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Melissa Gronlund

Melissa Gronlund

Art Correspondent
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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Karim Sultan curated Our Time, Even in Dreams, an exhibition of photographs that lined Tunis's central boulevard. Photo: Wael Silex
Jaou Tunis straddles the fault lines of an art world on the brink of change

The city-sized festival in Tunisia's capital addresses some of the most pressing, and most difficult, questions of the day

ArtOctober 21, 2022
Shahrzad Ghaffari painted her mural Oneness alongside the spiralling staircase of Leighton House, in what she calls a meeting of east and west. © Dirk Lindner
Lord Leighton's Arab Hall in London reopens after 18-year restoration

After a multimillion-pound revamp, the lavish Victorian home is back to its former glory

ArtOctober 16, 2022
Michael Rakowitz's 'The invisible enemy should not exist (Northwest Palace of Kalhu, Room S, Western Entrance)', at Green Art Gallery, Dubai, 2022. Photo: Anna Shtraus, courtesy the artist and Green Art Gallery
Michael Rakowitz explores identity and history for his latest Dubai show

The Iraqi-American artist brings his 'The invisible enemy should not exist' exhibition to Green Art Gallery

WeekendOctober 14, 2022
Jeffrey Gibson's intricately patterned paintings and beaded works, set against a patterned wallpaper at the Stephen Friedman booth. Reuters
The top picks from Frieze London, from folklore to fundraisers

As Frieze Week kicks off, we've created a guide of eight must-see artists, exhibitions and art projects

ArtOctober 13, 2022
Mohammed Kazem in front of his new painting 'Window' (2022), in his Alserkal Avenue studio ahead of its inclusion at the Lyon Biennale. The work depicts migrant workers boarding a bus at the end of the day. Photo Altamash Urooj
Arab artists lead the way in a Lyon Biennale exploring empathy at a time of uncertainty

Curators Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath mix contemporary and historical works to frame new narratives

ArtOctober 05, 2022
Tarek Abou El Fetouh, the new director of performance and senior curator at the Sharjah Art Foundation. DCT Abu Dhabi
Sharjah Art Foundation's first head of performance on the significance of his new role

Tarek Abou El Fetouh, who curated Expo 2020 Dubai's public art programme, takes the lead on commissioning and directing productions

ArtSeptember 26, 2022
Various Small Fires, an influential Los Angeles gallery, has opened up an outpost in Seoul and shows work by Korean-American artist Nikki S Lee at the inaugural Frieze Seoul. Photo: the artist and Various Small Fires
Frieze kicks off its first foray into Asia in Seoul

Drawing more than 110 galleries from across the world, the event is a milestone for South Korea's outward-looking art scene

ArtAugust 31, 2022
This Faeq Hassan painting of a Kurdish sheikh, looted in 2003, has been returned to the Baghdad Museum of Modern Art. Photo: Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Antiquities – Iraq
Iraq recovers Faeq Hassan painting looted during 2003 invasion

The early work, produced after the artist's return from Paris in the 1940s, is an irreplaceable piece of Iraqi cultural heritage

Arts & CultureAugust 26, 2022
'Desert is a Forest' by Sunoj D and Namrata Neog, who looked at the relationships between plants in the UAE. Photo: Daniella Baptista
Is the art world doing enough in the battle against climate change?

Regional institutions are working to reduce their carbon footprint but some say the art world needs to re-evaluate its very foundations

WeekendAugust 12, 2022
For What Is Seen and What Is Not at the V&A, designer and artist Osman Yousefzada explored the idea of 'otherness'. Photo: Victoria and Albert Museum
How Osman Yousefzada is using art to heal the divisions caused by Partition

The fashion designer and artist describes his V&A exhibition as a 'conversation on identity and migration'

WeekendAugust 05, 2022
Faiza Hasan drew images from her grandmother's photos of Partition. Here, Hijr, 2022. Photo: GALLERYSKE / Art Jameel
Dubai exhibition asks how the Partition of India should be commemorated

Proposals for a Memorial to Partition opens ahead of the 75th anniversary of the creation of Pakistan

Arts & CultureAugust 01, 2022
Lorna Selim standing front of a 1956 mosaic mural by her husband Jewad Selim from the house of Fariuk Fatah. Photo: National Museum for Modern Art
Found: Jewad Selim mosaics last seen 66 years ago in Iraq

Three forgotten works from the Arab artist have been found in Baghdad

ArtJuly 14, 2022
Artist Farah Al Qasimi. Photo: Cultural Foundation
Farah Al Qasimi: there is nostalgia attached to a certain kind of loss

The Abu Dhabi-born, New York-based artist discusses her retrospective exhibition at the Cultural Foundation

WeekendJuly 08, 2022
A beautiful presentation of dafatir and artists' books showed the artistic variety in the form. Here Dia al-Azzawi's For the Rail and Hamad and Other Poems by Muzaffar al-Nawab.
Ithra opens 21,39 show in Dhahran exploring local artists in a new light

The Saudi Art Council's annual exhibition has travelled to the Eastern Province for the first time

ArtJuly 03, 2022
A render of Ahmed Mater's work for Wadi AlFann, which will create a hologram of the viewer hovering on the ground. Photo: Athr Gallery
Wadi AlFann: pioneering land artists commissioned for AlUla's desert art venue

Respected British curator Iwona Blazwick has also been announced as chairwoman of Royal Commission for AlUla's Public Art Expert panel

ArtJune 27, 2022
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