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Arch Daily – Dongola Architecture Series The Dongola Architecture Series (DAS) is a biannual book series that offers unique insight into Arab culture through the lens of its most iconic contemporary architects, and attempts to grapple with our environment’s past and present to better inform how we design our future. The first issue, titled “Notes […]

Mousse Magazine – Cities Under Quarantine March 2020 ushered in a time of confinement, and the world stood still. Since the Coronavirus outbreak escalated into a global pandemic, artists have found deeper meaning in their personal spaces and studios – not just as places of production but as sanctuaries and safe spaces. We see a

L’OLJ – Cities Under Quarantine “… « It’s difficult to put à painting in the mailbox » (« C’est difficile de mettre une peinture dans une boîte aux lettres »). Inspiré par cette citation du peintre américain John Baldessari lue dans son ouvrage Ingres and Other Parables (Ingres et autres paraboles), l’artiste et curateur libanais a alors l’idée de

Hyperallergic Article – PMVABF 2021- Dongola Limited Editions “Every year, artists, writers, curators, and nerdy teens alike converge at MoMA PS1 for what’s become a New York art world tradition: Printed Matter’s annual New York Art Book Fair. Akin to an espresso shot for the body and mind, the three-day event typically features hundreds of exhibitors

artnet article – Cities Under Quarantine – Dongola Limited Editions Before the explosions of August 4 hit Beirut, Abed Al Kadiri, a Lebanese artist known for his large-scale paintings about Middle Eastern social issues, was gathering materials for “Cities Under Quarantine: The Mailbox Project,” a planned show featuring works created during lockdown by more than

Scene Arabia article – Cities Under Quarantine – Dongola Limited Editions  “While I was at home during quarantine, everything was closed. Even arts supply stores were closed, and it all happened suddenly, so as an artist myself I wasn’t prepared for that. I had a small accordion book at home, and I started working on

AlBawaba article – Cities Under Quarantine – Dongola Limited Editions While most artists will say that creating art in isolation is their natural state, the months of lockdown due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic have for many conjured up feelings of restlessness and unease. “An artist’s mission in the first place is to tell

Arab News article – Cities Under Quarantine – Dongola Limited Editions DUBAI: While most artists will say that creating art in isolation is their natural state, the months of lockdown due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic have for many conjured up feelings of restlessness and unease. “An artist’s mission in the first place is

Meem Gallery – Cities Under Quarantine – Dongola Limited Editions In an attempt to address issues around social isolation amid the coronavirus pandemic, Beirut based artist and curator, Abed Al Kadiri has launched Cities Under Quarantine: The Mailbox Project. With social distancing measures being implemented by governments worldwide resulting in limitations for artists, in terms of lack of materials and access to studios, Al

Arab British Center – Cities Under Quarantine – Dongola Limited Editions We’re delighted to be joined by artist and curator Abed Al Kadiri this week. Born and based in Beirut, he will be tuning in via Zoom to chat about his artistic work and tell us about his latest project with Dongola Books, the artist’s

Kawa News article – Cities Under Quarantine – Dongola Limited Editions Reflecting the world around us, art documents the times, and the personal, social, environmental and political issues related to them. But how can artists create and transmit when they have been, like the rest of the world, isolated? Abed Al Kadiri, artist, director and

The National article – Cities Under Quarantine – Dongola Limited Editions For many, social isolation amid the coronavirus pandemic has brought about feelings of anxiety and restlessness. It is precisely these reactions that Abed Al Kadiri, an artist and curator in Beirut, is hoping to channel into creativity, with the launch of a new project for Middle

CAP Book Launch – Fatima El-Hajj – Dongola Limited Editions عنترة: الثورة والحرية هي قصة كفاح ونصر.. ثورة وحرية. قصة بدأت قبل أكثر من ألف وخمسمائة عام، وتأجّجت منذ ما يقارب الشهور الأربعة. فَفي الوقت الذي يقف فيه شباب لبنان وشابّاته للمطالبة بحقوقهم لافظين من قلوبهم الفتيّة رواسب الحرب الأهلية، الطبقية والسلطة الأبوية، تعود فاطمة

Imane Fares Gallery – Ali Cherri – Dongola Limited Editions “The Book of Mud is a manifesto, a reverie, a story of earth and water. From floods and deluges to droughts and water scarcity, mud is the materialisation of the aquatic reality of our world. Neither land nor water, yet also both, mud embodies an in-between

