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Essays, interviews, and editorial features from Out of Frame.
Expressionism and Engagement. Tagreed Darghouth, Ayman Baalbaki, and the Legacy of Marwan Kassab Bachi
Tagreed Darghouth and Ayman Baalbaki extend Marwan Kassab Bachi's dialogue with German Expressionism into a far more politically urgent register — a fighter jet, a masked fighter, the ruins of Beirut's port.
Exploring Performance as a Tool of Creation in the Work of Maitha Abdalla
Emirati artist Maitha Abdalla treats her studio as a theatre — writing scripts, performing them, and moving the results into painting, sculpture, and film.
Seeing Otherwise, The Eye as an Icon in the Art of Baya Mahieddine and Alymamah Rashed
This article examines the symbolic significance of the eye as a recurring motif in the practices of two women artists from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA): Baya Mahieddine (1931–1998, Algeria) and Alymamah Rashed (1994, Kuwait).
Lines of Extraction. In the Studio with Hazem Harb
Ahead of his Art Basel Qatar presentation, Palestinian artist Hazem Harb discusses his archaeology-driven collage practice, and the archives, architectural remnants, and material fragments at the centre of his new work.
Tempted by Other Suns. Curator Juliette Hage on Béchir Boussandel's Shift to Sculpture
Béchir Boussandel's solo exhibition at Tabari Artspace marks an evolution in his practice towards hand-blown glass sculptures that recall abandoned territories, human movement, and liminal spaces.
Mending the Divides
Writer Nadine Khalil on Aya Haidar's embroidered archive of motherhood, displacement, and the domestic labour of memory.