25 years of Arab creativity : the contemporary Arab art scene

Created to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Paris-based Institut du Monde Arabe. This unprecedented exhibition presents the most exhaustive panorama of contemporary Arab art to date, and features painting, sculpture, photography, video and installations, as well as special commissions and works by UAE artists including Karima Al Shomaly and Ebtisam Abdulaziz.
At the crossroads of Asia, Africa and Europe, Arab contemporary art reveals a great plurality of styles. Many of the exhibited artists share more than one culture. Some of them have settled in Europe or the USA while a great many of them have also returned to their homelands. They thus create a unique link between East and West; a link characterised by its openness towards the world and the profound upheavals that are affecting it.