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Oraib Toukan - talking heads and/or other matters

Mona Saudi sculpts mainly in stone - one of the few artists of her generation to do so. Her forms are full of vitality, beauty and a clear sense of equilibrium, frequently returning to ideas of fertility and growth. Always starting with basic shapes, the square, circle, cylinder, rectangle, she goes on to give them movement, a life of their own – either repeating their forms, varying their depths or heights or cutting them across one another to create new, graceful compositions. Knowing she wanted to be an artist since she was 17, the artist left school early to move to Beirut to begin her career. She went on to study at École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts and has since had a long and distinguished career, including exhibiting in group exhibitions at Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris (2012); Salon d'Automne, Sursok Museum, Beirut, (2011-1993) and the International Cairo Biennale, Cairo (2003); In 2018, 'Poetry & Form', a survey of her works curated by Hoor Al Qassimi, was presented at the Sharjah Art Museum in collaboration with Sharjah Art Foundation. Her works are held in collections around the world and there is monumental sculpture by Saudi standing outside the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris, the only work permitted to grace the surrounding precinct by its architect Jean Nouvel. She lives and works in Beirut and Amman and is represented by Lawrie Shabibi.

Salma Tuqan, Deputy Director of Delfina Foundation and former Contemporary Middle East Curator at the V&A, provides insights into the thriving and resilient cultural scene in the Levant countries of the Mediterranean, in particular Lebanon, Palestine and Jordan. Salma explores the ways in which the region has faced the challenge of crisis, from past conflicts to the recent explosion in Beirut.

بالحلقة الثانية من الموسم الثاني لبودكاست "دُمْ تَكْ" رح نحكي عن برامج المواهب اللي بدأت بالوطن العربي تقريبًا وقت إطلاق برنامج "ستوديو الفن"، سنة ١٩٧٢- ١٩٧٣. ستوديو الفنّ شاف نجاح كبير، بوقت ما كان فيه إنترنت ولا فضائيات ولا فرص للانتشار بالعالم. وحسب معدّ البرنامج، سيمون أسمر، لما بلّش ستوديو الفنّ كان فيه ٨ مطربين بلبنان، وما كان فيه ولا تلفزيون بيقدر يعيش على ٨ مغنيين بس. ولمَّا نفكّر بالنجوم خريجي ستوديو الفن، كأنّه عم نسمّي النجوم الي كانوا عالساحة بالثمانينات والتسعينات ولحد اليوم: وليد توفيق، راغب علامة، نوال الزغبي، عاصي الحلاني، وائل كفوري، إليسا، رامي عياش، فارس كرم، ميريام فارس، وماجدة الرومي،الفائزة بالموسم الثاني سنة ١٩٧٤. بس شو صار ببرامج المواهب اليوم؟ بدكم تعرفوا أكثر؟ اسمعوا هالحلقة من "دُمْ تَكْ"  https://www.sowt.com/ar/podcast/dm-tk

Tima Shomali & Shirin Kamal’s dream project. We finally got it made despite, and perhaps thanks to, pandemic life. Next week on Netflix.