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In this episode Wael Hattar speaks to Alexander Gray from Alexander Gray Associates, a New York based contemporary art gallery that represents Hassan Sharif (1951 - 2016).

Alexander Gray shares with us how he was first introduced to Hassan Sharif's work in the United Arab Emirates and his thoughts about the artist and his work.

http://www.alexandergray.com/artists/hassan-sharif

http://sharjahart.org/sharjah-art-foundation/exhibitions/hassan-sharif-a-retrospective

http://sharjahart.org/sharjah-art-foundation/events/hassan-sharif-interexchange-symposium

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You can see more images of the work on our Instagram page

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Images courtesy of Alexander Gray Associates.

In this episode Hind Mezaina interviews Jannis Stürtz, co-founder of Jakarta Records and Habibi Funk record labels (based in Berlin). Habibi Funk focuses on re-releasing old music from the Arab world, with a particular focus on funk, jazz and obscure music from the 1970s and 80s.

Music, photos, text and album covers from Habibi Funk are showcased at an exhibition titled "Habibi Funk: A spotlight on Arab Grooves" exhibition at East Wing Gallery in Dubai. Some images can be found on our Instagram page instagram.com/p/BirY2y3H3iZ/?taken-by=teawithculture

They discuss how Habibi Funk started, how the music is found and re-released, the role of music conservation and archiving and the exhibition at East Wing Gallery in Dubai.

Habibi Funk: A spotlight on Arab Grooves exhibition at East Wing, Dubai is on from March-May 2018 http://east-wing.org/habibi-funk-a-spotlight-on-arab-grooves-ezp-189.html

Music from Habibi Funk record label can be found on https://habibifunkrecords.bandcamp.com

https://soundcloud.com/habibifunk

https://twitter.com/Habibi_Funk

https://instagram.com/habibifunk

https://www.facebook.com/habibifunk

https://www.jakartarecords.de

In this episode Hind Mezaina interviews Jannis Stürtz, co-founder of Jakarta Records and Habibi Funk record labels (based in Berlin). Habibi Funk focuses on re-releasing old music from the Arab world, with a particular focus on funk, jazz and obscure music from the 1970s and 80s.

Music, photos, text and album covers from Habibi Funk are showcased at an exhibition titled "Habibi Funk: A spotlight on Arab Grooves" exhibition at East Wing Gallery in Dubai. Some images can be found on our Instagram page instagram.com/p/BirY2y3H3iZ/?taken-by=teawithculture

They discuss how Habibi Funk started, how the music is found and re-released, the role of music conservation and archiving and the exhibition at East Wing Gallery in Dubai.

Habibi Funk: A spotlight on Arab Grooves exhibition at East Wing, Dubai is on from March-May 2018 http://east-wing.org/habibi-funk-a-spotlight-on-arab-grooves-ezp-189.html

Music from Habibi Funk record label can be found on https://habibifunkrecords.bandcamp.com

https://soundcloud.com/habibifunk

https://twitter.com/Habibi_Funk

https://instagram.com/habibifunk

https://www.facebook.com/habibifunk

https://www.jakartarecords.de

In this episode we have Nawar Al Qasimi, the Development Manager at Sharjah Art Foundation. She shares with us the history and role of the foundation, how it is funded and its different initiatives over the years.

Located in Sharjah’s historic Art and Heritage Areas, Sharjah Art Foundation's activities and events take place throughout the year and include exhibitions featuring Arab and international artists, performances, music, film screenings and artist talks, plus art education programmes for children, adults and families. The Foundation hosts the annual March Meeting and every two years presents the Sharjah Biennial.

Latest exhibitions can be found here: http://sharjahart.org/sharjah-art-foundation/exhibitions

Latest events can be found here: http://sharjahart.org/sharjah-art-foundation/events

http://sharjahart.org

https://twitter.com/SharjahArt

https://www.facebook.com/SharjahArt

https://www.instagram.com/sharjahart

You can find images on our Instagram instagram.com/p/Bh_VTuIHySO/?taken-by=teawithculture

In this episode we have Nawar Al Qasimi, the Development Manager at Sharjah Art Foundation. She shares with us the history and role of the foundation, how it is funded and its different initiatives over the years.

Located in Sharjah’s historic Art and Heritage Areas, Sharjah Art Foundation's activities and events take place throughout the year and include exhibitions featuring Arab and international artists, performances, music, film screenings and artist talks, plus art education programmes for children, adults and families. The Foundation hosts the annual March Meeting and every two years presents the Sharjah Biennial.

Latest exhibitions can be found here: http://sharjahart.org/sharjah-art-foundation/exhibitions

Latest events can be found here: http://sharjahart.org/sharjah-art-foundation/events

http://sharjahart.org

https://twitter.com/SharjahArt

https://www.facebook.com/SharjahArt

https://www.instagram.com/sharjahart

You can find images on our Instagram instagram.com/p/Bh_VTuIHySO/?taken-by=teawithculture

In this episode we discuss the cultural growth and development in Sharjah through its consistently growing and developing Sharjah Museums Authority.

