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Ruya Lab #4: Photography

The Fourth Ruya Lab was a day-long seminar about printing, editioning and exhibiting photography for the international art market. The workshop took place ahead of ‘Calling Calouste’ an exhibition of new Iraqi photography commissioned by Ruya, which opens on October 1 2016 at the Gulbenkian Building in Baghdad. Six of the eight photographers participating in…

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5th Çanakkale Biennial Cancellation

We regret that the 5th Çanakkale Biennial, which was scheduled to open on 24 September, has been cancelled due to developments within a political agenda that is contradictory to the basis of the Çanakkale Biennial Initiative (CABININ). We are saddened by the turn of events and our thoughts are with the organisers and artists involved…

Cartoon

‘The Marshes’: August Cartoon by Khudair Alhimyari

Each week, Ruya will be sharing a cartoon by Iraqi caricaturist Khudair Alhimyari. This month’s theme is the marshes, which were recently named a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Below, an ordinary man and a cleric hold different magnets in a cartoon called: ”Attracting Tourists”. Below, the man on the boat tells his friend: “Be careful,…

Defining ‘Homeland’: Artists Akam Shex Hadi and Salam Atta Sabri to participate at the 5th International Çanakkale Biennial

“Kites float in the sky and embody our desire to free ourselves in flight. But their movement is neither spontaneous nor free, they always return home”. In a new series by the photographer Akam Shex Hadi, the artist has photographed his subjects, anonymous women, men and children of the city of Sulaymaniyah, surrounded by barbed…