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Samia Halaby and Rula Halawani Featured in Art of Palestine: From the River to the Sea
December 12, 2024Samia Halaby and Rula Halawani will be featured in Art of Palestine: From the River to the Sea, an exhibition at P21 Gallery. The exhibition...Read more -
Samia Halaby at Outernet London, Celebrating Tate Modern’s Electric Dreams
November 16, 2024We are thrilled to announce that in celebration of the Electric Dreams exhibition at Tate Modern, artist Samia Halaby has transformed the immersive screens of...Read more -
Samia Halaby Exhibition at the Broad Art Museum, MSU
November 6, 2024We are thrilled to announce that Samia Halaby's highly anticipated exhibition is now on view at the Broad Art Museum, MSU. The show will be...Read more -
Samia Halaby's works acquired by Centre Pompidou
November 1, 2024We are thrilled to announce that Samia Halaby's work was acquired by Centre Pompidou. Throughout her career, Halaby has redefined artistic boundaries, moving beyond traditional...Read more -
Samia Halaby at MUDAM
September 19, 2024We are excited to share Samia Halaby’s inclusion in a group show at MUDAM, titled Radical Software: Women, Art & Computing 1960–1991 Radical Software surveys...Read more -
Samia Halaby featured at EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art.
September 3, 2024Samia Halaby's Foldgrow 6 will be featured in the the Saastamoinen Foundation’s second installment of the Dialogues exhibition, showcased at EMMA – Espoo Museum of...Read more -
Samia Halaby Works Acquired by the Saastamoinen Foundation Art Collection.
September 3, 2024We are pleased to announce that a number of Samia Halaby's works have been acquired by the Saastamoinen Foundation Art Collection. The Saastamoinen Foundation's Art...Read more -
Samia Halaby: Eye Witness at the MSU Broad Art Museum
June 29, 2024We are pleased to announce that Samia Halaby: Eye Witness, is now on view at the MSU Broad Art Museum! Eye Witness will be Halaby’s...Read more -
Being Samia Halaby
Selections Arts May 9, 2024We are thrilled to announce the 68th edition of Selections Arts will be centered around Samia Halaby. The edition titled “Being Samia Halaby” is 'An...Read more -
Samia Halaby | Venice Biennale
60th Venice Biennale 20 April – 24 November 2024We are pleased to announce that Samia Halaby will be included in the main exhibition of the upcoming 60th Venice Biennale. This year’s chosen title...Read more -
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On Women By Women in Art 24 November 2023Make sure to catch the Afikra Podcasts episode of “On Women By Women in Art” series featuring Samia Halaby. Samia discusses her friendship with Mona...Read more -
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Taipei Biennial 2023: Small World 18 November – 24 March 2024We are pleased to announce the Samia Halaby’s participation in the Taipei Biennial 2023: Small World. At different points in the exhibition, the Taipei Biennial...Read more -
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Public Light Art Exhibition in Manar Abu Dhabi 15 November – 30 January 2024Samia Halaby’s artwork is featured at the Public Light Art Exhibition in Manar Abu Dhabi. The Kinetic paintings are recordings of live performances, presented on...Read more -
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Retrospective: Lasting Impressions 20 September – 7 January 2024We are excited to announce the 'Lasting Impressions', a major retrospective exibition of Samia Halaby, held at Sharjah Art Museum. This exhibition, curated by Inass...Read more -
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7th Edition of the Singapore Biennale, Natasha 16 October 2022 – 19 March 2023We are pleased to share that a series of Samia Halaby's Kinetic Paintings for the 80s are featured at the 7th edition of the Singapore...Read more -
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Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s - 1980s 14 January – 4 April 2020Samia Halaby's works are featured and on display in 'Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s -1980s' a collective exhibition that explores mid-20th-century abstract...Read more -
Samia Halaby speaking at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
23 October 2018Samia Halaby will be speaking at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum on 23 October, 2018 at 6:30 pm. As part of The Elaine Terner Cooper...Read more -
Samia Halaby at University of Bern
27 - 28 September 2018Samia Halaby will be giving the keynote speech entitled 'The Political Basis of Abstraction' in the 20th Century, at a Symposium in honor of artist...Read more -
Samia Halaby at the Palestine Museum USA
22 April 2018Samia Halaby will be presenting the keynote address at the grand opening of the Palestine Museum USA, on April 22 in Woodbridge Connecticut. Followed by...Read more -
Samia Halaby wins Palestine Book Award