Wael Hattar interviews Manal Ataya the Director General of Sharjah Museums Authority and Alya Al Mulla the Curator for Sharjah Art Museum and they discuss the over all idea of managing the museums and collections, and how they have adapted over the years and how they currently navigate world of marketing and the community.

We also focus on Sharjah Art Museum's history being the first art museum in the gulf region and its growth over the years. They explain to us how their collection has grown and been shown, their latest long term loan of the collection from the Barjeel Art foundation as well as the shows they are having in 2018.

Link to the app:

Apple: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sharjah-museums-authority/id1358328320?ls=1&mt=8

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sma.sharjahmuseums

www.sharjahmuseums.ae

twitter.com/sharjahmuseums

www.instagram.com/sharjahmuseums/

www.facebook.com/SharjahMuseumsAuthority/

www.facebook.com/sharjahartmuseum/

You can see photos from and of the museums on our Instagram page www.instagram.com/p/Bhbr8lwHQHB/?taken-by=teawithculture

In this episode we discuss the cultural growth and development in Sharjah through its consistently growing and developing Sharjah Museums Authority.

Wael Hattar interviews Manal Ataya the Director General of Sharjah Museums Authority and Alya Al Mulla the Curator for Sharjah Art Museum and they discuss the over all idea of managing the museums and collections, and how they have adapted over the years and how they currently navigate world of marketing and the community.

We also focus on Sharjah Art Museum's history being the first art museum in the gulf region and its growth over the years. They explain to us how their collection has grown and been shown, their latest long term loan of the collection from the Barjeel Art foundation as well as the shows they are having in 2018.

Link to the app:

Apple: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sharjah-museums-authority/id1358328320?ls=1&mt=8

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sma.sharjahmuseums

www.sharjahmuseums.ae

twitter.com/sharjahmuseums

www.instagram.com/sharjahmuseums/

www.facebook.com/SharjahMuseumsAuthority/

www.facebook.com/sharjahartmuseum/

You can see photos from and of the museums on our Instagram page www.instagram.com/p/Bhbr8lwHQHB/?taken-by=teawithculture

Overnight Film Festival is a communal cinema experience at the legendary Queens Hotel in the seaside town of Eastbourne in the UK. The festival includes guest curators, a programme of unique screenings (many on 35mm prints), communal eating, immersive discussions and fabulous parties.

The festival started in 2016 and for its second edition in February 2018, Hind Mezaina attended it and sat with two of its founding members Chloe Trainer and Isabel Moir to talk about how the festival started and what it hopes to achieve.

http://overnightfilmfestival.com

https://twitter.com/OvernightFF

https://www.facebook.com/overnightFF/

https://www.instagram.com/overnight_film_festival/

You can see photos from the festival on our Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/p/Bg0LEq4Bvy0/?taken-by=teawithculture

Overnight Film Festival is a communal cinema experience at the legendary Queens Hotel in the seaside town of Eastbourne in the UK. The festival includes guest curators, a programme of unique screenings (many on 35mm prints), communal eating, immersive discussions and fabulous parties.

The festival started in 2016 and for its second edition in February 2018, Hind Mezaina attended it and sat with two of its founding members Chloe Trainer and Isabel Moir to talk about how the festival started and what it hopes to achieve.

http://overnightfilmfestival.com

https://twitter.com/OvernightFF

https://www.facebook.com/overnightFF/

https://www.instagram.com/overnight_film_festival/

You can see photos from the festival on our Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/p/Bg0LEq4Bvy0/?taken-by=teawithculture

In this episode our guest Ala Younis has a conversation with Hind Mezaina about her latest exhibition "Plan for Feminist Greater Baghdad" at the Art Jameel Project Space in Dubai, which is on until 14th March 2018.

Plan for Feminist Greater Baghdad builds on Younis’s 2015 work, Plan for Greater Baghdad, which looked at monuments, (by) architects, (for) governments, and the short state of empowerment they gained as politics shifted in Iraq. The project anchored itself within the history of a gymnasium in Baghdad that was designed by Le Corbusier and named after Saddam Hussein. Heavily based on archives, found material, and the stories of its male protagonists, the project explored issues relating to the protection of monuments for posterity, and the creation of plans for Baghdad as either an expression of power or as a necessity.

Plan for Feminist Greater Baghdad brings to the fore the significant contributions made by female artists, architects and other influential characters to the development of Baghdad and its modern monuments. It re-articulates archival material to bring about new narratives, seeing beyond the male dominance of the city’s architecture and politics, to reveal the female influence on Baghdad’s history.

http://www.alayounis.com

http://planforgreaterbaghdad.art

https://artjameel.org/event/ala-younis-plan-for-feminist-greater-baghdad/

You can view images of the work on our Instagram page - https://www.instagram.com/p/BgO3wq0BKQV/?taken-by=teawithculture