Artist Talks
Online talk featuring ‘Urdu Worlds’ curator Hammad Nasar, artist Ali Kazim, and curator and writer Sarah Burney, moderated by Sasha Altaf.
Book launch marking UAE release of ‘Alphabet Book | Urdu Qaida’, with Ali Kazim, Hammad Nasar and Anita Dawood, moderated by Saira Ansari.
Panel discussion on the evolution of photography in the UAE, featuring curator Nasser Abdullah and visual artist Adele Bea Cipste, moderated by Sueraya Shaheen, Co-founder and Photo Editor of the non-profit photography journal Tribe.
Artists and Curator Talk with Fatspatrol (Fathima Mohiuddin), Khaled Esguerra, Salma Dib and Sara Alahbabi, moderated by Curator Priyanka Mehra.
Ayesha Sultana’s first comprehensive solo exhibition in the GCC is an exploration of the delicate balance between the vulnerability and strength of our planet today.
Online Artist Talks delve into the works of Chiara Camoni, Rashmi Kaleka, Emily Avery Yoshiko Crow, Mahaveer Swamy and Mrinalini Mukherjee, with insights into the processes, contexts and experiences that animate their artistic practices.
Ishara Art Foundation presents Artist Talks by Gauri Gill, Shefalee Jain and Mariam Suhail with their first public presentations in the UAE.
Artist talk by UK based artist-composer, Haroon Mirza moderated by art critic and editor, Jyoti Dhar. The event is a companion to the exhibition ‘Notations on Time’ curated by Sandhini Poddar and Sabih Ahmed.
Curatorial and artistic presentations accompanying the exhibition ‘Notations on Time’.
Public Talk by photographer, curator and publisher Anshika Varma on her initiative Offset Projects and their first publication, the Guftgu book.
A book launch and artist talk by Navjot Altaf marking the release of her two-volume publication ‘Navjot At Work’ and ‘Artist’s Notes’.
A public talk by renowned feminist writer, publisher and activist Urvashi Butalia revisiting her seminal book ‘The Other Side of Silence’, organised in collaboration with Jameel Arts Centre.
A presentation by Shahzad Bashir, scholar of Islamic Humanities, followed by a discussion with Slavs and Tatars on the history of Hurufism and its generative qualities that have inspired people over the centuries
Directors Vindhya Buthpitiya and Timothy Cooper engage in an online dialogue with Sabih Ahmed and Natasha Ginwala expanding on the questions, processes and challenges that went into the making of the film
A listening session with Shalim M Husain of the Miyah Poets followed by a discussion
Launch event with a reading of the poem-manifesto ‘Language is Migrant’ by Cecilia Vicuña, followed by an introduction to Colomboscope festival’s theme Language is Migrant and its reading room initiative titled ‘Reading in Tongues’
TAP India presents Smita Prabhakar, Founder and Chairperson of the Ishara Art Foundation, and Sabih Ahmed, Associate Director and Curator of Ishara in conversation with Jagdip Jagpal, Director of the India Art Fair.
Artists and educators Shahana Rajani and Zahra Malkani explore the linkages between visuality, war, and urbanism in their talk titled ‘War, Visuality and the Militarised City’.
Artist Rajyashri Goody together with Nahla Al Tabbaa explore the narratives of food, culture and communities in a talk titled ‘Eat with Great Delight’.