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Arts Roundup: An Arabic Calligraphy Blind Date and Holocaust Revisited in Court

August 22nd, 2007 by Menachem Wecker

  • [Arab American News] Sculptor Nida Kadhim says art “can play a central role in restoring Iraqis’ sense of nationhood and normalcy.”
  • [Today’s Zaman] Contemporary art on a blind date with Arabic calligraphy.
  • [“>Riverfront Times] Lewis Greenberg and his work Holocaust Revisited have a court date. “My yard is open to Nazis. My daughter-in-law in Texas is concerned about me,” he says.
  • [Mehr News Agency] Tehran announces winners of the first International Quranic Film Festival.
  • [Artdaily.org] Sotheby’s banks on Buddha, hoping for sales in the $8-11m range.

    • [Mehr News Agency] February 2008 will feature an artistic celebration of Iran’s Islamic revolution in Tehran.

  • [Surrey Comet] Reverend Kevin Scott, just back from a three-month sabbatical in Europe studying light in religious art, tries to make sense of a doorway.
  • [Economist] To strip in public, or not to strip in public?

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