Looking at the World Around You: Fundacion Banco Santander - Madrid
Past exhibition
Overview
"An exhibition that opened in Madrid at the Fundación Banco Santander showing works by contemporary artists from across North Africa and the Middle East includes Arab-inspired paintings by Goya and Magritte alongside works by Mona Hatoum, Shirin Neshat, Wael Shawky and Manal Al Dowayan among others.The Arab art show is the foundation’s first collaboration with Qatar Museums and the first major loan exhibition in Europe of works from Mathaf, the Arab Museum of Contemporary Art in Doha."
Curator: Abdellah Karroum