Jesus College Cambridge – Kamal Boullata – Dongola Limited Editions A free symposium, book launch and opening for the exhibition ‘Jerusalem in Exile – to celebrate the life and work of Kamal Boullata and his Artistic Inheritance’. Source: Jerusalem in Exile: symposium, opening, book launch and reception Jesus College Cambridge – Kamal Boullata – Dongola Limited Editions

Beirut Art Fair – Hussein Madi – Dongola Limited Editions Abed Al Kadiri’s curatorial statement: Hussein Madi’s Roman story began on New Year’s Eve, 1963. Upon arriving in the Italian capital, he enrolled in the Accademia di Belle Arte, initiating what would be a two-decade-long stay. Madi’s first stop in Rome was the then-famous “Bar

The Mosaic Room – Mohammed Omar Khalil – Dongola Limited Editions Mohammad Omar Khalil (b. 1936) is a painter, master printmaker and mentor. Practicing since the 1960s, he is one of the most significant artists of his generation from Sudan and the Arab world. Homeland Under My Nails, curated by Abed Al Kadiri, presents prints by Khalil

eflux article – Mohammed Omar Khalil – Dongola Limited Editions Mohmmad Omar KhalilHomeland Under My NailsSelected Prints (1964-present)January 22–April 26, 2020 The Mosaic Rooms226 Cromwell RoadLondon SW5 0SWUKHours: Tuesday–Sunday 11am–6pm T +44 [email protected] mosaicrooms.orgInstagram / Facebook / Twitter The Mosaic Rooms announces the first major UK solo exhibition of Mohammad Omar Khalil (b.1936). Khalil is a painter, master printmaker and mentor,

Times Kuwait – Mohammed Omar Khalil – Dongola Limited Editions Followed by their talk, the book will be on display at Mullen Lowe Blu (next to Dar Al Funoon) Dongola Limited Edition would like to present this book as a place of encounter, a journey, and a dialogue between Tayeb Salih’s Season of Migration to

France24 Interview – Abed AlKadiri – Dongola Limited Editions “Liana Saleh hosts in this episode of the program “Thakafa(culture)” the artist Abed AlKadiri to talk about his initiative “Today I Would Like to be a Tree” that he created at Gallery Tanit, as well as his project with “Dongola Limited Editions” where he invited visual

Alaraby Article – Mohammad Omar Khalil – Dongola Limited Editions بعد عامين من العمل على رواية “موسم الهجرة إلى الشمال” للروائي السوداني الطيب صالح (1929-2009)، يطلق الفنان التشكيلي السوداني محمد عمر خليل (1936) معرضاً وكتاباً فنياً، عند السادسة والنصف من مساء الثلاثاء، 26 من الشهر الجاري، في “معهد العالم العربي” في باريس. المشروع هو باكورة أعمال دار

IMA Book Launch – Mohammed Omar Khalil – Dongola Limited Editions Autour de l’exposition Présentation des planches originales de Saison de Migration vers le Nord de Mohammad Omar Khalil, au niveau 4 du musée. Saison de Migration vers le Nord de Tayeb Salih, est un roman classique de la littérature arabe dont la première édition paraît à Beyrouth en

ABC – Chris Coekin and Noel Nasr – Dongola Limited Editions The Arab British Centre and Dongola Limited Editions are pleased to invite you to the UK book launch and photograph display of The Distance is Always Other, a collaborative photography artist book by British photographer Chris Coekin and Lebanese photographer Noel Nasr, with text in English

UCA Article – Chris Coekin and Noel Nasr – Dongola Limited Editions A UCA artist has been documenting the socio-geographic changes in Lebanon that have taken place over the past four decades. Recreating scenes captured on camera in 1973 by an elderly American couple recording their trip from Beirut to Baalbek, Subject Leader for MA Photography and MA

L’OLJ article – Chris Coekin and Noel Nasr – Dongola Limited Editions 1973. Avant que le pays du Cèdre ne pénètre dans le tunnel d’une guerre sanglante qui transforme sa configuration, deux touristes américains faisaient le trajet de l’hôtel Phoenicia aux Cèdres, un parcours que tant d’autres amoureux et curieux du Liban avaient fait à