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...

Interview with Nasser Al Aswadi   A combination of history and the sacred, the work of Nasser Al Aswadi stands out, unique. Encounter with the Yemeni artist.     Nasser Al Aswadi tell us about yourself …   Since childhood I wanted to become an artist. But in Yemen no art schools were available, so I studied architecture,...

Interview with Hanaa Malallah, Artist     Hanaa Malallah, you are an Iraqi artist of the generation of war. Your art shows the wounds of your homeland. It doesn’t show your own wounds, as if you are a spectator. I mean your work is objective, in the sense that one sees the pain and the sorrow in your work, but doesn’t see drama.  Can...

Interview with Serge Akl, Co-Founder of Photomed     Serge Akl, you are the director of the Lebanese Office of Tourism in Paris but you are also cofounder and vice president of Photomed Lebanon. In your opinion how does   organizing Photomed or similar artistic activities help the tourism sector?   Organizing any big event which...

Ahmad  Minkara interviews Joanne Heyler Founding Director of The Broad Museum Los Angeles                                                  Out of the six contenders for the design of the museum building, the New York firm of Diller Scofidio + Renfro won over Rem Koolhaas, Swiss Herzog & de Meuron, the French Christian de...

You've probably always had an old painting or artwork hanging somewhere; hence, the occasional question of when and how you should restore it might have crossed your mind.   Here it's important to know the difference between preservation, conservation, restoration, and renovation. Preservation keeps the object away from destruction, but...

Encounter with Meryem Sebti, Founder of  Diptyk  You are the founder, director of publication, and chief editor of Diptyk, a magazine which focuses on the contemporary art in morocco. Also you have created a digital counterpart of the magazine on line. Would you please introduce to our readers this magazine with the unusual name? and tell...

Buying at auction is one of the most exciting ways of buying art, as it does not come with the intimidation of being in a gallery. Here are Artscoops Editors tips! •    Know the lot numbers Knowing the lot numbers of the artworks you want to buy will allow you to know where in the auction the work will appear saving you time •    Ask...