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The New Museum Showcases Art from the Arab World

GCC (est. 2013 Dubai; live in New York, London, Kuwait City, Beirut, and Dubai), <em>The One and Only Madinat New Museum Royal Mirage</em>, 2014.
Shuruq Harb, <em>The Keeper</em>, 2011–13
Shuruq Harb, The Keeper, 2011–13

Installation with video, includes photographs, wires, clips, and street sign, dimensions variable. Installation view: Darat al Funun, Amman. Courtesy the artist.

(Bashar Alaeddin)
Wafa Hourani, <em>Qalandia 2087</em>, 2009
Wafa Hourani, Qalandia 2087, 2009

Mixed media installation in six parts, sound, 216 x 354 in (550 x 900 cm). Nadour Collection, Düsseldorf. Installation view: Haus der Kunst, Munich.

(Wilfried Petz)
Khaled Jarrar, <em>Infiltrators</em>, 2012 (still).
Khaled Jarrar, Infiltrators, 2012 (still).

Video, color, sound; 70 min. Courtesy the artist.

(© Khaled Jarrar)
Bouchra Khalili, <em>Mapping Journey #7</em>, from “The Mapping Journey Project,” 2008–11 (still).
Bouchra Khalili, Mapping Journey #7, from “The Mapping Journey Project,” 2008–11 (still).

Video, color, sound; 6 min.

(Courtesy the artist and Galerie Polaris, Paris)
GCC (est. 2013 Dubai; live in New York, London, Kuwait City, Beirut, and Dubai), <em>The One and Only Madinat New Museum Royal Mirage</em>, 2014.
GCC (est. 2013 Dubai; live in New York, London, Kuwait City, Beirut, and Dubai), The One and Only Madinat New Museum Royal Mirage, 2014. (Benoit Pailley)
GCC (est. 2013 Dubai; live in New York, London, Kuwait City, Beirut, and Dubai), <em>The One and Only Madinat New Museum Royal Mirage</em>, 2014.
GCC (est. 2013 Dubai; live in New York, London, Kuwait City, Beirut, and Dubai), The One and Only Madinat New Museum Royal Mirage, 2014. (Benoit Pailley)
Bouchra Khalili (b. 1975 Casablanca, Morocco; lives in Berlin, Germany), “The Mapping Journey Project,” 2008–11.
Bouchra Khalili (b. 1975 Casablanca, Morocco; lives in Berlin, Germany), “The Mapping Journey Project,” 2008–11. (Benoit Pailley)
Jamal Penjweny, “Saddam is Here,” 2010.
Jamal Penjweny, “Saddam is Here,” 2010.

Chromogenic print, 23 5/8 x 31 1/2 in (60 x 80 cm).

(Courtesy Ruya Foundation for Contemporary Culture in Iraq)
Hrair Sarkissian, “Execution Squares,” 2008.
Hrair Sarkissian, “Execution Squares,” 2008.

Archival inkjet print, 23 3/4 x 30 1/2 in (60.5 x 77.4 cm).

(Courtesy the artist and Kalfayan Galleries, Athens/Thessaloniki)
Akram Zaatari, <em>Hashem El Madani—Palestinian resistant, Studio Shehrazade, Saïda</em>, Lebanon, 1970– 72
Akram Zaatari, Hashem El Madani—Palestinian resistant, Studio Shehrazade, Saïda, Lebanon, 1970– 72

From “Objects of study/The archive of Shehrazade/Hashem el Madani/Studio practices,” 2006. Gelatin silver print, 11 1/2 x 11 1/2 in (29 x 29 cm).

(Courtesy the artist and Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut/Hamburg)
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