Ramzi Mallat's installation sits enthroned in the Arab Hall of the Leighton House Museum. (Image courtesy of Jaron James@siobhandoranphotography)
It is one of London’s 19th-century interiors converted into a museum. Home to an exceptional Orientalist-Victorian hall, Leighton House, the former home and studio of artist Frederic Leighton (1830–1896) in London, has since October been celebrating its centenary as a museum institution. Alongside the usual trilogy of publication, documentary film and deep-dive into the archives, the program includes a headline exhibition that sees three installations by three artists from the Arab world appear in succession in its emblematic Arab Hall, each exploring the Orientalist history of the place and its present-day relevance. Past work from the artist Maamoul to memorial: Ramzi Mallat reimagines Aug. 4 memory Conceived in the 1880s by the English painter-traveler who wanted to make it "a space for contemplation and artistic...
It is one of London’s 19th-century interiors converted into a museum. Home to an exceptional Orientalist-Victorian hall, Leighton House, the former home and studio of artist Frederic Leighton (1830–1896) in London, has since October been celebrating its centenary as a museum institution. Alongside the usual trilogy of publication, documentary film and deep-dive into the archives, the program includes a headline exhibition that sees three installations by three artists from the Arab world appear in succession in its emblematic Arab Hall, each exploring the Orientalist history of the place and its present-day relevance. Past work from the artist Maamoul to memorial: Ramzi Mallat reimagines Aug. 4 memory Conceived in the 1880s by the English painter-traveler who wanted to make it "a space for contemplation and artistic...
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