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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…

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Ruya Foundation launches Iraqi Contemporary Artist Database

We are pleased to announce the launch today of the first publically accessible online database of contemporary Iraqi artists. The Ruya Artist Database is a long term, ever-expanding project that will be a cornerstone to Ruya’s ongoing mission to promote the work of contemporary Iraqi artists internationally. The Ruya Artist Database will collate portfolios of a…

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Ruya Foundation announces Tamara Chalabi and Paolo Colombo as Co-curators of the National Pavilion of Iraq at the 57th Venice Biennale.

The Ruya Foundation is pleased to announce that Tamara Chalabi, Chair and Cofounder of Ruya, and Paolo Colombo, Art Adviser at the Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, will co-curate the National Pavilion of Iraq at the 57th Venice Biennale, 13 May – 26 November 2017. The exhibition, ‘Archaic’, will explore the duality and tension in…

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Participation at Art16, London, 19-22 May

The Ruya Foundation is pleased to announce its participation as a non-profit exhibitor in Art16 at Olympia, London from 19 – 22 May 2016. Please join us for drinks at our booth from 6.30-9pm on 19 May. Works will be on display by 12 artists working across a range of media including painting, photography, ceramics,…