Ali Almasri, Jacaranda Images Art Gallery

The Jacaranda Images Art Gallery’s summer exhibition showcases calligraphic works by Ali Almasri, a designer and multidisciplinary artist who launched his own type foundry, Abjad, in 2014. The artist also co-founded Wajha, an independent social initiative that uses design and branding knowledge to help the community by offering design services free of charge.

The exhibition closes on 14 August.

Printmaking Exhibition, Karim Gallery

Karim Gallery’s summer show is centred on printmaking showcasing a variety of printmaking techniques. The exhibition includes works from Dia Azzawi, Bashar Alhroub, Himat Ali, Amar Dawod, Halim Karabibene, Mahmoud Obaidi, Yasir Safi, Khaled Takreti and Nazar Yahya.

The exhibition closes on 10 August.

Contemporary African Art, Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts

The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, the regional powerhouse for Arab and Islamic modern and contemporary art presents an exhibition investigating contemporary African art from the museum’s fantastic permanent collection. This exhibition is one of the few shows in the region that have presented a group show on African artists, examining the diverse continent.

The exhibition closes on 30 December.

Pop Up Exhibition, Jodar Artistry

Jodar Artistry presents a group show of six female artists: Mais Alazab, Rama Alfarkh, Rania Aqrabawi, Lubna Al-Lahham, Aisha Alsharief and Nadia Elkhateeb.

The exhibition closes on 21 August 2021.

Remote Closeness, Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts

Remote Closeness exhibition accompanied by a number of public online and offline public programmes around the Jordanian capital brings together a number of dynamic participants around the region and beyond. The exhibition examines new narratives of social bonding during a time in which the boundaries of our screens and the outside world have become blurred. We may add that in this post-COVID-19 world the exhibition’s hypothesis is an ever-significant one as physical borders have been re-introduced, while digital ones have been perhaps smaller than ever before.

The show displays the work of Alya Ola Abbas (Syria), Amjad Al-Mestarihy & Ariane Königshof (Jordan & Germany), Dalal Mitwally (Jordan), Doha Aboelezz (Egypt), Engy Mohsen (Egypt), Fatima Butt (Pakistan), Karina Rbeihat (Jordan), Kateryna Bortsova (Ukraine), Layla Zubi (USA), Liam Sibai (Lebanon), Manar Ali Hassan Galvani (Lebanon), Misanthrope Collective (Germany), Mona Gazala (USA), Najla Abdellatif & Tala Ayoub (Sweden, Canada & Jordan), Rania Atef (Egypt), Vishal Kumaraswamy (India), Yassen Shikh Alsagha (Syria). And it is curated by Aya Al Obaidi, Paola Farran, Ruba Hijazi, Sama Shahrouri & Samer Betar.

The physical exhibition at the JNGFA closes on 18 August 2021.

Featured image: Khalifa Gueye, ‘Sitting’ (1983), courtesy of the JNGFA.