i’m super-psyched about the upcoming townhouse art sale featuring work by some of my favorite middle east artists including mona hatoum, lara baladi, hoda lutfi, lamia joreige and yto barrada.
i will definitely be bidding! some highlights for you:

mona hatoum, over my dead body, 2005

nermine hammam, ashoura no. 22

lara baladi, from the series surface of time, 2004/07
there’s more info on the sale on the townhouse site, and here’s a more complete list of the artists (complete list here):
adam henein, amre heiba, anna boghighuian, ayman el semary, chant avedissian, damon kowarsky, doa aly, esmat daoustachi, huda lutfi, john jurayj, khaled hafez, lamia joreige, lara baladi, maha maamoun, marianne eigenheimer, mohamed fahmy, mohamed sharkawy, mona hatoum, nermine hammam, rana el nemr, shady el noshokaty, tarek el komi, wael shawky, waheeda malullah, yiannis hadjiaslanis, yto barrada

damon kowarsky, aminabad 1 (night), 2008
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