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Ari Akkermans

Arie Amaya-Akkermans is a freelance writer and art critic based in Beirut, his research focuses on visual culture in the Middle East, politics of memory, and architecture.

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The Challenges of Being a Syrian Artist Today

by Ari Akkermans July 19, 2018July 20, 2018

Once artists leave Syria many find that international borders are closed to them as they try to build a professional and creative life in exile.

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Art that Resists Being Pigeonholed by Nationality

by Ari Akkermans June 22, 2018June 24, 2018

A recent exhibition presents the work of three Turkish artists connected through material and conceptual strands through modern and contemporary periods.

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How Archaeology Has Fueled Successful Art Experiments

by Ari Akkermans May 25, 2018May 29, 2018

An arts festival in Athens created an opportunity for international artists to think through the power and impact of archeology on nationalism and history.

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Paintings About the Intersection of Architecture and White Privilege

by Ari Akkermans June 2, 2017

The emphasis in this series of paintings by Chris Barnard is to highlight the role of institutions of privilege in the perpetuation of racial violence in the United States.

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Art Jameel Unveils Plans for Complex in Dubai, Launches Acquisition Fund for Metropolitan Museum

by Ari Akkermans March 15, 2017March 21, 2017

A new arts complex in Dubai may suggest a new direction for contemporary art in the UAE.

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Reconsidering the Work of a Lebanese Female Artist Who Deserves a Closer Reading

by Ari Akkermans March 13, 2017March 14, 2017

Most reviews of Saloua Choucair’s work are still confined to some superficial observations on her paintings, and her sculptures are nowhere yet offered any serious treatment.

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A Sculpture Stretches the Tension Between Construction and Destruction

by Ari Akkermans January 23, 2017January 23, 2017

The elements in this anti-composition have almost fallen out of time, and they are about to break apart, or at least to disjoin.

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Pavel Pepperstein’s Obsession with a Utopian Apocalypse

by Ari Akkermans January 23, 2017January 23, 2017

In these works, the present moment remains altogether elusive.

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Remembering the Light in Dark Times: Dispatches from the Turkish Art World

by Ari Akkermans January 12, 2017January 13, 2017

Conversations with artists reveal a dark mood, and everyone is focused on one topic: When to leave? Where to go? What to do in the meantime?

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A Photo Show Romanticizes Yosemite at the Expense of Native Americans

by Ari Akkermans January 2, 2017January 1, 2017

It’s through exhibitions like this that you can see the profound disconnect between institutions and the history they are entrusted with.

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A Dreamlike Distortion of Turkish Patriarchal Society

by Ari Akkermans December 1, 2016

In Lara Ögel’s work, structures of power appear encoded in unexpected ways and emerge from the most commonplace situations.

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At a Remote Russian Observatory, Contemporary Art Invokes the Wonder of Stargazing

by Ari Akkermans November 4, 2016

The Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Science, near the village of Nizhny Arkhyz, is hosting a contemporary art exhibition to mark the 50th anniversary of its construction.

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