Sana Gallery
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January Newsletter | Happy New Year !
January 2016
All good things must come to an end and so does the physical presence of Sana Gallery in Singapore. Because our principals are relocating to Europe, Sana Gallery will close its physical space in March of this year, and become a pop-up gallery until we re-open in Europe.
Our contact details however and our website remain the same.
It has been an enormous pleasure and a privilege to work with all of you. We are very grateful to your support in our mission to showcase a different image of the Middle East from the wrenching television pictures of blood and gore all of us are assaulted with on a daily basis. It is hard not to notice the almost...
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November Newsletter | Postcard from Syria
18 November 2015
"Postcard from Syria :
Art is Peace"
By
Issa Touma,
Yacob Ibrahim,
Sabhan Adam,
Hagop Jamkochian,
Thaer Izzi and
the collectif Art Camping
Exhibition from 20th of November 2015 to 17th of January 2016 at Sana Gallery...
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May - June Newsletter | Chronicle by Paula Chahine, Nayla Kay Saroufim and Marcel Rached
29 April 2015
In a guiltless search for happiness, "Chronicle", a collective exhibition of three emerging artists from Lebanon, Paula Chahine, Nayla Kai Saroufim and Marcel Rached, curated by Singapore's Sana Gallery, tells a beautiful story about dialogues;
Between the Middle East and the rest of the world;
Men and women;
People and the sea;
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April Newsletter | PM Lee Kuan Yew By Laudi Abilama
06 April 2015
Dear friends,
Thank you for your interest in Laudi Abilama's exhibition Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew.
For those who couldn't make it yet, the exhibition is running until 26 April 2015.
Here's an update of the strong media reviews our exhibition and artist have received.
Talk and Cocktail at the ARTS HOUSE | Monday 2 March, 7:30pm | PM LKY by Laudi Abilama
02 March 2015
Sana Gallery and the Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore are delighted to invite you to the artist talk at the ARTS HOUSE on Monday 2 March from 7:30 to 8:15 pm followed by an evening of cocktail, art and conversation.
The talk by artist Laudi Abilama will be moderated by Charlotte Schriwer, Deputy Director of the Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore.
Season's Greetings from Sana Gallery
10 December 2014
Dear friends,
Season's greetings and happy holidays from all of us at Sana Gallery.
Thank you very much for all your great support in 2014.
Singapore Art Fair | Booth A09 | 27-30 November
27 November 2014
Sana Gallery will be participating to the Singapore Art Fair from the 27th to the 30th of November with artists
Mohamed Abouelnaga, Thaer Maarouf and Jason Paul Tecson.
Opening | Peacekeepers by Thaer Maarouf & Jason Paul Tecson
17 November 2014
Sana Gallery, Asia's premier contemporary Middle Eastern art gallery, is delighted to invite you to its first exhibition at its new premises, 63 Spottiswoode Park Road, Singapore 088651.
An Introduction to the artwork will be given jointly by Assaad W. Razzouk, founder of Sana Gallery and Mohamad Nazry Bin Bahrawi, research Associate from the Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore.
Invitation | Conférence | 29 Octobre, 6.30pm | Raouf Rifai | Jacques Lacan
29 October 2014
La Sana Gallery a le plaisir de vous convier à la conférence :
Raouf Rifai, Le carnaval des darwiches par
Dr Nassima Neggaz,
Dina Besson,
Dr Thierry Lamote
Le 29 octobre à la Sana Gallery, Singapour
Sana Gallery at the Beirut Art Fair- 18 to 21 september 2014
12 September 2014
Sana Gallery will be presenting the exhibition "Sublimed Elsewhere's" at the Beirut Art Fair. 18-21 September 2014
"Sublimed Elsewhere's" is a sublimed vision of an "elsewhere" which exists across current societies living between contemporaneity and tradition which struggles against globalisation.
It questions our future as it also looks at a world in constant turmoil.
Rania Matar exhibition at the Toot Yung Art Center, Bangkok
13 June 2014
Bangkok Toot Yung Art Center and Singapore Sana Gallery are delighted to invite you to the opening of Rania Matar's exhibition Ordinary Lives: Women of the Middle Easton Saturday 17 May 2014 from 7pm at Toot Yung Art Center.
