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Kaph Books is a publishing house specialized in fine arts & photography from the Middle-East.
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Founded in 2016, Kaph Books is a publishing house based in Beirut, Lebanon, specialized in quality art books – photography, fine arts – on Middle-Eastern artists or art practices. Each book is a unique and personal creation testifying to the constructive collaboration with the artist - with consistently high technical and design quality. Our mission is to promote the talent of artists from the region – whether they gained international recognition or are still emerging.

05/09/2024

Cover test for “Dusk”, the much awaited anthology including 80 contemporary lebanese women.
A selection of poems and poets by Nada Ghosn & Paulina Spiechowicz.

To be released this October, stay tuned!

10/08/2024

Morning coffee with “Mudun: Stories from the Arab world”

Published on the occasion of Mudun Short Story Prize, an international competition that pays tribute to cities around the Arab world which was launched by the Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE in 2021 the book brings together the 19 stories - 10 in Arabic and nine in English - that were shortlisted for the prize, including the winning submissions. With illustrations by Sarah Aladayleh.

Edited by: Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi, Razmig Bedirian, Faris Bseiso, Reem Khorshid.

Short stories by: Neetha Kurup, Soraya Morayef, Ashton Eleazer, Noora Alhashimi, Lynn Cheikh Moussa, Ramzi Maqdisi, Fatemah Raed Al Awadh, Barrak Alzaid, Bhoomika Ghaghada, Sami Raghad, Naima Abdul Wahal Abdullah,Diar Murshid, Wajdi Al Ahdal, Ben Addi, Nawaf Al Mazmi, Maryam Mirza, Laila Kubba, Ahmed Fouadeldin.

Design by: Nathalie ElMir studio

07/08/2024

A new book, published for Barjeel Art Foundation

Published on the occasion of Mudun Short Story Prize, an international competition that pays tribute to cities around the Arab world which was launched by the Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE in 2021.

“Mudun: Stories from the Arab world” brings together the 19 stories – 10 in Arabic and nine in English – that were shortlisted for the prize, including the winning submissions. With illustrations by Sarah Aladayleh.

Edited by: Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi, Razmig Bedirian, Faris Bseiso, Reem Khorshid.

Short stories by: Neetha Kurup, Soraya Morayef, Ashton Eleazer, Noora Alhashimi, Lynn Cheikh Moussa, Ramzi Maqdisi, Fatemah Raed Al Awadh, Barrak Alzaid, Bhoomika Ghaghada, Sami Raghad, Naima Abdul Wahab Abdullah, Diar Murshid, Wajdi Al Ahdal, Ben Addi, Nawaf Al Mazmi, Maryam Mirza, Laila Kubba, Ahmed Fouadeldin.

Design by: Nathalie ElMir studio.
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31/07/2024

Available in Arabic or English, the catalog for 2024 Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale, features some one hundred artists of different generations, many from Saudi Arabia and the region, and includes images of newly commissioned projects and time-based contributions, richly illustrated with images of the artistic contributions to the Biennale exhibition and its events.

This large-scale international art project and its publication are a testament of a unique and exciting moment within a changing Saudi Arabian cultural ecosystem.

Edited by: Ute Meta Bauer

With contributions by: Ute Meta Bauer with Rose Lejeune, Weidan Reda, Anca Rujoiu, and Ana Salazar Herrera (co-curators), Dr Amina Diab (assistant curator), Rahul Gudipudi (adjunct curator

Design: mono.studio, Berlin (Design)
bytwo, (Arabic typography)

Arabic & English, 2023, 320 pages, 120 ill., Softcover 15.6 × 22 cm.
ISBN: 978-614-8035-62-3

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24/07/2024

The catalog for 2024 Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale, After Rain, provides a visual and spatial navigation of the multiple platforms of the Biennale.

This book features some one hundred artists of different generations, many from Saudi Arabia and the region, and includes images of newly commissioned projects and time-based contributions, richly illustrated with images of the artistic contributions to the Biennale exhibition and its events.

This large-scale international art project and its publication are a testament of a unique and exciting moment within a changing Saudi Arabian cultural ecosystem.

Edited by: Ute Meta Bauer
With contributions by: Ute Meta Bauer with Rose Lejeune, Wejdan Reda, Anca Rujoiu, and Ana Salazar Herrera (co-curators) Rahul Gudipudi (adjunct curator)

Design: mono.studio, Berlin

Arabic & English, 2023, 320 pages, 120 ill., Softcover 15.6 x 22 cm.

