2010.08.30

Indeed, much is being written about Yemen these days. Mostly it’s talk of the country as ‘the next Afghanistan‘ (whatever [...]
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Two years before Barack Obama announced his candidacy for US President, NY-based filmmaker Amy Rice had the idea to begin [...]
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This past May I spent a few days at the annual American Association of Museums conference in Los Angeles for [...]
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For my first show with Art International Radio I spoke with longtime Upper East Side gallerist Leila Heller. She is [...]
Read More2010.07.29

Al Manakh 2 was released in the Spring of this year. The compilation of over 140 articles focuses on developments [...]
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In the fall of 2009 I ventured up to the Edwynn Houk Gallery to meet with artist Lalla Essaydi. I [...]
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I went undercover this year for Conde Nast Traveler and checked out Jerusalem’s newest boutique hotel–Mamilla. Designed by Piero Lissoni, [...]
Read More2010.06.17

Launched just days after Israel’s fatal attack on the Mavi Marra ship, three boats packed with artists headed out from [...]
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The recent flotilla attack highlighted a growing political disparity between the world’s position on the Gaza blockade and Israel’s. And [...]
Read More2010.06.09

On a recent trip to Cairo I was introduced to a spate of new design initiatives in Egypt. The most [...]
Read More2010.06.08

Last month was the first sale of Iranian art at a US auction house. Unfortunately, the response was lukewarm. In [...]
Read More2010.05.19

I spent half of March in Uganda and South Africa. In Uganda I headed to Gulu to spend time with [...]
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Casablanca is not a city most tourists make time for during their visits to Morocco, but it is a huge [...]
Read More2010.04.21

For Monocle‘s ‘Museum Pieces’ survey I was asked to speak to several players in the museum world who are making [...]
Read More2010.04.10

After a week in Iceland I knew two things. One: I want to go back NOW. And Two: One of [...]
Read More2010.03.29

The article below is an account of a month-long US State Department sponsored teaching grant I conducted in Casablanca at [...]
Read More2010.03.06

The past couple of weeks have been quite intense for the art scene here in NYC. First up was the [...]
Read More2010.02.27

There are a lot changes happening in the museum scene in Israel. There were several highlights I got to see [...]
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