🎙New #Podcast Out: Via Maghrib in Past & Present Podcasts From Palestine to North Africa and Back: Transnational Solidarity in the Arts in the 1970s By Kristine Khouri 🎧:themaghribpodcast.com/2022/04/from-p…

For scholars of modern art in the Maghrib, Tunis is a brilliant place for research! CEMAT affiliated researchers work on École de Tunis artist Jellal Ben Abdallah's oeuvre, which includes miniature painting and monument design. His house can be visited in Sidi Bou Said.

How does the contemporary Algerian artist Maya Benchikh El Fegoun (El Meya) respond to early modern and modern depictions of women? Read an interview with the artist (in English/French) by CEMAT's Katarzyna Falęcka: trafo.hypotheses.org/35196 #modernartmaghrib #ElMeya #contemporaryart

From the archive: Come listen to Dr. Elizabeth Fentress discuss Saharan peoples from across North Africa during antiquity. This #podcast includes a discussion of the Garamantes of #Libya among many others! #LibyanHumanities #CEMAT #Tunisia themaghribpodcast.com/2017/10/the-sa…

Baya Mahieddine was the sole woman artist in the Aouchem group, founded in 1967 by artists Denis Martinez and Choukri Mesli in Algeria. Read this review of Mahieddine's retrospective exhibition at the Sharjah Art Museum, written by CEMAT's Katarzyna Falęcka networks.h-net.org/node/3444/revi…

Have a look at this fantastic stamp designed by Algerian modern artist Mohamed Issiakhem in 1982, titled The Palestinian Child. It was found and identified by our CAORC/Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Modern Art History Beya Othmani!

Yesterday we had the immense pleasure to present a new research report by Ignacio Villalón, Contemporary Art Fellow, at our new CEMAT offices! The project analyzes Tunisia’s contemporary art scene and was funded by the Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy Tunis.

Last thursday we attended a very interesting talk on Contemporary Art in Tunisia organized by the CEMAT and the U.S. Embassy Tunis Thank you Mr. Dmitri Tarakhovsky, Cultural Attaché of the #USEmbassyTunisia and Mrs. @LaryssaChomiak, Dir. of CEMAT 🙏for the invitation.

AIMS has a long-standing Libya portfolio! In 2013, we organized a conference on Libyan social sciences and we are currently in the process of planning a conference on Libyan humanities in Tunis this September. Be sure to keep up with CEMAT for more on Libya! #LibyanHumanities

🎙New #Podcast Out: Via Maghrib in Past & Present Podcasts Contemporary Art in Tunisia By Ignacio Villalón 🎧: themaghribpodcast.com/2022/06/contem…

Artist and filmmaker Slim Gomri spoke at CEMAT about his work with the Safia Farhat Foundation in Rades and his upcoming documentary film about the artist. Thank you Slim for discussing your work with our CAORC/Andrew W. Mellon Fellows in Modern Art History! #modernartmaghrib

After 2 years of running the CAORC/Mellon Fellowship in Modern Art History online, we have now welcomed CEMAT Fellows in Tunis for a workshop. Thank you Jessica Gerschultz for leading a superb walking tour of Ecole de Tunis public art works in downtown Tunis! #modernartmaghrib

Collaborative research, the sharing of sources, and group discussions are central to our CAORC/Mellon Fellowship in Modern Art History. During our workshop, we accompanied Fellows to the National Archives to look for sources related to modern art in Tunisia. #modernartmaghrib

TODAY!

Read this fascinating article by our CAORC/Andrew W. Mellon Modern Art History Fellow, Beya Othmani: hyperallergic.com/805530/how-nor…