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17/07/2024

Image Caption:
Lateefa Bint Maktoum, Oral Tradition, mixed media, 100 x 62 cm, 2014.
From Barjeel Art Foundation’s collection

Selected Elika Blake in his essay ‘Spatiality and Selfhood in the Modern Gulf City’ in the publication “Hudood: Rethinking Boundaries”.

Download it for free on our website: www.kaphbooks.com

31/05/2024

Official catalog of National Pavilion UAE at Venice Biennale 2024

Co-published with National Pavilion UAE
Sites of Memory, Sites of Amnesia accompanies Abdullah Al Saadi’s solo exhibition in the National Pavilion UAE at the 60th International Art Exhibition at La Biennale di Venezia. A prominent figure in the contemporary art scene of the UAE, Abdullah Al Saadi is a wanderer, chronicler, cartographer, poet, decipherer, memory carrier, and storyteller. The publication explores the poetic constellations that guide his practice through contributions from Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi (scholar, educator, collector, and eminent cultural figure in the UAE), Dr Aisha Bilkhair (scholar and keen observer of the social and cultural realms), and Younes Mashish (pseudonym; literary scholar). It also features chronicles from eight of the artist’s journeys in the wilderness, which include drawings, paintings, and excerpts from the artist’s diary.
Edited by: Tarek Abou El Fetouh and Rasha Salti
Contributions: Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi, Dr Aisha Bilkhair, Younes Mashish (pseudonym)
Design by: Kemistry Design

Abdullah Al Saadi:
Sites of Memory, sites of Amnesia
2024
National Pavilion UAE and Kaph Books
Hardcover
240 pgs, 120 illustrations
20.5 x 28.5 cm
English

ISBN 978-614-8035-68-5

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29/05/2024

14/05/2024

Co-published with Sharjah Art Foundation

‎خرج ولم يعد / Sometimes You Have to Go a Long Way to Come back a Short Distance is a monograph on the pioneering conceptual artist Abdullah Al Saadi, whose prolific body of work encompasses painting, drawing, scrollwork, found-object sculpture, performance, land art, assemblages and installations. This volume celebrates movement and travel as creative methodologies, ritual practices and a way of life for Al Saadi, tracing the reciprocal imprint of the artist on the landscape and the landscape on the artist.

From his seasonal migrations and treks through the mountains of the eastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula to excursions as far afield as Brazil, Japan and Antarctica, the book tracks Al Saadi’s peripatetic impulse across a range of overlapping contexts, time-space constellations and bodies of work. Alongside previously unpublished extracts from his sketch books, artist books, daily journals, travel diaries and personal archives, it presents critical and scholarly reflections on his work as well as an interview with the artist and a translated essay about his practice.
Positioning Al Saadi as a non-canonical, outsider artist of singular importance, this monograph explores the parallels between his practice and intergenerational rock and boulder art from the Arabian Peninsula. The result of Al Saadi’s unique relationship to Sharjah and longstanding collaboration with the Sharjah Art Foundation, it reflects on the affinities between his artistic approach and intergenerational wisdom as well as land-based practices of the region.

With contributions from:
Hoor Al Qasimi, Ahmad Makia (eds.) Meitha Al Mazrooei, Ahmed Rashid Thani

Book design:

2024
Sharjah Art Foundation and Kaph Books
Softcover
360 pgs, 180 illustrations
18.5 x 24 cm
English and Arabic

ISBN 978-614-8035-67-8

Get your copy: https://www.kaphbooks.com/books/sometimes-go-long-way-come-back-short-distance/

