Graphic Design Capstone Exhibition opening reception TONIGHT!

Graphic Design Capstone Exhibition opening reception on Monday,  30 May 2011 from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. in the AUK University Auditorium. 

The Capstone Exhibition is the outcome of a semester-long project that focuses on the research, process and production of a topic of interest to students implemented through diverse applications.

The exhibit is open to the public from 31 May  through 2 June from 10:00 - 5:00 p.m.

We look forward seeing you!

"If there is one person who is still not free, then I am not; if there is one person who still suffers from insult and humiliation, then I do. Do you understand yet?" ~ Ai Weiwei

One of the best articles on Ai Weiwei's detention that I have read yet:

Ai Weiwei: the dissident artist | Art and design | The Guardian

www.guardian.co.uk

He filled Tate Modern's Turbine Hall with sunflower seeds and campaigned against corruption. Then last month China's most provocative artist disappeared. Hari Kunzru on Ai Weiwei.

Please also see my call for a counter exhibition or lecture series to Milwaukee's 'Summer of China":

Any interest in a counter exhibit/lecture series to Milwaukee's 'Summer of China'?

The Wall Street Journal on Milwaukee's "Summer of China" and Ai Weiwei

Have Our Cultural Stewards Abandoned One of Their Own?

online.wsj.com

It's irresponsible to argue that we must abide by China's blatant violation of human rights.

...up to 108°F today!

It has been over 100°F for about the last two weeks and it is up to 108°F today!

The real problem was that my office got up to about 85°F today and I still have a lot of office work to do... we still have another week of classes and then a week of final exams/final critiques! ...yikes!!!

On China, Ai Weiwei And The Milwaukee Art Museum

Good article below from the ARTSJOURNAL on the Milwaukee Art Museum's "Summer of China," Ai Weiwei's disappearance, and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's art critic Mary Louise Schumacher's piece Should the Milwaukee Art Museum Protest Ai Weiwei's Detention?

On China, Ai Weiwei And The Milwaukee Art Museum - Real Clear Arts

www.artsjournal.com

Next month, the Milwaukee Art Museum opens its "Summer of China," featuring The Emperor's Private Paradise: Treasures from the Forbidden City and four smaller exhibitions.

Venice Biennale 2011: PAN ARAB EXHIBITION

The below info is from:  Art Kuwait

(a great new source of art info in Kuwait) link to their post: 
PAN ARAB EXHIBITION at the Venice Biennale 2011

PAN ARAB EXHIBITION: The future of promise

Ahmed Alsoudani, Untitled. 2010, Acrylic on canvas, 305 × 400 cm
Courtesy of the artist and Robert Goff Gallery, New York

Artists: Ziad Abillama (Lebanon), Jananne Al-Ani (Iraq. Lives in London), Manal Al-Dowayan (Saudi Arabia), Ahmed Alsoudani( Iraq. Lives in Berlin), Ziad Antar (Lebanon. Lives between Beirut and Paris), Kader Attia (France (Algerian origin). Lives in Berlin), Ayman Baalbaki (Lebanon), Lara Baladi (Beirut Lives in Cairo), Fayçal Baghriche (Algeria. Lives in Paris), Yto Barrada (Paris. Lives there and in Tangier), Taysir Batniji (Gaza. Lives in Paris), Abdelkader Benchamma (France (Algerian origin). Lives in Paris), Mounir Fatmi (Tangier. Lives in Paris), Abdulnasser Gharem (Saudi Arabia), Mona Hatoum (Lebanon (Palestinian origin). Lives in London), Raafat Ishak (Cairo, Egypt. Lives in Melbourne), Emily Jacir (Palestine. Lives in Ramallah and New York), Nadia Kaabi-Linke (Tunis. Lives in Berlin), Yazan Khalili (Syria (Palestinian origin). Lives in London), Ahmed Mater (Saudi Arabia), Driss Ouadahi (Casablanca. Lives in Düsseldorf)
Ayman Yossri Daydban (Palestinian with Jordanian nationality. Lives in Jeddah)


Curator: Lina Lazaar
Production partner: Edge Of Arabia
Catalogue partner: Ibraaz
Location: Magazzini del Sale, No. 262, Fondamenta delle Zattere, Dorsoduro, Vaporetto line 1, station Salute
Time: 2 June - 20 November 2011, Tu-Su 11am - 6pm
Closed on Mondays. Admission free.


Press preview: 1 June 2011, 5pm - 6pm
Private view: 1 June 2011, from 6pm

Iranian artist's exhibit opens May 24, 7pm

Sultan Gallery presents anexhibition of Iranian artist ( lives in Canada) Reza Doust  "Get Tested"
 

The Opening is Tuesday 24th of May, 7-9 PM

Exhibition hours: 25th of May 10am - 2pm 7pm - 9pm and  26th of May 10 am - 2pm

Address: South Subhan, block 8, street 105, building 168

TEL: +965 60970001