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Baghdad rediscovers the masters of modern Iraqi art

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Baghdad rediscovers the masters of modern Iraqi art

Green landscapes, portraits of peasant women, curved sculptures. In Baghdad, fans rediscover the pioneers of modern Iraqi art, thanks to the exhibition of a hundred works, returned and restored two decades after being looted. Some of these works, by Jawad Salim or Faeq Hassan in particular, had disappeared by 2003 with thousands of pieces looted … Read more

Teresa dreaming, The queen’s vagina… Five works of art that caused a scandal for sexism

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Teresa dreaming, The queen's vagina... Five works of art that caused a scandal for sexism

from the era I alsomany paintings, sculptures and other artistic representations have passed, years after their creation, on the grill of public opinion. “This gallery presents women’s bodies, either as a ‘decorative passive form’ or as a ‘femme fatale’. Let’s challenge this Victorian fantasy!”, could be read in January 2018 at the entrance of the … Read more