29/04/2024

Co-published with Sharjah Art Foundation
‎خرج ولم يعد / Sometimes You Have to Go a Long Way to Come back a Short Distance is a monograph on the pioneering conceptual artist Abdullah Al Saadi, whose prolific body of work encompasses painting, drawing, scrollwork, found-object sculpture, performance, land art, assemblages and installations. This volume celebrates movement and travel as creative methodologies, ritual practices and a way of life for Al Saadi, tracing the reciprocal imprint of the artist on the landscape and the landscape on the artist.
From his seasonal migrations and treks through the mountains of the eastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula to excursions as far afield as Brazil, Japan and Antarctica, the book tracks Al Saadi’s peripatetic impulse across a range of overlapping contexts, time-space constellations and bodies of work. Alongside previously unpublished extracts from his sketch books, artist books, daily journals, travel diaries and personal archives, it presents critical and scholarly reflections on his work as well as an interview with the artist and a translated essay about his practice.
Positioning Al Saadi as a non-canonical, outsider artist of singular importance, this monograph explores the parallels between his practice and intergenerational rock and boulder art from the Arabian Peninsula. The result of Al Saadi’s unique relationship to Sharjah and longstanding collaboration with the Sharjah Art Foundation, it reflects on the affinities between his artistic approach and intergenerational wisdom as well as land-based practices of the region.
With contributions from:
Hoor Al Qasimi, Ahmad Makia (eds.) Meitha Al Mazrooei, Ahmed Rashid Thani
Abdullah Al Saadi:
‎خرج ولم يعد / Sometimes You Have to Go a Long Way to Come back a Short Distance
2024
Sharjah Art Foundation and Kaph Books
Softcover
360 pgs, 180 illustrations
18.5 x 24 cm
English and Arabic

ISBN 978-614-8035-67-8
Get your copy: https://www.kaphbooks.com/books/sometimes-go-long-way-come-back-short-distance/

15/04/2024

Our 6th publication for Louvre Abu Dhabi with Louvre Paris: “Stories of Paper” traces the history of paper as a thousand-year-old material used trom antiquity to the present day, and provides an original perspective on the history of graphic arts.
With artworks from French collections, particularly works from the Musée du Louvre, Musée Guimet, Bibliothèque nationale de France, and the Centre Georges-Pompidou.
This book and exhibition are also an opportunity to showcase local contemporary artists as well as international contemporary creations on display from the Louvre Abu Dhabi, Sharjah Art Foundation, Goesan Museum, and the Cultural Institute of Korea.

Edited by:
Xavier Salmon, director at the Department of Drawings and Prints, at the Louvre Museum.
Victor Hundsbuckler, curator at the Department of Drawings and Prints, at the Louvre Museum.

Book design:

14/04/2024

Our exclusive publications for the are prominently displayed in the museum’s bookstore.

11/04/2024

Our upcoming publication with is handmade, folded and cut 35 times by the artisans of under the supervision of .

The book “Mudun : Short stories from the Arab world” is published on the occasion of the Mudun Short Story Prize, an international competition that pays tribute to cities around the Arab world, launched by Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah in 2021, the book will include 19 short stories and illustrations.

Editorial team: Razmig Bedirian - Faris Bseiso - Reem Khorshid - Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi.

Publication date: April 2024.

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10/03/2024

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03/03/2024

“Alcove: Intimate essays on Arab Modernist artists”, is a compilation of articles narrated by the relatives, friends and students of modernists from the Arab world. Spanning a pivotal time in Arab art, from the 1950s through to the 1980s, the book celebrates the lives, careers, and personas of some of the region’s pioneering artists and features archival material, images of artworks as well as of the artists themselves.
Alcove, from the Arabic “al qubba”, meaning vault or chamber, reflects on the importance of these stories, inviting readers into a treasury of prized histories.

Texts & research by: Myrna Ayad

With a forword by: Dr Nada Shabout

Featured artists:

Shafic Abboud
Hamed Abdallah
Etel Adnan
Layla Al Attar
Nahil Bishara
Huguette Caland
Saloua Raouda Choucair
Ali Omar Ermes
Abdel Hadi El Gazzar
Paul Guiragossian
Mohammed Ghani Hikmat
Nabila Hilmi
Menhat Hilmy
Jumana El Husseini
Louay Kayyali
Helen Khal
Baya Mahieddine
Mohamed Melehi
Fateh Moudarres
Nuha Al Radi
Aref El Rayess
Mona Saudi
Juliana Seraphim
Abdullah Al Shaikh
Asim Abu Shakra
Hassan Sharif
Hussein Shariffe
Laila Shawa
Hedi Terki
Madiha Umar

Design: Kate Scott
English, 2023, 336 pages, 250 ill., Hardcover, 16.5 x 24 cm
ISBN: 978-614-8035-55-5

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27/02/2024

24/02/2024

The catalog for 2024 Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale, After Rain, provides a visual and spatial navigation of the multiple platforms of the Biennale.

