IN SEARCH OF A ARAB MODERNITY 1891 - 1991

In Egypt, Lebanon, and Iraq, encounters with the radical transformations of European visual art since the early twentieth century coincided with the rise of Arab nationalisms, giving shape to two central paradigms: modernity (hadatha) and authenticity (asala). Continuously reinterpreted and critically debated, these concepts profoundly influenced the development of visual arts across the colonial and postcolonial periods. Through an expanded, revised, and translated edition of Silvia Naef's text, enriched with updated and colour illus...[Read more]