Archives for December 2025

2025: Reflections on a year of nomadism and community

26-12-2025

I’m starting to type this review at Café Metcha in Seoul, and I’m finishing it at Bar Veneruso in Sorrento. In other words, I’m starting it in a place where I’m very far from my former self, spearheaded into future me, and I’m finishing by penning it down in my hometown. It feels like reconnecting the two halves.

As every year, I choose a double theme for 2025, namely two words that work in tandem, as two synergistic aspects I wanted to embody throughout the year. It was supposed to be Sturdy/Shameless, but it ended up becoming more Nomadism/Community.

Published! Oslo Museums on Observer

By: Naima Morelli

23-12-2025

Published, Reportage, Research, Scandinavia, Visit

A richly patterned textile-style image shows a winged mythical creature with a horse’s body and a human female head, adorned with elaborate jewelry and a headdress, set against a densely decorated floral background framed by ornate borders.

Like institutions globally, Norway’s biggest art museums are trying to adapt, sometimes haltingly, to a society whose values are shifting in real time. I travelled to Oslo to report for the Observer.

Here is the link to the article

Published! Interview with Ymane Fakhir for Le Quotidien de l’Art

By: Naima Morelli

12-12-2025

English, Interview, North Africa, North Africa, Published

Ymane Fakhir : « Mon travail commence là où la parole est trop dure »

Born in Casablanca in 1969, Ymane Fakhir is a Franco-Moroccan artist based in Marseille. Trained at the Casablanca School of Fine Arts, the Aix-en-Provence School of Art and the Arles National School of Photography, she combines photography, video and installation to explore memory, rituals and intangible heritage.

I have interviewed the artist for the Hebdo du Quotidien de l’Art.

Here is the link to the interview (in French)

Published! Italian colonial architecture in Benghazi for Qantara

By: Naima Morelli

01-12-2025

Germany, Libya, North Africa, Published

Black and white photo of three buildings, two are very damaged and one on the right has been restored.

I have written a piece on architecture in Benghazi for the German webmagazine Qantara. As Benghazi’s Italian-era architecture disappears, an exhibition brings together architects and artists rethinking the city’s history — reassessing the colonial past without celebrating it.

Here is the link to the article

Naima Morelli

2025: Reflections on a year of nomadism and community

Published! Oslo Museums on Observer

Published! Interview with Ymane Fakhir for Le Quotidien de l’Art

Published! Italian colonial architecture in Benghazi for Qantara

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