays on contemporary art which have been translated to Arabic and is part of Ruya’s new educational publishing initiative. It aims to give the Arabic-speaking artistic community access to important contemporary literature on art and its practices.
Below is the list of current distribution points:
Iraq
Basra Association of Fine Artists, Basra
Burj Babel Centre for Media Development, Abu Nawas Street, Baghdad
Coffee and Books Coffeehouse, Karrada, Baghdad
Erbil Citadel, Downtown Erbil, Erbil
Ridhaa Alwan Coffeehouse, Karrada, Baghdad
Shabandar Coffeehouse, Mutannabi Street, Baghdad
For distribution in Basra, Hilla, Sulaymaniya and other cities, please contact: [email protected]
Lebanon
Agial Gallery, 63 Abdul Aziz street, Hamra district, Beirut,
Beirut Art Centre, Jisr Al Wati, Building 13, Street 97, Zone 66, Adlieh
Dar Bistro & Books, Roma Street, Wardieh Hamra, Beirut
Librairie Internationale, Gefinor, Hamra, Beirut
Mansion, Abdul Kader Street, Zoukak El Blatt, Beirut
Marfa’, Charles Helou Bus Station, Port Beirut Free Zone, Beirut
Metro, Sarolla Building, Minus 2, Hamra, Beirut
Saleh Barakat Gallery, Clemenceau, Justinian Street, Beirut
Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Tannous Building – Quarantine, Beirut
T-Marbouta, Hamra Square Center, Main Street, Hamra, Beirut
Palestinian Territories
Birzeit University Museum, Birzeit University Campus, Main Library building, Ground floor. P.O.Box 14, Birzeit, West Bank
Palestine Museum, Museum Street, Birzeit, West Bank
Bahrain
ArtBAB, Bahrain International Exhibition & Convention Center (BIECC), Manama
Jordan
Nabad Art Gallery, 46 Uthman bin Affan Street, PO Box 2966, First Circle Jabal Amman, Amman
Darat Al Funoon / Khaled Shoman Foundation, 13 Nadeem al Mallah st. (main entrance), Jabal al Weibdeh, Amman
Dar Al Anda Gallery, 3 Dhirar Bin Al Azwar Street, Jabal al Weibdeh, Amman
Orfali, Umm Uthaina, Kufa St., Cupertino, P.O.Box 830971, Amman
NOFA Creative Space, Othman Bin Afnan Street, 2nd Villa, Amman
Jordan Arts and Crafts Centre, 14 Mansour Kreishan St. 2nd Circle, Amman
Egypt
Dar Merit
Dar Tanmia, 19 Huda Shaarawi St., Bab Al Louq, Cairo
Café Kunst, 28 Sherif Basha Street, Abdeen, Cairo
Contemporary Image Collective, 4th Floor, 22 Abdel Khalek Thawrat Street, Downtown, Cairo
Room Art Space, 10 Etehaad al Mohamin, Qasr Al Nile, Cairo
Cairo Atelier, Qasr Al Nile, Cairo
Townhouse, 3 Hussein Basha Al Meamari, Marouf, Qasr an Nile, Cairo
Margo Veillon Gallery of Modern Egyptian Art, American University of Cairo, 113 Kasr Al Aini St, P.O. Box 2511, Cairo
Mashrabia Art Gallery, 8 Champollion Street, Downtown, Cairo
Gallery Picasso, Hassan Assem, Mazhar, Zamalek, Cairo
Nile Art Gallery, 14 Mataza Street, Zamalek, Cairo
Safar Khan Gallery, 6 Brazil Street, Cairo
Art Corner Gallery, Sayed Al Bakry Street, Cairo
Karim Francis Gallery, Bab Al Louq, Cairo
Kuwait
Darat Al Funoon, P.O.Box: 3899, Safat 13039, Kuwait
Visual Therapy, The Print Room, Waves Center, 5th Street, Shuwaikh
The Sultan Gallery, 168 Mubarak Al Kabeer St, Kuwait City