Coffeehouses and independent cultural centres distribute the publication Art and Its Objects in Baghdad

The owners of several of Baghdad’s coffeehouses and independent cultural centres agreed to distribute the Ruya Foundation’s new publication Art and Its Objects: Five Essays on Contemporary Art Selected by Jonathan Watkins. 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…
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Ruya Notebooks #1: Distribution in the Middle East

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…
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Art and Its Objects: 5 Essays on Contemporary Art Selected by Jonathan Watkins

Ruya Notebooks is a new educational publishing initiative that will release two titles a year. For each Notebook a well known artist, curator or critic will select five short texts that they have identified as fundamental to their creative development. These texts will then be translated into Arabic, in most cases for the first time,…