This book features some one hundred artists of different generations, many from Saudi Arabia and the region, and includes images of newly commissioned projects and time-based contributions, richly illustrated with images of the artistic contributions to the Biennale exhibition and its events. This large-scale international art project and its publication are a testament of a unique and exciting moment within a changing Saudi Arabian cultural ecosystem.

Edited by: Ute Meta Bauer

With contributions by: Ute Meta Bauer with Rose Lejeune, Wejdan Reda, Anca Rujoiu, and Ana Salazar Herrera (co-curators) Rahul Gudipudi (adjunct curator)

Design: mono.studio, Berlin (Design); bytwo, Riyadh (Arabic typography)
Arabic & English, 2023, 320 pages, 120 ill., Softcover 15.6 x 22 cm.
ISBN: 978-614-8035-62-3

Photos courtesy of Contemporary Art Biennale

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23/02/2024

Proud publishers of the diriyah biennale contemporary art catalog.

14/02/2024

Corrections in progress on the book “Dusk: Anthology, Women Poets of Lebanon” edited by and .mikol

Publication date: February 2024

08/02/2024

Tests in progress for our upcoming publication with Barjeel Foundation, for the book “Mudun : Short stories from the Arab world”.
Published on the occasion of the Mudun Short Story Prize, an international competition that pays tribute to cities around the Arab world, launched by Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah in 2021, the book will include 19 short stories and illustrations.

Publication date: February 2024

02/02/2024

On press! “Alcôve: intimate essays on arab modernist artists” by Myrna Ayad.

Intimate accounts of Arabic modernist artists from Huguette Caland to Hamed Nada and Etel Adnan, stay tuned for this publication!

Release date: March 1st 2024

01/02/2024

Co-published with National Pavilion UAE, on the occasion of the National Pavilion United Arab Emirates’ exhibition, Aridly Abundant, at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia.

This book was conceived as a collection of travels through aridity. Contributors were asked to think about the relationship between travel, travel writing, and the built environment. Alongside the travel-based contributions, the book presents a series of field notes, ostensibly framed as research findings.

While the accompanying exhibition reimagines arid landscapes as spaces of abundance, provoking alternative architectural conditions through a display of existing and imagined building tactics, the textual and visual format of a travel book is an opportunity for a slower and more contemplative form of immersion, challenging perceptual and conceptual assumptions.

Edited by: Faysal Tabbarah, Meitha Almazrooei

With contributions by: Rand Abduljabbar, Wesam Alasali, Alia Al Sabi, Dalal Musaed Alsayer, Mohammed Mahmoud Al Naggar, Reem Falaknaz, Omar Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Ahmad Makia, Kevin Mitchell, Ibrahim Nehme, Samar Halloum, Deepak Unnikishnan.

Design: 40Mustaqel
English, 2023, 400 pages, 265 ill., Softcover 14.8 x 21 cm.
ISBN: 978-614-8035-58-6

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31/01/2024

Co-published with National Pavilion UAE, on the occasion of the National Pavilion United Arab Emirates’ exhibition, Aridly Abundant, at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia.

This book was conceived as a collection of travels through aridity. Contributors were asked to think about the relationship between travel, travel writing, and the built environment. Alongside the travel-based contributions, the book presents a series of field notes, ostensibly framed as research findings.

While the accompanying exhibition reimagines arid landscapes as spaces of abundance, provoking alternative architectural conditions through a display of existing and imagined building tactics, the textual and visual format of a travel book is an opportunity for a slower and more contemplative form of immersion, challenging perceptual and conceptual assumptions.

Edited by: Faysal Tabbarah, Meitha Almazrooei

With contributions by: Rand Abduljabbar, Wesam Alasali, Alia Al Sabi, Dalal Musaed Alsayer, Mohammed Mahmoud Al Naggar, Reem Falaknaz, Omar Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Ahmad Makia, Kevin Mitchell, Ibrahim Nehme, Samar Halloum, Deepak Unnikishnan.

Design: 40Mustaqel
English, 2023, 400 pages, 265 ill., Softcover 14.8 x 21 cm.
ISBN: 978-614-8035-58-6

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30/01/2024

Co-published with National Pavilion UAE, on the occasion of the National Pavilion United Arab Emirates’ exhibition, Aridly Abundant, at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia.

This book was conceived as a collection of travels through aridity. Contributors were asked to think about the relationship between travel, travel writing, and the built environment. Alongside the travel-based contributions, the book presents a series of field notes, ostensibly framed as research findings.

