ArtDayME: The Farjam Foundation presents the exhibition Arab Presences: Modern Art and Decolonization Paris 1908-1988 - Farjam Collection Close-Up, curated by Morad Montazami at Abu Dhabi Art 2024.

The exhibition follows from an earlier iteration of the exhibition co-curated by Morad Montazami and Madeleine de Colnet at the Paris Museum of Modern Art (3 April-25 August 2024). For Abu Dhabi Art, Montazami has proposed around 50 artworks from the Farjam Collection, expanding on his earlier research.

The exhibition and accompanying catalogue, produced in English for the first time at Abu Dhabi Art, trace artistic trajectories from countries including Iraq, Lebanon, Egypt, Morocco, amongst others, revealing stories of exile, undermined legacies, internationalism, and artistic solidarity. Together they offer a long-overdue mapping of "Paris as an Arab Capital", using both artworks and archival materials to restore this lost narrative, now ready to be revived and reassessed.

The Farjam Foundation is also the sponsor of the Abu Dhabi Art Talks 2024.

Photos credit: The Farjam Foundation & Abu Dhabi Art