In the heart of Iraq, a local artist is captivating the public with his incredible street drawings. With nothing more than his hands, chalk, and a creative vision, this talented individual transforms ...

Artist Hanaa Malallah is turning Iraq’s debris into artistic creations, reflecting her experience of war and fascination with archaeology. Under the patronage of HRH Princess Wijdan Al Hashemi ...

Faeq Hassan was an Iraqi artist born in 1914 in Baghdad, Iraq. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and was associated with notable peers such as Jawad Saleem, Ismail al Sheikhli, Kamil ...

Halim Al Karim is a contemporary Iraqi artist best known for his strategically blurred and altered photographs. His works merge stills from films, artifacts, photos, and paintings to present topics of ...

Important works from the collections of the Iraqi architects, Mohammed Makiya (1914-2015) and Said Ali Madhloom (1921-2017) achieved superb results at Bonhams’ Modern & Contemporary Middle Eastern Art ...

ERBIL (Kurdistan 24) – A young female Iraqi artist wants to challenge cultural norms a deeply conservative society imposes on women through her creations. Sumayah, 25, is an outspoken artist from the ...

May Muzaffar’s remarkable memoir Story of Water and Fire begins as a love story between a young Iraqi woman and her artist suitor. He vacillates; her mother equivocates; Muzaffar bides her time.

Dr Al Ibrahimi has emerged as an unlikely saviour, meticulously assembling the country's largest private collection of modern and contemporary Iraqi art. “My personal passion for art has turned ...

While excavating the 19/3 site in Iraq’s Al-Fayadiya district, a team led by archaeologist Quhtan Abbas Hassan Aboud has ...

BAGHDAD (AFP) – Verdant landscapes, stylised portraits of peasant women, curved sculptures -- an exhibition in Baghdad is allowing art aficionados to rediscover the pioneers of contemporary Iraqi art.

Al Qamar (1966), an exceptional oil painting by Iraqi artist Kadhim Hayder (1932-1985), was the top lot at Bonhams’ sale of Modern and Contemporary Middle Eastern Art Sale in London yesterday ...