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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: Bouchra Kalili on Middle East Monitor

By: Naima Morelli

10-07-2024

English, Essay, News, North Africa, Published

In her work, currently on show both in Athens and at the Venice Biennale, Moroccan Artist Bouchra Khalili highlights the power of storytelling for the disenfranchised subjects of history.

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! Hong Kong art scene + Kingsley NG on Il Manifesto

By: Naima Morelli

25-05-2024

English, Interview, News, Published, Research, Visit

The Italian newspaper Il manifesto has just published two pieces of mine. One is an article reflecting back on the art week and the art marketin Hong Kong, the second is an interview with artist Kingsley Ng who did a commission for the façade of the Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong.

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! Yang Fudong illuminating the M+ façade for Il Sole 24Ore

By: Naima Morelli

27-03-2024

English, News, Published

A new byline and – most importantly – some news from the Hong Kong Art Week. I’m writing for Italian newspaper Il Sole 24Ore about a new commission by artist Yang Fudong, who will screen new work on the façade of the M+ museum.

Here is the link to the article

Published! South-east Asian collectors on the Financial Times

By: Naima Morelli

24-03-2024

English, Essay, Interview, Singapore, Taiwan

Painting of sitting room with a glassy side table, yellow sofa and plants

As Hong Kong is gearing up for its art week, I have spoken with collectors and gallerists for the Financial Times to see how the art market is a bit more fragmented than it used to be.

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! Interview with director of Palestine Museum US for MEMO

By: Naima Morelli

01-02-2024

English, Interview, Italy, Middle East, Published, Research

Faisal Saleh, founder of Palestinian Museum, speaks during the inauguration of the facility in Woodbridge, Connecticut, April 22, 2018. [HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP via Getty Images]

“A few months ago, the director of the Palestine Museum US, Faisal Saleh, was in a room in Venice with members of the commission for the 2024 Venice Art Biennale. They tried to explain to him why his proposal for a collateral exhibition of Palestinian artists was rejected.

Saleh is not only Palestinian, but also very American in his ethos. So, he told me, when the Biennale spokesperson tried to convince him that art and politics have to be kept separate, he didn’t hesitate to tell them, ‘Well, I may not be as much of an expert on art as you are, but I do know that politics and art are intertwined. You can’t really separate one from the other.’ “

Faisal Saleh, director of the Palestine Museum US has started a petition to have a Palestinian-only collateral show at the Venice Biennale 2024. I spoke with him for Middle East Monitor.

Here is the link to the interview

Published! Interview with Samia Halaby on The New Arab

By: Naima Morelli

24-01-2024

English, Interview, Middle East, Published

Palestinian artist Samia Halaby discusses her latest exhibition, 'Flurrying' | Arab News

“I see the beauty in many places, many times, and I have always wanted to interrupt conversations to point out what I see,” says Palestinian artist Samia Halaby. “I learned not to do so, and share beauty through painting.”

Today in her eighties, Samia Halaby is a pioneer of abstract painting and a central figure in Palestinian art, with an artistic career that started in the late 1950s and was also accompanied by a strong commitment to the liberation of her country.

I have interviewed the artist for The New Arab.

Here is the link to the interview

Curatorial text: Inessa Kalabekova’s Descendants of the Dragon in Singapore

By: Naima Morelli

27-12-2023

Central Asia, English, Essay, News

I have written the curatorial text for the new show “Descendants of the Dragons” by Singapore-based Kazakh artist Inessa Kalabekova at the Music Box Museum. The show opened on 1 December, and will run until 31 January 2024.

Please find the press release down below.

Published! Palestine underworld with artist Adam HajYahia on Al-Monitor

By: Naima Morelli

04-07-2023

English, Interview, Middle East, News, Published

I have interviewed independent researcher, curator and artist Adam HajYahia for Al-Monitor.

Adam’s exploration of structural and hierarchical violence and its intersections with capitalist, colonial, sexual and social dynamics took material shape recently in an exhibition called “Carnal Politics: Sex, Desire and Anti-Colonial Deviance in Mandate Palestine.”

Here is the link to the article

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Published! Interview with Massinissa Selmani on FLAUNT

Published: Bouchra Kalili on Middle East Monitor

Published! Timor Leste Pavillion on Plural Art Mag

Published! Hong Kong art scene + Kingsley NG on Il Manifesto

Published! Palestine at the 2024 Venice Biennale for MEMO

Published! Yang Fudong illuminating the M+ façade for Il Sole 24Ore

Published! South-east Asian collectors on the Financial Times

Published: Review of Mathaf Museum in Doha

Published! Interview with director of Palestine Museum US for MEMO

Published! Interview with Samia Halaby on The New Arab

Curatorial text: Inessa Kalabekova’s Descendants of the Dragon in Singapore

Published! Palestine underworld with artist Adam HajYahia on Al-Monitor

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