Favourite Art Works, Exhibitions and Performances of 2019

Here’s a look back at my favourite exhibitions, art works, performances listed in chronological order. I’ve linked each name/title to its website.

RASM: Contemporary Arabic TypoGraphic Posters 2008-2018
Curated by Huda Smitshuijzen Abi Fares (Khatt Foundation)
1971 Design, Sharjah
November 9, 2018 - January 31, 2019

 

Saul Leiter in Leiter, Lynch, Newton: Nudes exhibition
Helmut Newton Foundation, Berlin
December 1, 2018 - May 19, 2019

 

Between the Films — A Photo History of the Berlinale
Deutsche Kinemathek, Berlin
September 28, 2018 - May 5, 2019

 

Divers by Monira Al Qadiri
ANTIKINO (The Siren’s Echo Chamber)
Silent Green, Berlin
February 6 - March 9, 2019

 

Kader Attia: The Museum of Emotion
Hayward Gallery, London
February 13 - May 6, 2019

 

Bauhaus - Modernism Around the Globe
Willy Brandt Haus, Berlin
January 16 - March 14, 2019
www.bauhausmoderne.org

 
 
 
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Studies in Form by Seher Shah and Randhir Singh
Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai
March 7 - June 8, 2019

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Altered Inheritances: Home is a Foreign Place 
Ishara Art Foundation, Dubai
March 18 – July 13, 2019

 

Stanley Kubrick: The Exhibition
Design Museum, London
April 26 - September 15, 2019

 

The Ballad of Sexual Dependency by Nan Goldin
Tate Modern, London
May 1 - 27 October, 2019

 

Bernice Abbott: Portrait of Modernity
Foam, Amsterdam
September 07 — December 01, 2019

 

Brassaï
Foam, Amsterdam
September 13 - December 4, 2019

 

An Oscillating Shadow? by Celeste Rojas Mugica
Unseen, Amsterdam
September 18-20, 2019

An interview with Celeste Rojas Mugica about the series.

 

Nam June Paik
Tate Modern, London
October 17, 2019 - February 9, 2020

 

Letters From the Seventh Cave by Iqra Tanveer
Grey Noise, Dubai
November 18, 2019 – January 9, 2020

 

Set the Controls for the Heart is the Sun by all(zone)
Al Qasimiyah School, Sharjah
Sharjah Architecture Triennial: Rights of a Future Generation
November 9, 2019 - February 20, 2020

Photos © Hind Mezaina

 

Kylie Minogue Concert
Dubai Rugby 7s
December 6, 2019

Photos © Hind Mezaina