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Samia Halaby
60th Venice Biennale April 20, 2024We are pleased to announce that Samia Halaby will be included in the main exhibition of the upcoming 60th Venice Biennale. This year’s chosen title...Read more -
Samia Halaby
La Biennale di Venezia April 17, 2024Samia Halaby, born in Jerusalem and currently living in New York, is an abstract painter, academic, and former professor. The painting Black is Beautiful (1969)...Read more -
Samia Halaby
On Women By Women in Art November 24, 2023Make sure to catch the Afikra Podcasts episode of “On Women By Women in Art” series featuring Samia Halaby. Samia discusses her friendship with Mona...Read more -
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Taipei Biennial 2023: Small World November 18, 2023We are pleased to announce the Samia Halaby’s participation in the Taipei Biennial 2023: Small World. At different points in the exhibition, the Taipei Biennial...Read more -
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Public Light Art Exhibition in Manar Abu Dhabi November 15, 2023Samia Halaby’s artwork is featured at the Public Light Art Exhibition in Manar Abu Dhabi. The Kinetic paintings are recordings of live performances, presented on...Read more -
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Retrospective: Lasting Impressions September 20, 2023We are excited to announce the 'Lasting Impressions', a major retrospective exibition of Samia Halaby, held at Sharjah Art Museum. This exhibition, curated by Inass...Read more -
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7th Edition of the Singapore Biennale, Natasha October 16, 2022We are pleased to share that a series of Samia Halaby's Kinetic Paintings for the 80s are featured at the 7th edition of the Singapore...Read more -
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Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s - 1980s January 14, 2020Samia Halaby's works are featured and on display in 'Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s -1980s' a collective exhibition that explores mid-20th-century abstract...Read more -
Samia Halaby speaking at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
October 23, 2018Samia Halaby will be speaking at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum on 23 October, 2018 at 6:30 pm. As part of The Elaine Terner Cooper...Read more -
Samia Halaby at University of Bern
September 27, 2018Samia Halaby will be giving the keynote speech entitled 'The Political Basis of Abstraction' in the 20th Century, at a Symposium in honor of artist...Read more -
Samia Halaby at the Palestine Museum USA
April 22, 2018Samia Halaby will be presenting the keynote address at the grand opening of the Palestine Museum USA, on April 22 in Woodbridge Connecticut. Followed by...Read more -
Samia Halaby wins Palestine Book Award
November 1, 2017Samia Halaby has won the Creative Prize for her publication Drawing the Kafr Qasem Massacre at the recent Palestine Book Awards in London. Halaby’s Drawing...Read more -
Samia Halaby's 'Drawing the Kafr Qasem Massacre' Shortlisted for Literary Prize
July 1, 2017Samia Halaby’s recently released book, Drawing the Kafr Qasem Massacre (Schilt Publishing, 2017) has been shortlisted for the prestigious Palestine Book Awards, an annual event...Read more -
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Enfolding and Unfolding: Geometric Abstraction in Motion April 21, 2017Samia Halaby's rarely seen kinetic paintings are highlighted in Enfolding and Unfolding: Geometric Abstraction in Motion, an exhibition of electronic art that includes computer-based works....Read more -
Samia Halaby: Talk at Art Dubai 2017
Documenting a Massacre March 17, 2017Artist and scholar Samia Halaby will describe the research she did for her Kafr Qasem Massacre series, a special project that includes documentary drawings. Halaby...Read more -
Samia Halaby at Birzeit University Museum
Samia Halaby: Documentary Drawings of the Kafr Qasem Massacre/Illuminated Space February 22, 2017Samia Halaby opens her first solo exhibition at Birzeit University Museum on 22 February. Halaby has participated in collective exhibitions at the university in the...Read more -
Ammar al-Beik at Reel Palestine Film Screening
Samia January 23, 2017Berlin-based artist and filmmaker Ammar al-Beik is contributing to the 2017 Reel Palestine Film Festival, which takes place 20 – 28 January. The festival is...Read more -
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1970s: Women and Abstraction November 16, 2016Samia Halaby is included in 1970s: Women and Abstraction, a collective exhibition that highlights pioneering abstract painters. Featuring a diverse roster of international artists, the...Read more -
Samia Halaby, Sama Alshaibi, Khaled Jarrar in the Qalandiya International Biennial
October 5, 2016Samia Halaby, Sama Alshaibi, and Khaled Jarrar are included in the 3rd edition of the Qalandiya International Biennial, a month long program for contemporary art...Read more -
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Madame Figaro's 20 Most Powerful Women in the Middle East October 2, 2015Samia Halaby is ranked among Middle East’s twenty most powerful women by French weekly Madame Figaro. Often referred to as the mother of Arab abstract...Read more -
Samia Halaby Lecture Tour in Palestine
October 1, 2015Renowned artist and scholar Samia Halaby is currently in Palestine, where she is conducting further research on contemporary Palestinian art while also giving a series...Read more -
Artist Talk: Samia Halaby in Conversation with Maymanah Farhat
Paintings from the Sixties and Seventies May 19, 2015Following the opening of Samia Halaby: Paintings from the Sixties and Seventies on 18 May, Ayyam Gallery London will host a discussion with the renowned...Read more -
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'Five Decades of Painting and Innovation' at Beirut Exhibition Center February 2, 2015Following a major retrospective at Ayyam Gallery Dubai, Al Quoz in 2014, Samia Halaby’s oeuvre will be showcased at the Beirut Exhibition Center from 2-26...Read more -
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'Self: Portraits of Artists in their Absence' at the National Academy of Arts, New York City January 29, 2015Palestinian artist Samia Halaby will be exhibiting in Self: Portraits of Artists in their Absence at the National Academy of Arts, New York City. Running...Read more -
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Seeing through Light: Selections from the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Collection November 5, 2014Samia Halaby’s 'Yellow Spiral' (1970) a seminal work inspired by the artist’s admiration for Arabic architecture and calligraphy will be on display at the Guggenheim...Read more -
Ayyam Gallery artists at upcoming auctions
October 1, 2014We are delighted to announce that several works of our represented artists will be appearing in some of the world’s most prestigious auctions this fall....Read more -
Samia Halaby in "Ultrapassado - Part I"
Broadway 1602, New York May 3, 2014Samia Halaby will be participating in the exhibition 'Ultrapassado-Part I' at New York City art space Broadway 1602 from 3 May - 21 June, 2014....Read more -
Samia Halaby amongst "The World’s 100 Most Powerful Arab Women"
ArabianBusiness.com March 1, 2014Palestinian abstract expressionist painter Samia Halaby has been named amongst 'The World’s 100 Most Powerful Arab Women' by Arabian Business in March 2014 . A...Read more -
Samia Halaby Talk and Book Signing
February 19, 2014Ayyam Gallery Dubai (Al Quoz) is pleased to present an artist talk and book signing by legendary Palestinian painter Samia Halaby on Wednesday, 19 February...Read more