Interview | Naima Morelli

Published! Contemporary art museums in Rome for Culture360

02-07-2018

English, Essay, Interview, Italy, Published, Visit

museumsrome

I have just been back from Japan a couple of days ago, and it has been great to find my essay on the state of contemporary art museums in Rome published on Culture360, the webmagazine of the Asia-Europe foundation.

The piece stems from my conversations with Hou Hanru and Giorgio de Finis, and takes into consideration the example of the ex-GNAM, La Galleria Nazionale directed by Cristiana Collu. While in the piece I take a bit of a critical tone, I hope that you can read through the lines my positive feeling for a scene in transformation.

Here is the link to the piece

Published! DIASPORA Exit, Exile, Exodus at MAIIAM for CoBo

By: Naima Morelli

04-05-2018

English, Essay, Interview, Published, Thailand

loredanaMAAIAM

CoBo Social has just published my new article where I discuss the show DIASPORA Exit, Exile, Exodus at MAIIAM in Chiang Mai with the curator Loredana Pazzini-Paracciani, as well as the importance of tackling geopolitical change in Southeast Asia from a variety of angles.

Here is the link to the piece

Published! Interview with Stephanie Fong on CoBo

By: Naima Morelli

26-04-2018

English, Interview, Published, Reportage, Research, Singapore, Visit

To Stephanie Fong, founder and director of FOST Gallery in Singapore, the job of a gallerist is not just about selling the art, but rather providing an experience. With an uncontainable passion for culture, as well as an eye for the evolving trends worldwide, Stephanie has become a point of reference in the Lion City’s art scene.

I had the pleasure of talking with Stephanie for CoBo Social during my last visit to Singapore a couple of months ago, and I found he combination of strenght and grace – in both her personality and in the way she runs her business – incredibly inspiring:

“Why are you doing this?” She laughed and replied almost immediately: “I think at the core of it it’s what I’m meant to do. Now looking back at my journey, it all made sense, even though I hadn’t really planned it that way. Maybe it has been all about faith.”

Here is the link to the interview

Published! Interview with Meta Moeng on Culture360

By: Naima Morelli

13-04-2018

Cambodia, English, Interview, Published

MetaMoeng
Here we go with a new article from my Cambodia reportage; it’s so great to see all the fruits from my research coming out little by little and share all this beauty – this time through the web platform Culture360 which is all about creating trans-continental connections.

And I’m super grateful to have met art manager and Kon Len Khnhom founder Met Moeng during my trip to Phnom Penh. Coming from an art system where people don’t have to do things in the arts out of necessity, but more for individualistic reasons, it’s very heartening to see someone who daily embodies the word “service”. Through founding her own art space Kon Len Khnhom Meta really stretched herself beyond her limits, proving that it’s possible to do it if you are willing to let go of control and you are guided by sheer passion.

Coming into contact with her passion and determination was a real blast, and keeps on inspiring me!

Here is the link to the piece

Published! Stiev Selapak on Art Republik

By: Naima Morelli

14-03-2018

Cambodia, English, Essay, Interview, Published, Reportage, Visit

stievselapak

Little by little parts of my Cambodia research/reportage are coming out in the press: here is a piece on the Phnom Penh-based supergroup Stiev Selapak which has just been published on the Singapore-based art magazine Art Republik. Can’t wait to have the physical copy in my hands!

Here is the link to the article

Published! Interview with Kim Hak for CoBo

By: Naima Morelli

01-02-2018

Cambodia, English, Interview, Published, Research

KimHak

CoBo Social has just published my interview with Cambodian photographer Kim Hak as the first of a three-part series on Cambodian photographers. In this piece I talk with Kim Hak about the special role photography holds in Cambodia for the collective memory.

Here is the link to the interview

Published! Delere Press on Culture360

By: Naima Morelli

18-01-2018

English, Interview, News, Published, Research, Singapore

DelerePress

Culture is a gift to share. Driven by this ethos Yanyun Chen and Jeremy Fernando founded in Singapore the publishing house Delere Press, which marries art and literature. I have interviewed both of them for Culture 360, the webmagazine of the Asia-Europe Foundation.

Here is the link to the article

Published! Curators bridging Asia and Europe on Culture360

By: Naima Morelli

16-01-2018

Europe, Europe, France, Germany, Indonesia, Interview, Italy, Japan, News, Published, Thailand

curatorsasiaeurope

Culture360 – the webmagazine of the Asia-Europe Foundation – has just published my piece on independent curators bridging Asia and Europe (and also other parts of the world) through contemporary art.

I have met these three incredible women in several occasions; they are doing a very important and necessary work, filling gaps in understanding across cultures. Their practice and professional rigour inspires me greatly.

Here is the link to the piece

Published! Interview with Gerald Leow on CoBo

By: Naima Morelli

12-01-2018

English, Interview, Published, Reportage, Research, Review, Singapore

CoBo Social has just published an interview with one of my favorite Singaporean artists, Gerald Leow. We did the interview this past June, at the time he exhibited his latest series “I am Time Grown Old To Destroy the World” at Chan+Hori gallery in Singapore.

Here is the link to the interview

Published! Vipoo Srivilasa on CoBo

By: Naima Morelli

06-01-2018

Australia, English, Interview, Published, Thailand

We kick off the new year with the publication of an interview I did some time ago with ceramic artist Vipoo Srivilasa for CoBo Social. His work explores the similarities between the cultures of his native Thailand and his adoptive home, Australia. Vipoo’s art is playful and profound– as well as being highly collectible.

Here is the link to the interview

Published! Interview with Rana Samara on Middle East Monitor

By: Naima Morelli

18-12-2017

English, Interview, Middle East, Published

RanaSamara

I have interviewed Palestinian artist Rana Samara for Middle East Monitor. Rana is a highly inquisitive, courageous and determined woman. These characteristics propelled her to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Fine Art as a mother of three children from a conservative background. Her passion for art has led her to a two-year MA in Fine Art at Northwestern University, Chicago.

The backbone of Rana’s work are conversations with women about gender and intimate relations. Her latest series of work called “Intimate Space”, was presented by Ramallah’s at Art Dubai 2017 and put the spotlight on the depth and complexity of the research of Palestinian artist.

Here is the link to the interview

Published! Bait al Karama on Middle East Monitor

By: Naima Morelli

31-10-2017

English, Interview, Middle East, News, Published

BaitAlKarama

The webmagazine Middle East Monitor has just published my article called: Palestine’s first female-run cookery school is ‘a labour of love’. The piece is based on an interview with artist Beatrice Catanzaro about the Bait Al Karama, the first Women’s Centre in the heart of the Old City of Nablus, which combines a culinary social enterprise with art and cultural activities.

The space was established to support the social and economic needs of women in the Old City struggling in the aftermath of the occupation, and to draw international attention to Nablus as a place of art and culture.

Here is the link to the piece

Naima Morelli

Published! Contemporary art museums in Rome for Culture360

Published! DIASPORA Exit, Exile, Exodus at MAIIAM for CoBo

Published! Interview with Meta Moeng on Culture360

Published! Stiev Selapak on Art Republik

Published! Interview with Kim Hak for CoBo

Published! Delere Press on Culture360

Published! Curators bridging Asia and Europe on Culture360

Published! Interview with Rana Samara on Middle East Monitor

Published! Bait al Karama on Middle East Monitor

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