MILAN - An exhibition at Milan's Gallery of Modern Art (GAM) titled "But a Storm is Blowing From Paradise: Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa", opens on April 11, coinciding with the start of Miart 2018, a three-day contemporary art and design fair in the city. The show is the third and final exhibition of the Guggenheim UBS MAP Global Art Initiative, a collaboration between New York's Guggenheim and UBS in support of contemporary art and education. The show was organized by Sara Raza, Guggenheim UBS MAP Curator, Middle East and North Africa; in collaboration with GAM Chief Curator Paola Zatti and GAM Curator Omar Cucciniello, and debuted at New York's Guggenheim Museum in April 2016. It features 16 works by 13 artists reflecting on critical concerns in the Middle East and North Africa. "Many of the exhibition artists question the ability of objective 'truths' to adequately capture the social realities of our world," said Raza.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 10, 2018 09:30 UTC