Ala Younis's famous research project, Plan for Greater Baghdad, shown here at the Venice Biennale in 2015, used a gymnasium designed by modernist architect Le Corbusier for Saddam Hussein to understand how monuments represent power. The work is now in the special collections of the Arab Centre for the Study of Art. Alessandra Chemollo
Ala Younis's famous research project, Plan for Greater Baghdad, shown here at the Venice Biennale in 2015, used a gymnasium designed by modernist architect Le Corbusier for Saddam Hussein to understanShow more
The region's first academic centre for the study of Arab art opens in Abu Dhabi
'We need to set our own standards, our own historical narrative about this region from this region', says Salwa Mikdadi, a professor of art history at NYUAD