All the latest news regarding events, exhibitions and opportunities. Featuring behind the scenes, Q&A’s and more
If you have missed any of our recent talks you can now find them online in our Recorded lectures section under ‘What’s On.’
Keep checking this section of our website for updates and recordings of future events!
Thanks for listening!
We are pleased to announce a daytime programme of lectures to co-incide with our upcoming exhibition From Palestine to Israel, A Photographic Record of Destruction & State Formation 1947-50.
The talks are proposed free of charge to A-Level students studying the Middle East conflict as part of the history curriculum, inviting them to engage with the period from a new, less conventional perspective. The talks aim to explore broader issues such as photography and film as historical document or political narrative, and are therefore also appropriate for art /photography A Level students.
Speakers include Dr Francis Gooding, Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin, and Michel Khleifi. There will be an opportunity for the students to ask questions and discuss their own responses to the archival images.
Find the full details of the programme here
We will also be offering free tours of the exhibition outside of the lecture times. Please confirm group visits of more than 15 students. The Mosaic Rooms will provide refreshments for visiting groups.
If you are a teacher interested in bringing a group of students to one of the lectures or arranging a group visit of the exhibition please contact Rachael Hornsby, rachael@mosaicrooms.org or on 020 7370 9990.
The Foundation of Abdul Aziz Saud Al-Babtain’s Prize For Poetic Creativity invites you to attend the: ‘Poetry Towards Peaceful Co-existence’ Forum.
This London-based forum will discuss the dialogue between civilisations through poetry and the impact of Arabic and world poetry on human communication through the ages.
Wednesday 19th October 2011, from 5.30pm – 6.45pm in the Boardroom at The Mosaic Rooms
Speakers include:
Sarah Ardizzone-Award Winning Translator
Sharmila Beezmohun-Deputy Editor of Wasafiri literary magazine
Rhona Wells- Editor at The Middle East magazine
Full invitation details here
This event is FREE but places are limited.
Please RVSP to Claire Richman at Midas Public Relations, claire.richman@midaspr.co.uk
The Delfina Foundation and A. M. Qattan Foundation partner on a residency programme to provide an opportunity for Palestinian artists to further develop the practice and philosophy of their work through an artist residency in London.
The partnership’s aim is to raise the profile of and support contemporary Palestinian artists as well as build awareness in the UK of contemporary art from Palestine via public programmes.
Hazem Harb has been selected for this year’s residency and arrives this August. He is a Palestinian artist from Gaza living and working in Europe. Visit The Delfina Foundation website for more information!
We are happy to confirm that Nedda El-Asmar will also be giving a talk on the 25th September during 100% Design.
See our Talks & Events section for further details on these two different and exciting designer talks as part of the UK’s leading contemporary design show and festival!
We are pleased to announce that Nedda El-Asmar will be giving a talk at the V&A as part of the London Design Festival. See our Talks and Events section for further details!
On this day the exhibition will also stay open for a special late night drink in Nedda’s company.
22nd September– talk at 1.30pm, late night opening from 6-8pm.
The Mosaic Rooms is excited to be a partner in this year’s London Design Festival (17-25 Sept 2011).
First staged in 2003, the London Design Festival is one of the world’s most important annual design events. The nine-day Festival programme is made up of over 200 events and exhibitions staged by around 160 partner organisations across the design spectrum and from around the world.
We will be presenting Belgium-Palestinian designer/silversmith Nedda El-Asmar’s exhibition The Passion of Simplicity during the festival.
More information and special related events to come!
The Mosaic Rooms is delighted to be participating in Shubbak, London’s first ever celebration of contemporary culture from across the Arab world, showcasing over seventy events in more than 30 venues throughout the city from 4 – 24 July 2011.
Presented by the Mayor of London, Shubbak (Arabic for ‘window’) offers a wide-ranging programme of visual arts, film, music, theatre, dance, literature, architecture, lectures and discussion. The festival will feature work by contemporary Arab artists, writers, filmmakers, musicians, choreographers and architects.
The Mosaic Rooms has an exciting programme planned for this month covering visual arts, film and talks. Check our What’s On section for more information on our events during the festival!
The Mosaic Rooms is delighted to announce a new series of film screenings coming soon! Supported by Dubai International Film Festival, The Mosaic Rooms will showcase some of the most exciting new voices in Contemporary Arab cinema, to London audiences. The films will be selected from DIFF 2010’s competitive sections. The programme is to be announced shortly!
The Mosaic Rooms has a brand new bookshop! For those interested in Middle Eastern culture this specialist bookshop and archive will provide a fantastic resource, stocking celebrated and new writers from the Arab World, art books, and films, in both English and Arabic. The bookshop is open from 11-5pm Monday – Friday, and on Saturdays from 11-4pm during exhibitions only. You can also visit our online shop and purchase items from the bookshop this way! Our online shopping service will be available from mid January so come back and visit the Shop section then! (more…)
The Mosaic Rooms are delighted to announce a vibrant and thought-provoking programme for early 2011. In the mix are an exhibition of war photography from award-winning photographer Kai Wiedenhöfer, a new collection from fashion designer OmarJoseph Nasser-Khoury and a showcase of some of the best Palestinian artists under 30 with the A.M. Qattan Foundation’s 2010 Young Artist of the Year award. (more…)
We are looking forward to 2011 with our brand new website! Here you can find information about next year’s exhibitions and events, about us and the A.M Qattan Foundation, venue hire, shop and more!
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