Exhibition schedule: Museum of Modern Art, New York, February 26–May 22, 2006
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Exhibition schedule: Museum of Modern Art, New York, February 26–May 22, 2006
Exhibition schedule: British Museum, London, May 18–September 2, 2006
Contemporary art from the Middle East has only begun to emerge from obscurity in the past decade. Its struggle for recognition by the mainstream art world stems from an indefinable hesitation, lack of understanding, and the absence of established standards by which to evaluate it. A handful of major museums have started to collect this art seriously, while others continue to resist such acquisitions, often dismissing them as derivative and of questionable quality. Two recent...