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Jameel Prize 2011 at SAMA

Koraïchi's complex, illegible banners and the white magic they enact suggest the western perception of Islam today: without education and awareness, we are locked out of understanding.
Soody Sharifi, Fashion Week, 2010

Jesse Morgan Barnett: Season at The Reading Room

Season is dedicated to the act of fishing and its trappings—in the center of the gallery, the hacked-off bow of a sailboat lies atop a white table like the carcass of an enormous fish that’s been laid there for cleaning.
Jesse Morgan Barnett: Season at The Reading Room

Memento Mori, or, Remembering to Forget

Organized by the DMA’s Olivier Meslay with help from the Amon Carter, it's a small, thoughtful gem of a show, and dense with emotion—a surprise grenade of grief, wishful thinking, and soul searching.
Memento Mori, or, Remembering to Forget

Brandon Araujo: New Paintings at Domy

Unconventional placement tests how Araujo’s work holds up in contexts outside the traditional exhibition space, and speaks to the curator’s happy-go-lucky sensibility, but feels confused.
Untitled, 2013

Anne Ferrer: Blow Up at Red Arrow

Ferrer’s work reminds me of carnivals and cupcakes, but underneath the Cirque du Soleil atmosphere, there is something hallucinatory—like walking around in Johnny Depp’s Wonka candy forest or waking up after a fall down the rabbit hole.
Anne Ferrer: Blow Up at Red Arrow