{"id":180,"date":"2014-01-11T23:42:45","date_gmt":"2014-01-11T22:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/middleastnow.it\/now\/?p=180"},"modified":"2014-03-16T12:22:27","modified_gmt":"2014-03-16T11:22:27","slug":"special-projects-art-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/middleastnow.it\/en\/special-projects-art-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"SPECIAL GUESTS AND ART PROJECTS 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

Film Middle East Now also presents\u00a0projects and special events<\/strong>\u00a0related to\u00a0contemporary art, design and photography, talks and debates, books presentations, culinary events and musical performances,<\/strong>\u00a0in order to give a wide image of the complexity of artistic and cultural expressions in the Middle East.<\/p>\n

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RANA SALAM: SPECIAL GUEST OF THIS EDITION<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe Lebanese designer Rana Salam<\/strong>, graphic designer<\/strong> and artist<\/strong> among the most famous and celebrated of the whole Middle East, was among the special guest of this edition of the festival, with an installation<\/strong> and a temporary shop<\/strong> presenting her popular design items, and a lecture<\/strong> at the Strozzina – Center for Contemporary Art. The presence of Rana Salam in Florence was also supported by IED Istituto Europeo di Design<\/strong> – Florence.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here are the events with Rana Salam:
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\n_ Thursday 4 April_6.30 pm _ CCC Strozzina – Palazzo Strozzi
\nTalk with Rana Salam: “FROM SHAABI TO CHIC”\u00a0– An idea of beauty in the Middle East Pop Design<\/strong>
\nfree admission<\/em><\/p>\n

_ Saturday 6 April_5.30 pm_ Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 Anonyme (Via Niccolini, 3 \/ Via della Mattonaia )
\nOpening of the Pop up Shop by Rana Salam<\/strong> – set design curated by Archivio Personale
\nLebanese aperitif and DJ sets
\nfree admission<\/em><\/p>\n

Click here for more details<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n


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HASSAN HAJJAJ presents “<\/strong>VogueArabe”<\/strong>:<\/span>
\nThe first solo show of the Maroccan artist in Italy<\/strong><\/p>\n

Aria Art Gallery (Borgo SS. Apostoli 40)
\nApril 5 – June 20 (opening hours: Mon-Sat 10.30 am\/1.30pm | 3.30 pm\/7.30 pm)
\nOfficial opening Friday 5 April_6.30 pm – free entrance<\/p>\n

For the first time in Italy a solo exhibition of one of the most acclaimed Moroccan artist of today<\/strong>, Hassan Hajjaj<\/strong>, considered in the art scene as the Andy Warhol of the Arab world. VogueArabe<\/em><\/strong>, this is the title of the exhibition, recalls is an ironic and provocative way the magazine Vogue, and presents a reflection on the way East and West see each other. A special project of Middle East Now in collaboration with the Embassy of Morocco in Italy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Click here for more details<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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– Photo courtesy by <\/span><\/strong>Tommaso Majonchi \/ M Studio<\/strong><\/p>\n

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