Bahraini artists in spotlight at Venice

The works of seven Bahraini artists will be in the spotlight at the prestigious Venice Biennale today.  The show titled ‘The Wait’ will run from today until the 12 May and will feature around 20 works of veteran artists Hasan Hujairi, Ghada Khunji, ‘Bahraini Danish’, a Bahraini-Danish art cooperative, Mariam Al Noaimi, Nasser Al Yousif and Hala Kaiksow.

The exhibition is directed by Kaneka Subberwal, the founder of Art Select and Fairs & Programme Director of ArtBAB, Amal Khalaf, a curator and artist, and currently Projects Curator at the Serpentine Galleries, London and Tasneem Al Shurougi, a founding member of the team that launched Art Bahrain Across Borders in 2015.  

Kaneka Subberwal told Tribune, “We are delighted to be participating in La Biennale di Venezia. The Venice Biennale has been, for over 120 years, one of the most prestigious cultural institutions in the world. Established in 1895, the Biennale has an attendance today of over 500,000 visitors at the Art Exhibition.

The Bahraini artists shall be exhibiting in the historic Arsanale, an art complex that was formerly a center for Venetian economic power, dating back to 1150.” The Paris exhibition will showcase over 100 works of Bahraini artists.