Issue 3-6

Canvas celebrates its fourth Christmas with two exclusive features from the heart of Istanbul: His All Holiness Bartholomew I Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople and New Rome opens his doors to Canvas for a rare interview and Hagia Sophia is also explored by the world-renowned scholar Eugene Kleinbauer. In this edition we also open a Pandora’s Box and examine how some of the region’s cultural protagonists are expressing identity as Silvia Naef reviews the recent exhibition at the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire in Geneva and Hans Ulrich Obrist talks to Susan Hefuna about her ever-expanding visual language. We also visit Tunisian Galerie El-Marsa and meet one of the country’s leading lights Rym Karoui; explore the work of Algerian photographer Zineb Sedira and share our experiences at Berlin’s 12th Art Forum.