November 2017Samia Halaby has won the Creative Prize for her publication Drawing the Kafr Qasem Massacre at the recent Palestine Book Awards in London. Halaby’s Drawing...Read more -
Samia Halaby's 'Drawing the Kafr Qasem Massacre' Shortlisted for Literary Prize
July 2017Samia Halaby’s recently released book, Drawing the Kafr Qasem Massacre (Schilt Publishing, 2017) has been shortlisted for the prestigious Palestine Book Awards, an annual event...Read more -
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Enfolding and Unfolding: Geometric Abstraction in Motion 21 April – 14 May 2017Samia Halaby's rarely seen kinetic paintings are highlighted in Enfolding and Unfolding: Geometric Abstraction in Motion, an exhibition of electronic art that includes computer-based works....Read more -
Samia Halaby: Talk at Art Dubai 2017
Documenting a Massacre 17 March 2017Artist and scholar Samia Halaby will describe the research she did for her Kafr Qasem Massacre series, a special project that includes documentary drawings. Halaby...Read more -
Samia Halaby at Birzeit University Museum
Samia Halaby: Documentary Drawings of the Kafr Qasem Massacre/Illuminated Space 22 February – 30 May 2017Samia Halaby opens her first solo exhibition at Birzeit University Museum on 22 February. Halaby has participated in collective exhibitions at the university in the...Read more -
Ammar al-Beik at Reel Palestine Film Screening
Samia 23 January 2017Berlin-based artist and filmmaker Ammar al-Beik is contributing to the 2017 Reel Palestine Film Festival, which takes place 20 – 28 January. The festival is...Read more -
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1970s: Women and Abstraction 16 November – 22 December 2016Samia Halaby is included in 1970s: Women and Abstraction, a collective exhibition that highlights pioneering abstract painters. Featuring a diverse roster of international artists, the...Read more -
Samia Halaby, Sama Alshaibi, Khaled Jarrar in the Qalandiya International Biennial
5 – 31 October 2016Samia Halaby, Sama Alshaibi, and Khaled Jarrar are included in the 3rd edition of the Qalandiya International Biennial, a month long program for contemporary art...Read more -
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Madame Figaro's 20 Most Powerful Women in the Middle East 2 October 2015Samia Halaby is ranked among Middle East’s twenty most powerful women by French weekly Madame Figaro. Often referred to as the mother of Arab abstract...Read more -
Samia Halaby Lecture Tour in Palestine
October – November 2015Renowned artist and scholar Samia Halaby is currently in Palestine, where she is conducting further research on contemporary Palestinian art while also giving a series...Read more -
Artist Talk: Samia Halaby in Conversation with Maymanah Farhat
Paintings from the Sixties and Seventies 19 May 2015Following the opening of Samia Halaby: Paintings from the Sixties and Seventies on 18 May, Ayyam Gallery London will host a discussion with the renowned...Read more -
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'Five Decades of Painting and Innovation' at Beirut Exhibition Center 2 – 26 February 2015Following a major retrospective at Ayyam Gallery Dubai, Al Quoz in 2014, Samia Halaby’s oeuvre will be showcased at the Beirut Exhibition Center from 2-26...Read more -
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'Self: Portraits of Artists in their Absence' at the National Academy of Arts, New York City 29 January – 3 May 2015Palestinian artist Samia Halaby will be exhibiting in Self: Portraits of Artists in their Absence at the National Academy of Arts, New York City. Running...Read more -
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Seeing through Light: Selections from the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Collection 5 November 2014 – 26 March 2015Samia Halaby’s 'Yellow Spiral' (1970) a seminal work inspired by the artist’s admiration for Arabic architecture and calligraphy will be on display at the Guggenheim...Read more -
Ayyam Gallery artists at upcoming auctions
October 2014We are delighted to announce that several works of our represented artists will be appearing in some of the world’s most prestigious auctions this fall....Read more -
Samia Halaby in "Ultrapassado - Part I"
Broadway 1602, New York 3 May – 21 June, 2014Samia Halaby will be participating in the exhibition 'Ultrapassado-Part I' at New York City art space Broadway 1602 from 3 May - 21 June, 2014....Read more -
Samia Halaby amongst "The World’s 100 Most Powerful Arab Women"
ArabianBusiness.com March 2014Palestinian abstract expressionist painter Samia Halaby has been named amongst 'The World’s 100 Most Powerful Arab Women' by Arabian Business in March 2014 . A...Read more -
Samia Halaby Talk and Book Signing
19 February 2014 at 7pmAyyam Gallery Dubai (Al Quoz) is pleased to present an artist talk and book signing by legendary Palestinian painter Samia Halaby on Wednesday, 19 February...Read more