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Farah Abdessamad

Farah Abdessamad

The Atlantic

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See Two Views of a Natural World Worth Preserving at the Morgan Library

Beatrix Potter's deft illustrations were an ode to the charming English countryside while Walton's Ford's depictions of animals are a celebration of...

01.04.2024 10

Observer

Farah Abdessamad

SLAM’s ‘Matisse and the Sea’ Showcases Many Ways of Seeing

Like other shows that have sought to shed new light on artists known to a wide public, such as the Met’s “ Van Gogh’s Cypresses,” “Matisse...

06.03.2024 5

Observer

Farah Abdessamad

Tania El Khoury’s ‘Cultural Exchange Rate’ Tells a Living Tale of Exile and Migration

The lights have been dimmed. On the ground floor of the Invisible Dog, benches, a coat rack, a table, a chandelier and stacked lockers arranged in an...

16.01.2024 5

Observer

Farah Abdessamad

The Women Shaping Contemporary Art in the Gulf

During the late aughts and early 2010s, “Gulf Futurism,” a cultural concept articulated by artist Sophia Al-Maria, sought to articulate trends and...

10.01.2024 3

Observer

Farah Abdessamad

The Met Explores Africa’s Lasting Impact On the Mediterranean World

In the 14th Century, Ibn Battuta left his native Tangiers to travel the world all the way to China, becoming one of the greatest explorers of all...

19.12.2023 6

Observer

Farah Abdessamad

Maria Prymachenko’s Show at The Ukrainian Museum Rekindles the Potency of Folk Art

Folk art stirs a feeling of ancestral intimacy. It asks us to both imagine and remember. We’re reminded of this injunction as we step into The...

29.11.2023 4

Observer

Farah Abdessamad

On View Now: Women Making Their Mark

Art collector Komal Shah’s first acquisition of Rina Banerjee’s work on paper, It Rained so she Rained (2009), marked the start of a collecting...

27.11.2023 2

Observer

Farah Abdessamad

Celebrating Native American Photography’s Sovereign Gaze

If you’ve first encountered Native American images in 19th-century archives portraying Natives as exotic subjects, you’re sadly not alone. The...

20.11.2023 2

Observer

Farah Abdessamad

Kravets Wehby Gallery Showcases Furong Zhang’s Immigrant Dreams

How does a Chinese tale from more than fifteen centuries ago connect with the experience of a first-generation Asian American migrant in the United...

07.11.2023 5

Observer

Farah Abdessamad

On View Now: Two Shows on Domesticity and the Housing Crisis

In a pandemic era, where the meanings of home have come to embody a shifting significance, the housing crisis continues to exclude and marginalize...

12.10.2023 1

Observer

Farah Abdessamad

Alex Bass’ Salon 21: Is It Art for All Or Just for a Few?

Champagne in SoHo. A modelesque woman with the sequined word VIXEN affixed to a black catsuit-like ensemble brushes by. Glasses clink. Merch is...

09.10.2023 2

Observer

Farah Abdessamad

María Magdalena Campos-Pons Dazzles in New Survey at the Brooklyn Museum

The universe of Cuban-born, Nashville-based artist María Magdalena Campos-Pons is expansive, generous, spiritual, feminist and rooted. It sings and...

28.09.2023 1

Observer

Farah Abdessamad

On View Now: The Yearnings of Cassi Namoda’s Gentle Rain

Since her first gallery exhibition in 2017, Cassi Namoda has quickly become a comet of the contemporary art scene. She has had around thirty shows and...

26.09.2023 1

Observer

Farah Abdessamad

On View Now: Four Shows in Tribeca on Reimagined Figuration

In Tribeca, four exhibits of work by contemporary artists explore the power of representation in paintings, sculpture and installations. They question...

18.09.2023 1

Observer

Farah Abdessamad

What to See at the 2023 Armory Show

I’ll say it. This is the best Armory Show I’ve been to since the pandemic, with fewer misses and more hits—especially the solid curation of...

09.09.2023 10

Observer

Farah Abdessamad

What Not to Miss at PHOTOFAIRS New York

Few mediums have so radically impacted visual culture as photography, yet its prominence has often been downplayed at biennales and fairs. But things...

08.09.2023 3

Observer

Farah Abdessamad

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