Issue 117
March - April 2025
$8 – $18
Our cover features Libyan-American artist Tasneem Sarkez’s High Tea (2024), which constructs an image reminiscent of AI-generated pictures that circulate the Arab world. The gilded teacup and its opulent setting encapsulate the rich visuals of the Maghreb, in an irreverent yet oh-so-poignant calling to mind of the region’s depth of history and multi-layered cultures that defy boundaries.
Tasneem Sarkez. High Tea. 2024. Oil on canvas. 55.9 x 35.6 x 3.6 cm.
Photography by Jack Elliot Edwards. Image courtesy of the artist and Rose Easton, London