Past
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Art Cairo 2024
The Grand Egyptian Museum | Booth C30 2 - 6 Feb 2024 Read more -
A Moment of Peace | لحظة سلام
Ahmad Kasha 13 Jan - 17 Feb 2024 على امتداد اللوحة أو ملئها، تتوزع كائنات زاهية اللون، حيّةً أو ميتةً، في تراكيب مشهديّة ساكنة مرتبطة بانتهاء حدث معيّن وبالتالي لحظة زمنيّة معيّنة. تلك التوليفة بين العناصر الشكليّة واللحظة الزمنيّة تمثّل بصفة عامّة سمةً جوهريّة سائدة على أعمال أحمد قاشا. لكنّ تأملّ أعماله مجتمعةً ككل أو فُرادى كأجزاء من... Read more -
Works on Paper
Group Exhibition 7 Dec 2023 - 5 Jan 2024 Read more -
Mutual Change
Mayar Obeido 28 Oct - 30 Nov 2023 Read more -
Black II
Rabee Kiwan 20 Sep - 23 Oct 2023 Read more -
Void and Form
Bader Mahasneh 5 Jul - 30 Aug 2023 Read more -
Majd Kurdieh
Retrospective 6 - 26 Jun 2023 Read more -
Reality Show
Fann À Porter & ZAAT Collaborative Exhibition 5 May - 30 Jun 2023 Read more -
Your Heart Knows the Way. Run in That Direction
Rima Moukahal 6 - 30 Apr 2023 Fann À Porter presents Your Heart Knows the Way. Run in That Direction, Lebanese artist Rima Moukahal's powerful and thought-provoking exhibition that explores the emotional and spiritual aspects of the heart. Inspired by Rumi’s famous quote, this exhibition invites viewers to consider the role of the heart in our emotional... Read more -
Couture Divas
Azaïdé 20 - 30 Mar 2023 Read more -
ALTERNATIVE | بديل
Houssam Ballan 22 Feb - 19 Mar 2023 Read more -
Cairo Art Fair 2023
Egyptian Grand Museum, Cairo, Egypt 11 - 14 Feb 2023 Read more -
MENART Fair 2023
Villa Empain, Brussels, Belgium 3 - 5 Feb 2023 Fann À Porter is pleased to be participate at MENART Fair 2023 in Brussels, Belgium from 2-5 February with a collection of works from Syrian painters, Houssam Ballan and Omran Younes. Read more -
Survivors | نَاجُون
Sara Tantawy 12 Jan - 10 Feb 2023 12 January - 10 February 2023
Opening Reception: Wednesday, 12 January at 7pm
Fann À Porter, The Workshop Dubai
Fann À Porter is pleased to present Survivors, a solo exhibition by Sara Tantawy,
opening 12 January at 7pm.
About the Exhibition
Sara Tantawy’s latest paintings capture the gestures and movement of traditional dancers in order to explore an ancient practice that for centuries has allowed communities to narrate and process the challenges of life events. The paintings featured in the artist’s solo exhibition Survivors describe how Eastern dance (or belly dancing in layman’s terms) has evolved as a communal practice that is at once deeply personal and informed by collective memory, allowing performers and their audiences to work collectively through emotional responses such as grief, pain, exhaustion, resilience, and euphoria.
In an accompanying artist statement, Tantawy notes that this specific form of dance demonstrates a “cultural inheritance rooted in nature” while reflecting a state of deep connection to one’s body and soul. Drawn to the potential of dance to serve as a transcendental experience, she depicts performers who appear to have reached a spiritual state of mind while simulating growth cycles found in nature, like the ebb and flow of tides.
In a painting titled Earth Tune (2022), for example, an elegant female dancer sits near a shallow body of water, shown mid gesture as though imitating the rings of a puddle. The water surrounding the stone upon which she is perched reflects plant life, what seems to be the inspiration for her movement, positioning her as a medium for the earth’s own fluctuations.
The exhibition will open on Wednesday at 7 pm at Fann À Porter, gallery space located at The Workshop Dubai, located at Villa 45 - St. 23b - Al Wasl Rd opposite Box Park - Jumeirah 2, Dubai, U.A.E.
About the Artist
Sara Tantawy’s realist paintings explore a range of human emotions, using allegory and metaphor to describe profound experiences. Her ability to render figures with painstaking detail while creating pensive depictions of isolated figures establishes her work as part of a long tradition of painting, one that aims to unearth the psychological dimensions of portraiture in order to facilitate a reflective experience for the viewer. In her most recent oil on canvas paintings, she invokes the grace and elegance of traditional Egyptian folk dancers as ancient cultural forms that are at once cathartic and transporting.
Based in Cairo, Tantawy (b. 1994) graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts at Helwan University in 2017, and has been active in Egypt and abroad since then. She has participated in large-scale exhibitions and competitions such as the Beijing International Biennale (2019), the Luxor International Painting Symposium (2020), the Dafen International Oil Painting Biennale, from which she received an award in 2021, and the Asian Art Biennale Bangladesh (2022). Other notable events for the artist include a solo exhibition at Motion Gallery in Cairo (2022) and a group exhibition of Egyptian artists hosted by Meridian Center for Cultural Diplomacy in Washington D.C. (2022).
About Fann À Porter
Fann À Porter is a contemporary art gallery at The Workshop Dubai that represents a diverse selection of emerging international and regional artists.
The gallery aims to nurture the burgeoning and dynamic contemporary art scene through quality exhibitions, non-profit events, auctions, and an active community program.
The gallery’s exhibition program includes eight curated exhibitions a year, and features artists working across diverse media.
