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Iraq Pavilion Vernissage and Opening Week

Ruya Foundation hosted a reception for the opening of Invisible Beauty, the National Pavilion of Iraq at the 56th Venice Biennale last week. Over 600 people attended, where they met the artists, Salam Atta Sabri, Akam Shex Hadi, Latif al Ani and Rabab Ghazoul, who presented their works for the first time at the Venice Biennale.…
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RUYA holds symposium in Baghdad on contemporary art.

RUYA hosted a day long symposium on contemporary art in Baghdad last week, open to artists and intellectuals from across the country. Curator Philippe Van Cauteren, who RUYA brought to Baghdad to meet artists and visit the city’s cultural institutions, gave a presentation on the current international state of contemporary art. ‘We took advantage of…
 

Curating the Pavilion: Philippe Van Cauteren’s trip to Baghdad

Well, here I am in my office in Baghdad making final arrangements for the visit of Belgian curator Philippe van Cauteren in preparation for the Iraq Pavilion at the Biennale di Venezia 56. At 18:36, I heard a car bomb about half a mile from my office. This is very common for us in Baghdad,…