101. Salah M. Hassan

What if architecture is not just about buildings—but about values?In this episode of About Art, Heidi Zuckerman speaks with architect, curator, and cultural strategist David van der Leer, whose work sits at the intersection of design, public space, civic imagination, and cultural ...  Show more

Unlock the transformative potential of art that invites participation, reflection, and collective healing. This episode features Molly Gochman, an artist and activist reshaping how we connect through shared experiences, public monuments, and community engagement.Most conversation ...  Show more

What was it like curating the biggest exhibition of Arab art happening right now? Why is “Kawkaba: Highlights from the Barjeel Art Foundation” such a landmark exhibition? We sat down with the exhibition’s curator and deputy chair of Christie’s MENA, Dr Ridha Moumni, and the fo ...

The ‘Ethiopia: Modern Nation/Ancient Roots’ season is about to launch with a two-day programme of events this weekend October 11 and 12th at the Africa Institute. It all marks the start of the first scholarly and cultural season at Africa Hall, Sharjah, with a dynamic program tha ...  Show more

In this episode of the afikra podcast, Professor Kirsten Scheid invites us into the world of Modern Art in Lebanon, and Lebanon through the lens of Modern Art. 

We explore what art meant in the 1920s, before the establishment of the Lebanese state, how national imaginari ...

Noelle Giuffrida’s book, Separating Sheep from Goats: Sherman E. Lee and Chinese Art Collecting in Postwar America (University of California Press, 2018), tells the history of collecting and exhibiting Chinese art through the story of renowned curator and museum director Sherman ...  Show more