Toot Yung Art Center:
6 Ekkamai 2 Alley, Lane 1
Phra Khanong Nuea, Watthana
Bangkok 10110,
Thailand
Rania Matar at the Alliance Française de Singapour
10 March 2014
Alliance Française de Singapour and Sana Gallery are delighted to invite you to the opening of Rania Matar's exhibition Ordinary Lives: Women of the Middle East on Saturday 8 March 2014 from 1pm at Alliance Française de Singapour.
Alliance Française de Singapour:
1 Sarkies Road
Level 2
Singapore 258130
SAVE THE DATES and SEASON'S GREETINGS FROM SANA GALLERY
20 December 2013
Dear friends,
Season's Greetings and happy holidays from all of us at Sana Gallery.
Please find below our january programme. We hope to see you at our January 14 and January 21 openings, and throughout the first quarter; some of the best artists in the Middle East can be viewed at Sana.
Best wishes…
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RAOUF RIFAI // KUALA LUMPUR EXHIBITION // October 26th - November 16th 2013
03 October 2013
Malaysia's TJ Fine Art and Singapore's Sana Gallery are collaborating to bring "The Carnaval of Darwiches," an exhibition by Lebanese artist Raouf Rifai to Kuala Lumpur.
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LAURA BOUSHNAK - I READ I WRITE
24 June 2013
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From Tunisia through Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait and Yemen, I Read, I Write: The Photographs of Laura Boushnak explores the relationship between female literacy, happiness and development in the Arab world.
Opening June 19 at the National University of Singapores Middle East Institute, I Read, I Write draws together a selection of nearly five years of artist Laura Boushnaks contemporary portrait photography, and demonstrates her on-going interest in Arab womens place in society.
Sana Gallery May Newsletter
17 June 2013
Thank you for your interest in Raouf Rifai's exhibition. Sana Gallery has become an online platform but you will still be able to view our private collection at Sana Fine Arts, located at 12, Blair road.
RAOUF RIFAI - CARNAVAL OF DARWICHES
17 April 2013
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In the early phase of his career (1982-1984), Raouf Rifai’s work was preoccupied with the environment, nature and light. From 1985, tradition, especially folklore and folk characters, emerged as a recurring theme in his work. In 1995, he spent 3 years exploring, through his art, the history of his country, Lebanon, before coming back to an environmental theme from 1999 to 2007. Rifai introduced the Darwiche as the point of departure for his art in 2008.
Rifai’s work is influenced by several artistic styles including Impressionism and Expressionism. Throughout Rifai’s body of work, 3 themes are intertwined: pollution (physical and spiritual), social relationships...
Sana Gallery February Newsletter
12 March 2013
Sana Gallery and the Middle East Institute, National University of Singapore are delighted to invite you to the opening of Raouf Rifai's exhibition Carnaval of Darwiches.
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Sana Gallery’s January Newsletter
08 February 2013
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Dear friends, We wish you all a Happy New Year. At Sana Gallery, 2013 begins with our exhibition, "Ordinary Lives: Women of the Middle East," featuring a poignant selection of works by artist Rania Matar.
Sana Gallery’s December Newsletter
17 December 2012
Thank you very much for attending Rania Matar's exhibition talk & cocktail.For those of you who couldn't make it, Rania Matar's exhibition will be open until 27 January 2013, with a two week break for Christmas from 23 December 2012 to 9 January 2013.
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Sana Gallery’s November Newsletter
21 November 2012
Dear friends,
For those who were able to attend, thank you very much for coming to our opening on the 1st of November...
Sana Gallery’s October Newsletter
10 October 2012
Sana Gallery serves as a platform for new images and ideas about the Middle East – presenting exciting Middle Eastern talent to clients and partners in Singapore, South East Asia, India and China. Our projects include exhibitions anchored around artists’ commissions, installations, artists’ talks and performances...
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Welcome to Sana Gallery
10 September 2012
“Sana” means splendour in Arabic and that’s what we want to bring to Asia: Outstanding Middle Eastern Contemporary Art by exceptional young artists from the Middle East region. Sana Gallery is a Pan-Asia online platform for Middle Eastern art.
Our private collection is housed at Sana Fine Arts, 12 Blair Road, Singapore, a 3-story house spectacularly restored in the 1980’s to its look and feel when originally built in the 1930’s.