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Moroccan photographer Imane Djamil explores the experience of post-traumatic transitions
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Sheikha Hoor Al Qasimi, Sharjah Biennial curator and Sharjah Art Foundation director, leads a tour of the Sharjah Art Museum. All Photos: Antonie Robertson / The National
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A work by Kimathi Donkor, an artist of Ghanaian, Anglo-Jewish and Jamaican descent, who lives in London and explores the history of Africa and its global diasporas.
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Photographer Hiroji Kubota captured portraits of the Black Panther party in the 1960s, as well as reportage of American military bases in Okinawa, Japan
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A series of portraits by South African-American painter Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi
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Pieces by Emirati artist Obaid Suroor, who incorporates traditional textile patterns into his work
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Robyn Kahukiwa’s Tihe Mauri Ora was produced as part of an ancestral meeting house created by the Maori women’s art collective Haeata
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A work by artist Malala Andrialavidrazana, who was born and raised in Madagascar, before relocating to Paris
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Angela Ponce's photography explores social issues, political issues and disability rights in the collective memory of Latin America
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Indian Photographer Pablo Bartholomew has spent decades capturing images of his country's emigres
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Moroccan photographer Imane Djamil explores the experience of post-traumatic transitions
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Sheikha Hoor Al Qasimi, Sharjah Biennial curator and Sharjah Art Foundation director, leads a tour of the Sharjah Art Museum. All Photos: Antonie Robertson / The National
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A work by Kimathi Donkor, an artist of Ghanaian, Anglo-Jewish and Jamaican descent, who lives in London and explores the history of Africa and its global diasporas.
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Photographer Hiroji Kubota captured portraits of the Black Panther party in the 1960s, as well as reportage of American military bases in Okinawa, Japan
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A series of portraits by South African-American painter Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi
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Pieces by Emirati artist Obaid Suroor, who incorporates traditional textile patterns into his work
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Robyn Kahukiwa’s Tihe Mauri Ora was produced as part of an ancestral meeting house created by the Maori women’s art collective Haeata
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A work by artist Malala Andrialavidrazana, who was born and raised in Madagascar, before relocating to Paris
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Angela Ponce's photography explores social issues, political issues and disability rights in the collective memory of Latin America
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Indian Photographer Pablo Bartholomew has spent decades capturing images of his country's emigres
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Moroccan photographer Imane Djamil explores the experience of post-traumatic transitions
Sharjah Biennial launches its 15th event, with more than 300 artworks across the emirate
Curator Sheikha Hoor Al Qasimi spoke about the event's 30-year legacy ahead of its opening on Tuesday
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Hareth Al Bustani
06 February, 2023
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