While the accompanying exhibition reimagines arid landscapes as spaces of abundance, provoking alternative architectural conditions through a display of existing and imagined building tactics, the textual and visual format of a travel book is an opportunity for a slower and more contemplative form of immersion, challenging perceptual and conceptual assumptions.

Edited by: Faysal Tabbarah, Meitha Almazrooei

With contributions by: Rand Abduljabbar, Wesam Alasali, Alia Al Sabi, Dalal Musaed Alsayer, Mohammed Mahmoud Al Naggar, Reem Falaknaz, Omar Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, Ahmad Makia, Kevin Mitchell, Ibrahim Nehme, Samar Halloum, Deepak Unnikishnan.

Design: 40Mustaqel
English, 2023, 400 pages, 265 ill., Softcover 14.8 x 21 cm.
ISBN: 978-614-8035-58-6

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27/01/2024

Co-Published with Art Jameel, this timely publication brings together a multiplicity of voices and formats to think through some of the most pressing debates around material heritage and museums today. What does it mean to build museums without collections, away from nation-states? What might the testimony of objects and artefacts tell us?

The publication includes commissioned essays, interviews, and visual contributions from artists and writers currently exploring the terrain of material heritage, colonial heritage, reparation and museology. It gives room to speculation and imagination in dealing with these histories.

Edited by: Nora Razian
Foreword by: Antonia Carver
Contributions by: Pio Abad, Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Rand Abdul Jabbar, Nora Al-Badri, Anahi Alviso-Marino , Noah Angell, Ariella Aisha Azoulay, Haytham El Wardany, Faustin Linyekula, Omar Berrada, Jumana Manna, Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, Marian Pastor Roces , Gala Porras-Kim, Michael Rakowitz, Uzma Z Rizvi, Alya Sebti, Dima Srouji, Akram Zaatari.

Design: Clara Sancho Studio
Bilingual, in Arabic & English, 2023, 320 pages, 300 ill., Hardcover 22 x 28 cm.
ISBN: 978-614-8035-45-6

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17/01/2024

30 years ago, Galerie Janine Rubeiz was founded in Beirut, Lebanon. Renowned author Charif Majdalani writes the story of how the gallery marked the cultural scene in Beirut, through a beautiful essay. Majdalani traces back to the history of modern and contemporary art in Lebanon, while Gregory Buchakjian curates a rich visual anthology of the past three decades.

Includes artworks from artists: Shafic Abboud, Yvette Achkar, Etel Adnan, Huguette Caland, Dinah Diwan, Lara Tabet, Hanibal Srouji, Laure Ghorayeb, Jamil Molaeb, Adam Henein, Halim Jurdak, and more...

Text: Charif Majdalani
Visual Anthology: Gregory Buchakjian
Design: Scope Ateliers
In French, 2023, 240 pages, 300 ill., Paperback 24 x 18 cm.
ISBN: 978-614-8035-60-9

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Available in Arabic or English, the catalog for 2024 Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale, features some one hundred artists of different generations, many from Saudi Arabia and the region, and includes images of newly commissioned projects and time-based contributions, richly illustrated with images of the artistic contributions to the Biennale exhibition and its events. This large-scale international art project and its publication are a testament of a unique and exciting moment within a changing Saudi Arabian cultural ecosystem. Edited by: Ute Meta Bauer Assistant curator: Amina Diab With contributions by: Ute Meta Bauer with Rose Lejeune, Wejdan Reda, Anca Rujoiu, and Ana Salazar Herrera (co-curators) Rahul Gudipudi (adjunct curator) Design: mono.studio, Berlin (Design); bytwo, Riyadh (Arabic typography) Arabic & English, 2023, 320 pages, 120 ill., Softcover 15.6 x 22 cm. ISBN: 978-614-8035-62-3 #artbooksfromthemiddleeast #kaphbooks #ksa #biennale #DiriyahContemporaryArtBiennale #artbooks #contemporaryart #conceptualart #art Photos courtesy of @Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale Find the book online or in any independent bookstore next to you.

