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Indigenous Artists Take Center Stage at the Toronto Biennial of Art

Avatar photo by Rea McNamara May 1, 2022May 2, 2022

Inspired by the multilayered histories of the city’s waterways, the biennial’s curatorial team has amassed an exciting array of contemporary Canadian and international artists, with a focus on Indigenous artists.

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Lawrence Abu Hamdan Knits Language to Power

by Eliza Levinson March 13, 2020March 13, 2020

The Voice Before the Law explores the ways in which linguistic uses and misuses are bound to legal systems.

Posted inIn Brief

Turner Prize Will Be Split Among All Four Nominees, at Their Request

by Hakim Bishara December 3, 2019December 6, 2019

Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Helen Cammock, Tai Shani, and Oscar Murillo told the judges in a letter, “The politics we deal with differ greatly, and for us it would feel problematic if they were pitted against each other.”

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Turner Prize Nominees Consider the Injustices Brought About by Borders

Avatar photo by Naomi Polonsky November 14, 2019

Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Helen Cammock, Oscar Murillo, and Tai Shani have been shortlisted for the coveted prize.

Posted inIn Brief

Turner Prize Nominees Are Announced, But Overshadowed by Sponsorship Controversy

Avatar photo by Zachary Small May 1, 2019May 1, 2019

The four artists shortlisted for this year’s prize are being masked by the company Stagecoach, whose chairman was behind a homophobic political campaign in 2000.

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An Exhibition that Posits Art as Evidence of Environmental Collapse

Avatar photo by Zachary Small May 23, 2018May 24, 2018

The current show at the SculptureCenter demonstrates how far contemporary artists have gone to transform their work into documentary evidence on the political threshold.

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The Politics of Sound in a Prison

by Michael Valinsky March 17, 2018March 16, 2018

Lawrence Abu Hamdan attempts to reconstruct the psycho-physical conditions in which prisoners lived at Syria’s Saydnaya prison by using recorded testimonials.

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How Artists Strive to Make Sense of the Archive in the “Middle East”

by Angela Harutyunyan May 12, 2017

The ambitious volume Dissonant Archives: Contemporary Visual Culture and Contested Narratives in the Middle East in many ways responds to the post-1990s archive fever, but from a specific geographic locale.

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Immersed in the Discrete Realities of the Sharjah Biennial

Avatar photo by Seph Rodney April 11, 2017April 12, 2017

The 13th Sharjah Biennial, titled Tamawuj, immerses you in distinctly crafted and compelling realities through sound, video works, and maze-like installations.

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A Biennial in Sharjah Offers Worlds Enough

Avatar photo by Seph Rodney March 28, 2017March 11, 2020

The latest Sharjah Biennial features over 50 international artists, many of whom have created impressive installations in the Emirate.

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