Issue 12-5

Michket Krifa takes a look at the rising stars of Middle Eastern and North African photography – arguably the fastest-growing artistic movement of current times – and Canvas introduces its upcoming book with Huawei photographs. In the same line of thought, Moroccan-British artist Hassan Hajjaj shares how he experiments with a camera and we review the travelling exhibition Two Suns in a Sunset by Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige. Serpentine gallleries hosts an epic retrospective of Etel Adnan’s work and the Liverpool biennial boasts the installations of Ramin and Rokni Haerizadeh. We also profile Shadi Alzaqzouq, Hamra Abbas and Ahmet Ogut.