February 14, 2020
The year’s best Twin Cities art exhibitions were diverse and international
History Is Not Here: Art and the Arab Imaginary was included in the Star Tribune’s “best of 2019 arts and entertainment” roundup.Read the full feature here
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January 8, 2020
History Is Not Here Featured in ArtAsiaPacific
“In addition to bringing works by an international roster of artists to the Twin Cities, ‘History Is Not Here’ affirmed the important role that Mizna, the only publication of its kind in the United States, has played in contemporary discourse related to art and literature of the Arab and Arab-American diaspora.”History Is Not Here: Art and the Arab Imaginary was featured as an online review in ArtAsiaPacific, the leading English-language periodical covering contemporary art and...
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January 6, 2020
Deeper Half Blue Listening Session
Listen to the playlist: This programming was conceived as an extension of Joe’s piece The Deeper Half Blue, for the group exhibition History Is Not Here: Art and the Arab Imaginary. An incredible assembly of artists participated in this session: Sagirah Shahid, Pedram Baldari, Dua Saleh, David Mura, George Abraham, and Samer Saem Eldahr, and Marggie Ogas. Each collaborator came with 3 tracks that hold personal significance to them, and sat side-by-side in an integrated circle with...
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