Across two galleries in Manhattan, eight artists and collectives flout the weaponization of their identities to justify violence, instead presenting a vision of belonging and reclaimed lineages.

Danny Hajjar has always been surrounded by Arabic music. He grew up in the U.S., but his parents are both Lebanese immigrants who had it on all the time. DANNY HAJJAR: So it's really intrinsic to who ...

DEARBORN, Mich. — Nabil Mousa’s first solo art exhibition was a joyous occasion, but it still brought tears to his eyes when he introduced his husband to the audience. Mousa was born in Syria and ...

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by The Art Newspaper, an editorial partner of CNN Style. Sotheby’s inaugural auction in Saudi Arabia — and the country’s first major international ...

"This book is devoted to documenting the tremendous discursive energies of modern artists and critics who lived and worked in the Arabic-speaking regions of the Middle East and North ...

Two young women in hijabs pose underneath a photo of a girl with a neon sign that says eib glowing across her face. The Arabic word doesn’t translate exactly, but the closest English counterpart is ...

Over the past decade, identity has dominated both political and cultural discourse in the US. With the new decade at a nascent stage, a former Georgetown instructor looks to use visual art to expand ...

The middle of the 20th century was a tumultuous time for the 22 countries of the Arab world. It was a period of decolonization and industrialization, of war and mass-migration. It saw the rise of ...

BOSTON - Arab art embraces many possibilities. “Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s–1980s,” an exhibition on view at Boston College’s McMullen Museum of Art, explores those ...

Kesh Angels. Metallic lambda print on 3mm white dibondHassan Hajjaj The 15th Biennial Fotofest in Houston provides a counterpoint to many of the contemporary art fairs underway around the country, ...

Because Islam did not encourage representations of the human figure, traditional art in the Arab World tended toward the abstract, finding its highest expression in the architecture of mosques and ...