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Exhibition

‘Uncertain States: Artistic Strategies in States of Emergencies’ at the Akademie der Künste, Berlin

In a poem written in exile, the playwright Bertolt Brecht, who fled persecution in Germany in 1933 for his pro-communist plays and writings, likens his work to that of a reporter: The words which they call out to each other I report. What the mother says to her son What the employer tells the employee…

Cartoon

‘The Art Market’: November Cartoon

For November, Ruya has commissioned a weekly cartoon series on The Art Market, by Baghdad-based caricaturist Khudair Alhimyari.

Interview

Conjuring Colours, Tastes and Smells: Amman-based painter Ali Al Tajer

Ali Al Tajer is an Iraqi painter and art historian. Trained as a draughtsman at the College of Fine Arts at the University of Baghdad, Al Tajer worked as an illustrator for magazines and newspapers in Iraq. Al Tajer’s academic research was focused on the portrayal of ancients myths, human and animal motifs in the…

Cartoon

‘Art, Culture and Taste’: October Cartoon

For October, Ruya has commissioned a weekly cartoon series on Art, Culture and Taste, by Baghdad-based caricaturist Khudair Alhimyari. In the cartoon below, an Iraqi official reads the report “How to raise public taste in 5 days”. The cartoon below is titled “Art and Taste”.