Talks, workshops & events

2023
February 17, 24— 421 ● Stepping Forward Performance, Practice, and Research, Here performance art writing workshops ● Abu Dhabi, UAE
2022
September 9 Swalif Collective ● Ybna ElNaqd Critique Session ● Dubai, UAE
June 8 Arts of the Working Class ● Issue 21 launch panel ● Berlin, Germany
April – May Bayt AlMamzar ● Writing Residency mentor ● Dubai, UAE
April - May—Bayt AlMamzar ● Art writing course ● Online
April 29—Study Hall ● "The soft power of art writing" ● Online
April 11—Hayy Jameel ● "How to speak a place: Art Writing from the Gulf seminar ● Jeddah, KSA
March 29, April 5, April 12— Al Balad Art Residency ● Climate writing workshops ● Jeddah, KSA
March 1— Warehouse 421 ● "Unfinished Circuits" panel ● Abu Dhabi, UAE
2021
June 8—Horasis Global Meeting ● "The Arts: Lessons For Leadership ● Online
May 9—Singapore Art Fair ● "NFT: A New Revolution or the Emperor's New Clothes?" ● Zoom
2020
April 1—Art in America ● "Rami George" ● Zoom
February 29—Museum of Modern Arts ● "Remaking Meaning: Conservation" ● New York, USA
February 13—Henry Art Gallery ● "Petromateriality" ● Seattle, USA
2019
November 18—International Studio & Curatorial Program ● "Representation of mass violence" ● Brooklyn, USA
November 5—Pratt ● "Visiting critics moderated panel" ● Brooklyn, USA
September 28—viennacontemporary ● "A different point of view: Four critics on art in Austria and their approach to criticism" ● Vienna, Austria
September 27—viennacontemporary ● "The long view: the future of art" ● Vienna, Austria
August 14—International Summer Academy of Fine Arts ● "Global/Planetary Academy talk" ● Salzburg, Austria
2018
November 3—New Museum ● "True Lies, Deep Fakes" ● New York, USA
October 4—Asian American Writers Workshop ● "Kith and Kin" ● New York, USA
July 19—Triple Canopy ● "An Airing of Grievances" ● New York, USA
June 15—Democracy Lab @ Brooklyn Public Library ● "Life on Mars" ● Brooklyn, USA
2015
November 02—Strelka Institute ● "Dubai: Online Zines, Contemporary Art, and Cultural Production" ● Moscow, Russia
October 6—A4 Space, Al Serkal Avenue ● "A Thousand Channels: A Talk with Syma Tariq" ● Dubai, UAE
February 15—Studio X Amman Lab ● "Archipelago in Amman: On the Politics of the Olfactory Body" ● Amman, Jordan
2014
May 18—AAA Open Platform, Art Basel Hong Kong ● ”Vernacular and the City State” ● Hong Kong
May 10—Beirut ReCollected ● Book Launch & Panel ● Dubai, UAE
March 24—Sikka Art Fair ● ”What Else Can the Book Do?” ● Dubai, UAE
March 20—Global Art Forum, Art Dubai ● ”Pan-Kaffirism: Tracing Dissent at the Margins of Empire” ● Dubai, UAE
March 09—Studio X Amman Lab ● Collecting Architecture Territories Amman Minutes ● Amman, Jordan
January 28—THE STATE Triangulations // Vernaculars Cycle ● ”Language and Purity: Tracing the Urdu/ Hindi Conflict in 20th Century India” ● Dubai, UAE
2013
November 23—#QUOZHAPPENS x Campus Art Dubai ● ”Indie Print Publishing in the UAE” ● Dubai, UAE
October 15—The Barber Shop ● ”Browning the Future: Creeping Khaleej” ● Lisbon, Portugal