Artscoops to take part among the media partners of  Contemporary Istanbul’s 11th edition                         AB Gallery, Hyo Rim, Flow and Play, Indian ink & Lacquer on Korean Hanji paper, 80x115cm, 2015     Artscoops is teaming up with the organisers of Contemporary Istanbul (CI), Turkey’s leading international art fair,...

A Window on the Region   Gallery owner Saleh Barakat talks to Ahmad Minkara about moving on, moving up and moving into a new white space.     Having just marked 25 years in the art business with the opening of a new gallery bearing his name, Saleh Barakat is no stranger to milestones.   In fact, as the gallery owner and...

A Long and Winding Road   Ahead of his new show, which opens on May 20 at the Saleh Barakat Gallery, Nabil Nahas talks early influences, Lebanese landscapes and unexpected departures of style with Ahmad Minkara.                             Untitled, 150x150cm, acrylic on canvas, 2011     A return to his native Lebanon in...

A closer look at Amar A. Zahr, founder of Beirut Art Residency (BAR)     Would you please introduce yourself? And tell us how you decided to start an art residency in Beirut?   Starting out as an artist myself, after exploring a few residencies around the world, including Istanbul, Dubai and New York, I was convinced that this...

Ahmad Minkara talks to Shahzia Sikander…                                    Shahzia Sikander, Photo by Julie Holder Sikander’s Installation in Times Square, New York 2015     Sikander studied at The National College of Arts Lahore in Pakistan, where she was taught the traditional discipline of Indo-Persian miniature...

Bangladesh and Beyond Ahmad Minkara interviews art collectors and champions of new talent, Nadia and Rajeeb Samdani.                               Ayesha Sultana's solo show at Dhaka Art Summit 2016     If India and Pakistan have traditionally dominated the South-Asian art scene, then a Bangladeshi-based foundation run by...

Ahmad Minkara Interviews Diana Al-Hadid, a Syrian-American Artist Diana Al-Hadid is a contemporary artist who creates sculptures, installations, panels and drawings using various media. Here for Artscoops she talks to Ahmad Minkara. She was born in Aleppo, Syria, in 1981 and currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Her sculptures,...

Interview with Majdoline Al Ghoul owner of Dar Al Anda Art Gallery What is going on in the art world in Jordan, Majdoline Al Ghoul owner of Dar Al Anda our new gallery partner from Amman, talked to us.   I understand Dar Al-Anda is a long standing art gallery in Amman . How did the idea of the gallery come out? What category of artists...

Interview with Hayv Kahraman A Beautiful Balancing Act The Iraqi-born artist Hayv Kahraman talks to Ahmad Minkara about finding inspiration and tackling torturous topics in a diasporic space.   Addressing difficult and distressing subjects in art without losing an audience is no easy task. Yet the Iraqi-born artist Hayv Kahraman...