Archives for April 2025 | Naima Morelli

Published! Interview with Altynai Osmo for Times of Central Asia

24-04-2025

In the heart of Tribeca in New York, the Sapar Contemporary Art Gallery has launched a new exhibition, Beneath the Earth and Above the Clouds, which brings Central Asian narratives to the forefront.

This dual show – which runs until May 15, 2025 – features Altynai Osmo and Aya Shalkar, two artists who have been devoted to exploring female narratives in the region, and do this through works that are both steeped into tradition, and modern and vibrant at the same time.

I spoke with Altynai Osmo, a multimedia artist from Kyrgyzstan whose work weaves the threads of nomadic heritage with contemporary expression, for The Times of Central Asia.

Here is the link to the interview

Published! Gaza’s rescued treasures at the Arab World Institute in Paris for The New Arab

By: Naima Morelli

10-04-2025

Middle East, Published

The Arab World Institute’s exhibition on Gaza’s archaeological treasures offers European visitors a vital glimpse into the history of the Palestinian enclave.

I wrote the piece for The New Arab

Here is the link to the article

Published! Interview with Kazakh-Korean artist Alexander Ugay for Times of Central Asia

By: Naima Morelli

09-04-2025

Central Asia, News, Published

In his new show, More than Dreams, Less than Things, at NIKA Projects in Paris, Ugay looks at the origins of image-making both literally and philosophically. Inspired by Ibn al-Haytham’s Book of Optics, the artist reanimates the ancient camera obscura, letting light seep through the book’s pages to birth abstract images: faded records of a presence.

The exhibition, which opened on March 16, explores the tension between technological progress and the way this can be disrupted by the power of imagination and poetry – eminently human things – by looking at the intersection of photography, technology, and diasporic memory.

I wrote this piece for Times of Central Asia

Here is the link to the article

Published! Islamic Biennale, Karim+Elias, Mariem Abu Taleb pieces for HADARA 13

By: Naima Morelli

07-04-2025

Uncategorized

It was a pleasure to contribute three pieces to the new issue of HADARA, a very stylish and elegant magazine from the Gulf. I wrote a piece on the Islamic Biennale, I spoke with the design studio Karim+Elias, and investigated the work of the young promising artist Mariem Abu Taleb.

You’ll find the magazine in newstands and the pieces online here.

My piece on the Islamic Biennale

The article on the design studio Karim+Elias

A piece on artist Mariem Abu Taleb

Published! Mapping Beirut through comics on MEMO

By: Naima Morelli

04-04-2025

Middle East, News, Published, Research

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I wrote for Middle East Monitor an article about “Beyrouth Ya Beyrouth”, a comic book collection in the form of a newspaper created last year by the comic book festival “Rencontres du 9e Art, Festival BD d’Aix” at Aix-en-Provence in the South of France.

The collection sees a group of Lebanese artists sharing different sides of Beirut that are less known to the media. Rather than focusing on the crises and turmoil, they aim to capture the city’s everyday life, emotions and experiences through the medium of comics.

Here is the link to the article

Naima Morelli

Published! Interview with Altynai Osmo for Times of Central Asia

Published! Gaza’s rescued treasures at the Arab World Institute in Paris for The New Arab

Published! Interview with Kazakh-Korean artist Alexander Ugay for Times of Central Asia

Published! Islamic Biennale, Karim+Elias, Mariem Abu Taleb pieces for HADARA 13

Published! Mapping Beirut through comics on MEMO

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