🎨 Ramzi Mallat – #LebaneseArtist whose installation Atlas of An Entangled Gaze reshuffled the power dynamics of the Arab Hall. He also shares practical advice for artists navigating the art world.
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@thebardandrawi.bsky.social🎨 Ramzi Mallat – #LebaneseArtist whose installation Atlas of An Entangled Gaze reshuffled the power dynamics of the Arab Hall. He also shares practical advice for artists navigating the art world.
@thebardandrawi.bsky.social🎬 #SoudadeKaadan – Award-winning Syrian filmmaker. Her short film When The Tiles Spoke gives voice to the Damascene tiles. She also shares practical wisdom for independent filmmakers.
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@thebardandrawi.bsky.socialIf you could ask the #ArabHall one question, what would it be?
The Arab Hall: Past & Present exhibition at #LeightonHouse is nearing its end, but the stories remain.
Meet the #Arabartists who reclaimed its #Victorian narrative & the historian who uncovered its secrets.
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@thebardandrawi.bsky.social📚The #ArabHall 's mystery, unpacked. Dr Melanie Gibson's research explores #LeightonHouse – a #Victorianartist's home with Damascene tiles & complex colonial history.
"The more I looked, the more I questioned how it was put together."
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@thebardandrawi.bsky.socialThe #ArabHall – with Damascene tiles & Islamic patterns – is London's hidden treasure.
📖 🔊 Read or Listen to how Frederic #Leighton (1830–1896), #Victorianartist and President of the Royal Academy, transformed his house into art.
@thebardandrawi.bsky.socialHow do we honour the beauty of historical spaces like the Arab Hall while critically engaging with their colonial context? #LeightonHouse
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@thebardandrawi.bsky.social🎨 #RamziMallat 's #ArabHall installation "reshuffled power dynamics" through 7,500 ceramic discs. His work blends memory, identity & resistance – from guerrilla coffee projects to a Beirut memorial.
"I produced this work so the space could speak."
#RamziMallat #LebaneseArtist
@thebardandrawi.bsky.social🎬 "I felt emotional recognising things from home when I couldn't return to Syria." #SoudadeKaadan Award-winning #Syrian #filmmaker. Venice & Sundance winner.
Her new film "When The Tiles Spoke" gives voice to displaced tiles of the #ArabHall at #LeightonHouse.
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@thebardandrawi.bsky.socialSpotlight: #LeightonHouse & The #ArabHall
Since its completion in 1881, the Arab Hall has been a place of discovery and debate.
Our Spotlight series explores the Arab artists and thinkers who are reclaiming this Victorian narrative.
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@thebardandrawi.bsky.social🧐 How do we honour the beauty of historical spaces like the #ArabHall while critically engaging with their colonial context? Comment Below 👇
Our Spotlight series explores the #Arabartists who are reclaiming this Victorian narrative.
📖 🔊Read or Listen to the #LeightonHouse Spotlight series.