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      Melissa Gronlund

      Melissa Gronlund

      Art Correspondent
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      London
      Melissa is an art correspondent for The National. Originally from New York City, she studied comparative literature at Princeton University and film aesthetics at Oxford. She is the author of Contemporary Art and Digital Culture. From 2007–2014 she lectured on contemporary art at Oxford University's Ruskin School of Drawing & Fine Art and co-edited the journal Afterall, based in London.
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      A typical street scene from Stephen Shore's American Surfaces, 1972–73. © Stephen Shore. Courtesy 303 Gallery, New York
      'Art helps break stereotypes': Series pairs US and Emirati artists in talks

      As part of a new series of online talks, two photographers discuss their similar styles, but different subjects

      ArtJuly 30, 2020
      Guggenheim Abu Dhabi's new virtual programme includes, from left, Maitha Abdalla, Nasser Alzayani, Rand Abdul Jabbar and Hashel Al Lamki. Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi
      Guggenheim Abu Dhabi launches virtual studio visits

      Four artists, who live and work in the UAE, will take part in the new virtual programme

      ArtJuly 20, 2020
      Mahmoud Sabbagh has stepped down from his role of festival director of Saudi Arabia's Red Sea International Film Festival. Getty Images
      Director of Saudi's Red Sea International Film Festival steps down

      The inaugural film festival was postponed earlier this year

      FilmJuly 15, 2020
      Lamia Maria Abillama's Clashing Realities (1–2), 2006–ongoing. Courtesy of the artist
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      'It's changed drastically': 7 photos that capture modern Lebanon

      New visual exhibition looks at the long aftermath of the country’s Civil War

      ArtJuly 15, 2020
      Chinese artist Sanyu and a detail of his work 'Nude', from the 1950s. The Li Ching Foundation, Taipei
      Sanyu: who is the Chinese artist whose work is selling for millions?

      He has dominated auctions, and was born in Sichuan in 1895 to a family that ran a silk-weaving mill

      ArtJuly 14, 2020
      Jordan Nassar's hand-embroidered 'Resounding Bell' (2020). Courtesy the artist, Anat Ebgi, James Cohan Gallery and the Third Line
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      How Jordan Nassar is teaching Palestinian embroidery to the world

      The Mosaic Rooms' latest project provides a tutorial on the renowned cross-stitched artform

      ArtJune 24, 2020
      Picasso's palette from June 1961 sold for £56,250 at Sotheby's London. Courtesy Sotheby's
      Picasso's palette from 1961 has sold for £56,250 at auction

      Dated June 17, 1961, the palette was used to paint one of Pablo Picasso's best works

      ArtJune 19, 2020
      A painting day at Warehouse421 for National Day, 2018. Warehouse421 will adapt its planned residency programme for coronavirus safety measuers. Warehouse421
      Warehouse421 will sponsor artists at home through new initiative

      The Abu Dhabi cultural centre is offering production grants in a new programme amidst Covid-19

      ArtJune 16, 2020
      Arwa Abouon's work mixed autobiography with traditional Islamic patterns. Here, Celestialsphere, 2005. All images courtesy the Third Line
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      Tributes paid to Libyan-Canadian artist Arwa Abouon who died aged 38

      The artist died at her Canadian home on Tuesday

      ArtJune 11, 2020
      Artworks that survived the looting of the Ministry of Culture after the US invasion of Iraq in April 2003. When Nada Shabout started her archival project, the need to document works from the country was pressing, with institutions such as the ministry, as well as the Iraqi Museum of Modern Art, having been pillaged. Getty
      'History is being lost': The importance of documenting Modern Arab art

      Iraqi-American art historian Nada Shabout is overcoming the challenges of creating a comprehensive archive on the genre

      ArtJune 11, 2020
      The Third Line is offering this 2006 work by Moroccan-British artist Hassan Hajjaj, 'Exchange', with an estimate of $8,000-$12,000. Sotheby's
      Dubai galleries to take part in charity auction amid pandemic

      The collaboration, which will benefit UNHCR, is another example of changing practices brought about by the coronavirus pandemic

      ArtJune 11, 2020
      'Divine Horses' was only recently revealed to be part of Kadhim Hayder's 'Martyr's Epic' series. Courtesy Bonhams
      Rare and 'important piece' by Kadhim Hayder among Middle East art sale

      A total of 99 pieces by prominent artists, including Jewad Selim and Monir Farmanfarmaian, are going under the hammer this week

      ArtJune 10, 2020
      Al Ula, an area north of the Arabian Peninsula, is home to a number of stunning archaeological wonders. Courtesy of Winter at Tantora Festival
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      Saudi Arabia's Unesco-listed Al Ula announces reopening plans

      Visitors will also have the chance to experience four newly open sites

      ArtJune 01, 2020
      Tunisian curator Myriam Salah will take up her new role in September. Courtesy Nicolas Cottong
      Why the new curator of this Chicago art museum is a 'bold' choice

      Myriam Ben Salah aims to bring back the avant-garde in her upcoming curatorial work at the Renaissance Society

      ArtMay 28, 2020
      Who would not want to visit? An impression of Nineveh in its heyday, with palaces along the River Tigris and the city's monumental ziggurat in the distance. Courtesy British Museum
      Nineveh to Kulubnarti: explore ancient cities with fictional travel guide

      Curators are inviting visitors to take a trip back in time

      ArtMay 26, 2020
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