Reportage | Naima Morelli

Published! Interview with Massinissa Selmani on FLAUNT

11-12-2024

English, Interview, News, North Africa, Published, Reportage, Research, United States, Visit

We really don’t want to hear yet another mouth uttering the old and weary truism: “In order to know where we are going, we need to know where we come from.”

But can we even look at Massinissa Selmani’s videos, drawings, and photos in his exhibition 1000 VILLAGES—dedicated to the story of his own country Algeria and currently on exhibition at Index Foundation in Stockholm—without having this truism resounding in our ears like blaring evidence? We might as well cover our mouths.

I have spoken with the artist for FLAUNT Magazine.

Here is the link to the interview

Published! The Gwangju and Busan Biennales for Plural Art Mag

By: Naima Morelli

15-11-2024

Korea, News, Reportage, Research

There’s nothing quite like a biennale to help us take stock of the art world — not just artistic trends, but also the currents of thought flowing through culture at large. And 2024 has given us plenty of international biennales to do just that.

In the West, the Venice Biennale dominates the cultural conversation. But in Asia, two South Korean biennales serve as litmus tests for the state of contemporary Asian art.

The first takes place in the city of Gwangju and is considered — rather hyperbolically — the Venice Biennale of Asia. The second is the Busan Biennale (originally called the Busan Youth Biennale), which these days is open to both young and not-so-young artists.

I wrote the article for Plural Art Mag

Here is the link to the piece

Published! The Marseille comic book scene on Art a Part of Culture

By: Naima Morelli

26-10-2024

Essay, France, Italiano, News, Published, Reportage, Research

immagine per Friche, Belle de Mai © Caroline Dutrey

This summer I visited for the first time Marseille, to do a little research on the comic book scene there. I have found an incredible lively scene, which provided me with many insights about art, life, and how a community comes together around shared values.

I wrote the piece in Italian for the webmagazine Art a Part of Culture.

Here is the link to the article

Published! Arab pavillions at the Venice Biennale on Hadara

By: Naima Morelli

02-10-2024

Italy, Middle East, News, North Africa, Published, Reportage

Being a foreigner is more than a state of mind. It is a state of the soul. The foreigner’s journey can be painful or enriching. Often it is both, as illustrated by a number of Arab artists at the 60th International Art Exhibition in Venice, which continues through November 24.

Stranieri Ovunque, or Foreigners Everywhere, the theme of the Biennale chosen by curator Adriano Pedrosa, subverts the linear Western art trajectory by bringing outsider narratives to the forefront. The theme allows for explorations of identity, ethnicity, gender and belonging.

Published! Korea MZ collectors for the Financial Times

By: Naima Morelli

31-08-2024

Collection, Essay, Published, Reportage, Research

My new article for the Financia Times is about a new breed of Korean collectors, the so-called Generation MZ, a terms tha stands for millennials and Gen-Z.

They are focused on works under $50,000, either buying with family money or their own entrepreneurial cash, including at the upcoming Frieze and Kiaf fairs.

Here is the link to the piece

Published! Italian colonial architecture in Libya on Al-Jazeera

By: Naima Morelli

13-07-2024

Essay, Interview, Libya, News, North Africa, Reportage

I have been interested in Libyan art, culture, and literature – as well as its relationship with its Italian colonial past – for a few years now. And every time I look at this country through a different facet, there is so much to discover.

This time I looked at the erasure of the colonial architectural heritage in Benghazi and Tripoli, gathering different viewpoints from Libyans, and their memories attached to these buildings.

I wrote the story for Al-Jazeera, with the title “Cultural treasure or painful reminder? Libya’s colonial architecture.”

Here is the link to the article

Published! Balkan artists for the Financial Times

By: Naima Morelli

08-06-2024

Balkans, Interview, News, Published, Reportage, Research

Aside from big names such as Marina Abramović, the Balkan region is little known globally, making it ripe for collectors.

I have interviewed some of these artists, collectors and galleries for the Financial Times.

Here is the link to the article

Published! Timor Leste Pavillion on Plural Art Mag

By: Naima Morelli

29-05-2024

English, Interview, News, Reportage, Research, video

I have interview artist Maria Madeira and reviewed “Kiss and Don’t Tell,” Timor-Leste’s inaugural pavilion at the Venice Biennale for Plural Art Mag.

The show amalgamates Timorese traditions, personal narratives of displacement, and universal struggles for identity.

Here is the link to the article

Published! Palestine at the 2024 Venice Biennale for MEMO

By: Naima Morelli

26-04-2024

English, Interview, Middle East, News, Published, Reportage, Research, Visit

The "South West Bank" show at Palazzo Mora [Naima Morelli]

My first report from Venice. Besides the controversy around the closed Israeli Pavilion, in this article for Middle East Monitor I look at three shows representing different facets of Palestine at the 2024 Venice Biennale

Here is the link to the article

Published! Desert X AlUla on Qantara

By: Naima Morelli

02-04-2024

Middle East, News, Published, Reportage, Research, Review, Visit

Art installation at the Desert X AlUla 2024 exhibition in Saudi Arabia

Over the past three years, there has been a shift in perception around the Saudi Arabian art scene, and at this year’s Desert X AlUla, artists benefitted from freer expression.

I have review the art festival for the German webmagazine Qantara.

Here is the link to the article

Published: Review of Mathaf Museum in Doha

By: Naima Morelli

16-03-2024

English, Essay, Middle East, News, Published, Reportage, Research

Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha [Naima Morelli]

With shows that range from political stances to introspective research, Doha’s Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art proves itself to be one of the most authoritative voices for Arab narratives and the Global South in art.

Here is the link to the article

Published! Noor Riyadh for Al-Monitor

By: Naima Morelli

26-12-2023

Middle East, News, Published, Reportage, Visit

My piece on the light art festival Noor Riyadh has just been published on Al-Monitor.

“Standing in the middle of the King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) in Riyadh, a swarm of drones creates delicate constellations on the horizon. A virtuoso is playing the piano on a stage, complementing the 3,000-drone performance conceived by Studio Drift — an artist duo formed by Dutch artists Lonneke Gordijn and Ralph Nauta — called ‘Desert Swarm’.”

Here is the link to the article

Naima Morelli

Published! Interview with Massinissa Selmani on FLAUNT

Published! The Gwangju and Busan Biennales for Plural Art Mag

Published! The Marseille comic book scene on Art a Part of Culture

Published! Arab pavillions at the Venice Biennale on Hadara

Published! Korea MZ collectors for the Financial Times

Published! Italian colonial architecture in Libya on Al-Jazeera

Published! Balkan artists for the Financial Times

Published! Timor Leste Pavillion on Plural Art Mag

Published! Palestine at the 2024 Venice Biennale for MEMO

Published! Desert X AlUla on Qantara

Published: Review of Mathaf Museum in Doha

Published! Noor Riyadh for Al-Monitor

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