Art of Kuwait
The Kuwaiti modern art movement emerged in the 1930s. Kuwait is home to more than 20 art galleries. Kuwait has the second most lively gallery scene in the Gulf.[1][2][3]
History
Kuwait has the oldest modern arts movement in the Arabian Peninsula.[4] Beginning in 1936, Kuwait was the first Gulf country to grant scholarships in the arts.[4] The Kuwaiti artist Mojeb al-Dousari was the earliest recognized visual artist in the Gulf region.[5] He is regarded as the founder of portrait art in the region.[6] In 1943, al-Dousari launched Kuwait's first art gallery.
The Sultan Gallery was the first professional Arab art gallery in the Gulf.[7][8] Khalifa Al-Qattan was the first Kuwaiti artist to hold a solo artist exhibition in Kuwait. He founded a new art theory in the early 1960s known as "circulism".[9][10] Other notable Kuwaiti artists include Sami Mohammad, Thuraya Al-Baqsami and Suzan Bushnaq.
Art galleries
List of art galleries in Kuwait:
- Dar Al Funoon[11]
- Contemporary Art Platform (CAP)[12]
- Free Art Atelier[13]
- Boushahri Gallery[14][15]
- Sultan Gallery[16]
- Den Gallery[17][18][19]
- FA Gallery[20]
- Ghadir Gallery[21]
- Al Othman Gallery
- Museum of Modern Art[22][23][24]
- Dahiya Abdullah Al-Salim Art Gallery
- AM Art & Design Gallery[25]
- Al Adwani Art Gallery
- Art Space[26][27]
- Al-Makan[28][29]
- Masaha 13[30]
- Sadu House
- House of Mirrors
- Dar Al Athar Al Islamiya's Yarmouk Cultural Center[31]
- Dar El Cid
- Indian Art Gallery[32][33]
- Center of the Arts[34]
- Manifesto 13[35]
- Promenade Culture Center[36]
- The Print Room / Visual Therapy Gallery
- Becarre Art Gallery[37]
References
- ↑ "Kuwait City's 10 Stunning Contemporary Art Galleries". The Culture Trip.
- ↑ "Opportunity report for Dutch businesses in Gulf region - Creative Industries" (PDF). Government of Netherlands. p. 10.
- ↑ "Kuwait". Gulf Art Guide.
- 1 2 Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture: Three-Volume Set. p. 405.
- ↑ Al Qassemi, Sultan Sooud (22 November 2013). "Correcting misconceptions of the Gulf's modern art movement". Al-Monitor: The Pulse of the Middle East.
- ↑ "Kuwait". Atelier Voyage.
- ↑ Kristine Khouri. "Mapping Arab Art through the Sultan Gallery". ArteEast.
- ↑ "The Sultan Gallery – Kristine Khouri".
- ↑ Muayad H., Hussain (2012). Modern Art from Kuwait: Khalifa Qattan and Circulism (PDF) (PhD thesis). University of Birmingham.
- ↑ "Khalifa Qattan, Founder of Circulism".
- ↑ "Dar Al Funoon".
- ↑ "CAP Kuwait".
- ↑ "Grand Re-Opening of Free Art Atelier".
- ↑ "Boushahri Gallery".
- ↑ "Boushahri Gallery".
- ↑ "Sultan Gallery".
- ↑ "Den Gallery".
- ↑ "Den Gallery in Kuwait".
- ↑ "Den Gallery Instagram".
- ↑ "Kuwait City's 10 Stunning Contemporary Art Galleries".
- ↑ "Art Galleries and Museums in Kuwait".
- ↑ "Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) Kuwait".
- ↑ "Kuwait Art Museum Succeeds Where Others Have Failed".
- ↑ "Kuwait's Hidden Jewel: The Modern Art Museum".
- ↑ "AM Art & Design Gallery".
- ↑ "Art Space: Kuwait's Latest Community Art Centre and Cafe".
- ↑ "Art Space".
- ↑ "Al-Makan".
- ↑ "Al-Makan".
- ↑ "Masaha 13".
- ↑ "Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah at Yarmouk Cultural Centre".
- ↑ "Kuwait Art Foundation to open permanent Art Gallery for Indian Arts".
- ↑ "Kuwait Art Foundation opens Art Gallery with 'Mind n Moods' exhibition of Indian artists".
- ↑ "Center of the Arts".
- ↑ "Manifesto 13".
- ↑ "Promenade Culture Centre unveils 'Our Story: Expressions of Cultural Identity' Art Exhibition" (PDF).
- ↑ "Becarre Art Gallery".
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