Issue 9-4

This summer we take a look at the poignancy of Ginane Makki Bacho, Dr Samir Saleeby’s priceless collection of Modern Lebanese art, the abstraction of Koorosh Shishegaran, the Nubian strokes of Fathi Hassan and the Modern Arab art focus of Park Gallery. We also review the 55th Venice Biennale and discover 70 years of contemporary Jordanian art at the country’s National Gallery of Fine Arts. Starring on the cover this issue is a warm, nostalgic and passionate piece by Ginane Makki Bacho who we met fleetingly at Art Dubai last year and who featured in our annual Thomas Crown videos this year.