The Cincinnati Art Museum was founded in 1881 and was the first purpose-built art museum west of the Alleghenies, in the eastern United States. It is one of the oldest museums in the United States. Its collection of over 67,000 works spanning 6,000 years of human history, makes it one of the most comprehensive collections in the Midwest. Its department of South Asian Art, Islamic Art and Antiquities manages a collection of over 5,000 artworks, starting with Neolithic objects from the ancient Middle East and spanning centuries of artistic heritage. Recently, it has expanded to include contemporary works by artists from greater South Asia, the Middle East, and the diaspora in the US and Europe.
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) is located in Richmond, Virginia, United States, and opened in 1936. Private donations, endowments, and funds are used by it for the support of specific programmes and all acquisition of artwork, as well as additional general support. Considered among the largest art museums in North America for area of exhibition space, the VMFA’s comprehensive art collection includes African art, American art, British sporting art, Fabergé, and Himalayan art.
Lawrie Shabibi was founded in 2010 and opened its doors in early 2011 in Alserkal Avenue, located within the light industrial warehouse district of Al Quoz, Dubai. Following the relocation of several renowned galleries, the zone quickly became the hub of contemporary art in the region. The gallery’s initial focus was on the practices of emerging contemporary artists from the Middle East and North Africa (the Global South), and it has introduced artists from other regions and generations, with the same focus on the underrepresented.
A major concern is the support of artists from the diaspora who create work in all media to explore issues such as identity, memory, history and socio-political issues specific to the diasporic experience. Another part of the programme is to organise art historical exhibitions, working with an older generation of artists. Of note are the historic shows presented for the Moroccan pioneer Mohamed Melehi (1936-2020), Mehdi Moutashar (b.1943) and Mona Saudi (1945-2022) at fairs that include Frieze Masters in London, Abu Dhabi Art and Artissima in Turin, showing works from the 1950s – 1980s. The gallery also works closely with museums and have successfully placed works with The Guggenheim, Tate Modern, Centre Pompidou, The British Museum, Dallas Museum of Art, LACMA and the Cincinnati Art Museum. By integrating older (and less discovered) artists with younger artists, it strives to create a context and depth to the programme it considers important when working with underrepresented regions. Lawrie Shabibi has been a forerunner in the development of the contemporary art scene.
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