Fann À Porter has established a series of dialogues and collaborations with curators, writers, governmental entities, and institutions to affirm its commitment to support the long-term development of young contemporary artists from the Middle East.
By hosting a regular public programming including exhibitions, talks, non-profit and charitable initiatives and by participating in fairs, Fann A Porter has established itself in forefront of the region’s exciting arts landscape.
Founded in 2006 by Ghada Kunash, Fann À Porter is based at The Workshop, a unique inter-disciplinary community space consisting of an art gallery, a sustainable store, design studio, and a cafe. The Workshop aims to engage the audiences, and support the development of Dubai’s arts scene through its extensive programs, educational initiatives, and community projects.
For more information and for interviews, please contact at fann@theworkshopdubai.com. Read more -
One Wound, One Smile
Majd Kurdieh 6 Dec 2022 - 6 Jan 2023 Read more -
FRAGMENTS FROM STRANGE LANDS
Yamam Nabeel 14 Nov - 3 Dec 2022 Read more -
We The People
Group Exhibition 18 Oct - 3 Nov 2022 Read more -
Black I
Rabee Kiwan 19 Sep - 16 Oct 2022 Read more -
Dar Art 2022
Amman, Jordan 1 - 7 Jun 2022 Read more -
Mini Mighty
Group Exhibition 11 May - 30 Jun 2022 Read more -
The Downfall
Houssam Ballan 7 Mar - 30 Apr 2022 Read more -
Eden Dance
Hady Boraey 26 Jan - 28 Feb 2022 Read more -
Older Than Love
Martina Zanin 16 Nov - 5 Dec 2021 Read more -
In a Land of No Sheep: Metamorphosis of a Nomadic Tent
Omar Sartawi 8 - 30 Nov 2021 Read more -
COLLECTORS EYE
Exhibition by ZAAT 23 Oct - 12 Nov 2021 Read more -
Watermelon Peace
Majd Kurdieh 11 Oct - 30 Nov 2021 Read more -
Summer Exhibition
Majd Kurdieh 1 - 31 Jul 2021 Fann A Porter Dubai is pleased to present a summer collective exhibition featuring the works of painter Majd Kurdieh. Spanning various works over the last several years, the exhibition features canvas, paper, and sculptural works. Exhibition continues until 31 July at the gallery space located at The Workshop Dubai. Read more -
Dar Art 2021
Amman, Jordan 14 Jun - 4 Jul 2021 Read more -
Emotive Journeys
Houssam Ballan, Majd Kurdieh, Omar Najjar, Walid Ebeid | Azad Gallery, Cairo 30 May - 13 Jun 2021 Read more -
Works from the Fann A Porter Collection
Group Exhibition 24 May - 30 Jun 2021 Read more -
A Memory of Places
Mohamed Abdel-Moneim, Mohamed Abou Elwafa, Mohamed Banawy, Mostafa Sleem, Mhanny Yaoud, Ahmed Magdy 23 Mar - 21 May 2021 Read more -
Modulations
Birute Brandt 4 - 8 Mar 2021 Read more -
Egypt Art Fair 2021
Houssam Ballan, Majd Kurdieh, Omar Najjar, & Othman Moussa 26 - 28 Feb 2021 Read more -
Works on Paper
Juri Morioka, Zeina Salameh, Houssam Ballan, Omar Najjar and Majd Kurdieh 12 Jan - 28 Feb 2021 Read more -
Odyssey
Laith Qattan | Amman 12 Dec 2020 - 28 Feb 2021 Read more -
Believing in Light
Rana Raouda 9 Dec 2020 - 9 Jan 2021 Read more -
SPACES
Laila Taweel, Lina Khaled, Sama Shahrouri, Tawfiq Dawi, and Zeina Salameh | Amman 20 Oct - 30 Nov 2020 Read more -
We Will Continue to Raise the Flag of the Sun
Majd Kurdieh 26 Aug - 27 Sep 2020 Read more -
We Will Continue to Raise the Flag of the Sun
Majd Kurdieh | Amman 17 Aug - 17 Sep 2020 Read more -
Rhapsody
Omar Najjar | Amman 4 May - 30 Jul 2020 Read more -
Motif
Houssam Ballan 18 Mar - 18 Apr 2020 Read more -
Hold Onto The Flower
Majd Kurdieh 15 Jan - 29 Feb 2020 Read more -
Surrender to Love
Majd Kurdieh 25 Nov 2019 - 15 Jan 2020 Read more -
Amman Design Week
Manara Arts & Culture 30 Oct - 30 Nov 2019 Read more -
Art for All Collective
A New Antithetical Model for Art Collecting 25 Sep - 6 Nov 2019 Read more -
Gust of Wind
Shereen Shalhoub 21 Apr - 31 May 2019 Read more -
Subconscious Reality
Houssam Ballan 25 Mar - 20 Apr 2019 Read more -
Narratives from the Middle East
BBA | Berlin, Germany 22 Feb - 22 Mar 2019 Read more -
Poetics of Change
Fann À Porter in Collaboration with BBA Berlin 5 Feb - 3 Mar 2019 Read more -
A Playful Path
Fadi Attoura 7 Nov - 7 Dec 2018 Read more -
Spectrums in Memory
Nidal Khaddour | Solo Exhibition 24 Sep - 27 Oct 2018 Read more -
Beings
Houssam Ballan | Solo Exhibition 30 Apr - 30 May 2018 Read more -
Stealing Sadness
Majd Kurdieh 11 Mar - 11 Apr 2018 Read more -
Land Needs Ironing
Majd Kurdieh 1 - 30 Mar 2016 Read more