“Hudood: Rethinking Boundaries”: download the free digital book on our website kaphbooks.com, published thanks to @barjeelart @sultanalqassemi The exhibition opened today at the Brunei Gallery, SOAS London. Curated by 8 students from the contemporary works in Barjeel Art Foundation’s collection, the exhibition focuses on the overarching theme of “Boundaries” as both a subject and a tool for meaningfully accessing a diverse array of art from the SWANA region. The exhibition encompasses a wide spectrum of topics, ranging from sculptures crafted using asphalt sourced from physical borders to reflections on the limitations and opportunities in accessing the past through the archive. Among the featured artists are Mahrous Abdau, Helen Zughaib, Kamal Boullata, Mona Hatoum, Zaha Hadid, Ahmed Mater, Ammar Al Attar, Lateefa bint Maktoum, Farah Al Qasimi, Reem Al Ghaith, Hayv Kahraman, Manal Al Dowayan, Susan Hefuna, Rachid Koraichi, Nedim Kufi, Maha Mahmoun, Latif Al Ani, Mohammad Abla, Abdel Abidin, Fouad Elkoury, Bashar Hroub, Taysir Batniji, Charbel-joseph H. Boutros, Abdulnasser Gharem, Laila Shawa, Ganzeer, Lamia Gargash, Mohsin Harraki, Batoul S’himi, Anuar Khalifi, Amina Saoudi, Kader Attia, Nadia Ayari, Aicha Haddad, Khaled Jarrar, Walid al Wawi, Serge Najjar, and Larissa Sansour. Exhibition curated by: Chloe-Kate Abel, Shamsa Alnahyan, Elika Blake, Clara Ewert, Safa Kamran, Antonis Kentonis, Suparna Shankaranand Natesan. Publication: Edited by: Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi, Natasha Morris. Introductory essays by: Lina Khatib, Natasha Morris,Venetia Porter, Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi. Essays & Interviews by: Chloe-Kate Abel, Shamsa Alnahyan, Elika Blake, Clara Ewert, Safa Kamran, Antonis Kentonis, Suparna Shankaranand Natesan. Publication design: Nathalie ElMir studio @nathalielmir Video credit @yasabillama #HudoodExhibition #RethinkingBoundaries #BarjeelArtFoundation #SOASLondon #ContemporaryArt #SWANAArt #ArtExhibition #CuratedExhibit

Download the free digital book on our website kaphbooks.com, published thanks to @barjeelart @sultanalqassemi for the exhibition “Hudood: Rethinking Boundaries” by which opened today at the Brunei Gallery, SOAS London. Curated by 8 students from the contemporary works in Barjeel Art Foundation’s collection, the exhibition focuses on the overarching theme of “Boundaries” as both a subject and a tool for meaningfully accessing a diverse array of art from the SWANA region. Delving into the profound implications of walls and borders on artistic expression, the exhibition prompts the question of whether it is the artist’s perspective that ultimately transcends these boundaries. The exhibition encompasses a wide spectrum of topics, ranging from sculptures crafted using asphalt sourced from physical borders to reflections on the limitations and opportunities in accessing the past through the archive. Among the featured artists in this exhibition are Mahrous Abdau, Helen Zughaib, Kamal Boullata, Mona Hatoum, Zaha Hadid, Ahmed Mater, Ammar Al Attar, Lateefa bint Maktoum, Farah Al Qasimi, Reem Al Ghaith, Hayv Kahraman, Manal Al Dowayan, Susan Hefuna, Rachid Koraichi, Nedim Kufi, Maha Mahmoun, Latif Al Ani, Mohammad Abla, Abdel Abidin, Fouad Elkoury, Bashar Hroub, Taysir Batniji, Charbel-joseph H. Boutros, Abdulnasser Gharem, Laila Shawa, Ganzeer, Lamia Gargash, Mohsin Harraki, Batoul S’himi, Anuar Khalifi, Amina Saoudi, Kader Attia, Nadia Ayari, Aicha Haddad, Khaled Jarrar, Walid al Wawi, Serge Najjar, and Larissa Sansour. Exhibition curated by: Chloe-Kate Abel, Shamsa Alnahyan, Elika Blake, Clara Ewert, Safa Kamran, Antonis Kentonis, Suparna Shankaranand Natesan. Publication: Edited by: Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi, Natasha Morris. Introductory essays by: Lina Khatib, Natasha Morris,Venetia Porter, Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi. Essays & Interviews by: Chloe-Kate Abel, Shamsa Alnahyan, Elika Blake, Clara Ewert, Safa Kamran, Antonis Kentonis, Suparna Shankaranan

