Sharjah Museums Authority announces that its highly anticipated annual “Lasting Impressions” series will this year be dedicated to the outstanding Palestinian-American artist Samia Halaby. This major retrospective exhibition will be held for the first time in the Emirate of Sharjah, at the Sharjah Art Museum from September 20, 2023, through January 7, 2024. In this
Algerian artist, scientist showcased by Sharjah Museums Authority
31 Jan 2021
Muhammad Yusuf,
Features Writer
Algerian artist Baya Mahieddine (1931 1998) will be under the spotlight and her works displayed for the first time in a survey show dedicated to her, at the Sharjah Art Museum (Feb. 24 July 31), as part of Sharjah Museums Authority’s (SMA) Lasting Impressions series.
Works from Mahieddine’s first solo exhibition in Paris (1947) are among over 70 paintings spanning her six decade career, which will be showcased.
Considered one of Algeria’s most acclaimed artists, the artist contributed to modern art in her homeland and also in Paris. While she did not self-identify as belonging to a particular genre, critics have classified her paintings as surrealist, primitive, naïve, and modern. Her works are mainly paintings, though she did pottery as well, all completely self-taught.