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‘Archaic’, the Iraq Pavilion at 57th Venice Biennale is named a finalist for Global Fine Art Award 2017

The Iraq Pavilion has been named a Finalist for the Global Fine Art Awards 2017 (GFAA) in the ‘Best Public Art / Exhibition or Installation’ category. The Pavilion’s exhibition, ‘Archaic’, was curated by Tamara Chalabi and Paolo Colombo. The official finalists were announced on 15 January. The GFAA Winners will be announced on 8 March 2018. The…

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Ruya opens contemporary art library and projection space in Baghdad.

The Ruya Foundation has opened a contemporary art library and projection space in Baghdad. The Ruya Shop is located on Mutanabbi Street, which is known for its weekly book market selling used and rare books. Every week, during the book market’s opening hours, the Ruya Shop will project a selection of video and photography by…

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Photographer Jamal Penjweny presents his work at the Imperial War Museum’s new major exhibition ‘Age of Terror: Art since 9/11’

The Ruya Foundation is pleased to announce that works from Jamal Penjweny’s photography series ‘Saddam is Here’ are part of ‘Age of Terror: Art since 9/11’ a new exhibition at the Imperial War Museum, London. ‘Saddam is Here’ premiered at the Iraq Pavilion at the 54th Venice Biennale in 2013, which was commissioned by Ruya.…

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Iraqi sculptor Athar Jaber to create new work for the Palestinian Museum’s inaugural exhibition ‘Jerusalem Lives’

Iraqi-Dutch sculptor Athar Jaber has been commissioned to create a new work for ‘Jerusalem Lives’, the inaugural exhibition of the Palestinian Museum in Bir Zeit, in the West Bank of Palestine, which opens this month. Twenty-eight artists from Palestine, the Middle East and other regions, including Emily Jacir, Mona Hatoum and Oscar Murillo, will produce…