Official catalog of National Pavilion UAE at Venice Biennale 2024 Co-published with National Pavilion UAE Sites of Memory, Sites of Amnesia accompanies Abdullah Al Saadi’s solo exhibition in the National Pavilion UAE at the 60th International Art Exhibition at La Biennale di Venezia. A prominent figure in the contemporary art scene of the UAE, Abdullah Al Saadi is a wanderer, chronicler, cartographer, poet, decipherer, memory carrier, and storyteller. The publication explores the poetic constellations that guide his practice through contributions from Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi (scholar, educator, collector, and eminent cultural figure in the UAE), Dr Aisha Bilkhair (scholar and keen observer of the social and cultural realms), and Younes Mashish (pseudonym; literary scholar). It also features chronicles from eight of the artist’s journeys in the wilderness, which include drawings, paintings, and excerpts from the artist’s diary. Edited by: Tarek Abou El Fetouh and Rasha Salti Contributions: Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi, Dr Aisha Bilkhair, Younes Mashish (pseudonym) Design by: Kemistry Design @kemistrydesign Abdullah Al Saadi: Sites of Memory, sites of Amnesia 2024 National Pavilion UAE and Kaph Books Hardcover 240 pgs, 120 illustrations 20.5 x 28.5 cm English ISBN 978-614-8035-68-5 Get your copy here https://www.amazon.ae/Sites-Memory-Amnesia-Abdullah-AlSaadi/dp/6148035685/ref=sr_1_5?crid=1F0KXHE36673W&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.wUE6foZFzT3hiWmDeVM5gZ_tjQ1GQI0MUAutSUSjMJCHjn7SQEgV_zOeTOi9o16tgdt-ZJJWWsBhLoTCNa8i8NsnFos2pi0d5pbX4uZZRPR0n79WOPx6Z0Rmhp7EN17J.FT4rDH7HkVJR6_dF9OZoYfrw9IVZ3BRhjfUkashKkTI&dib_tag=se&keywords=abdullah+al+saadi&qid=1716141477&sprefix=%2Caps%2C308&sr=8-5 https://www.lespressesdureel.com/EN/ouvrage.php?id=11400&menu=0

Co-published with Sharjah Art Foundation ‎خرج ولم يعد / Sometimes You Have to Go a Long Way to Come back a Short Distance is a monograph on the pioneering conceptual artist Abdullah Al Saadi, whose prolific body of work encompasses painting, drawing, scrollwork, found-object sculpture, performance, land art, assemblages and installations. This volume celebrates movement and travel as creative methodologies, ritual practices and a way of life for Al Saadi, tracing the reciprocal imprint of the artist on the landscape and the landscape on the artist. From his seasonal migrations and treks through the mountains of the eastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula to excursions as far afield as Brazil, Japan and Antarctica, the book tracks Al Saadi’s peripatetic impulse across a range of overlapping contexts, time-space constellations and bodies of work. Alongside previously unpublished extracts from his sketch books, artist books, daily journals, travel diaries and personal archives, it presents critical and scholarly reflections on his work as well as an interview with the artist and a translated essay about his practice. Positioning Al Saadi as a non-canonical, outsider artist of singular importance, this monograph explores the parallels between his practice and intergenerational rock and boulder art from the Arabian Peninsula. The result of Al Saadi’s unique relationship to Sharjah and longstanding collaboration with the Sharjah Art Foundation, it reflects on the affinities between his artistic approach and intergenerational wisdom as well as land-based practices of the region. With contributions from: Hoor Al Qasimi, Ahmad Makia (eds.) Meitha Al Mazrooei, Ahmed Rashid Thani Book design: @bao_books 2024 Sharjah Art Foundation and Kaph Books Softcover 360 pgs, 180 illustrations 18.5 x 24 cm English and Arabic ISBN 978-614-8035-67-8 Get your copy: https://www.kaphbooks.com/books/sometimes-go-long-way-come-back-short-distance/

“Alcove: Intimate essays on Arab Modernist artists”, is a compilation of articles narrated by the relatives, friends and students of modernists from the Arab world. Spanning a pivotal time in Arab art, from the 1950s through to the 1980s, the book celebrates the lives, careers, and personas of some of the region’s pioneering artists and features archival material, images of artworks as well as of the artists themselves. Alcove, from the Arabic “al qubba”, meaning vault or chamber, reflects on the importance of these stories, inviting readers into a treasury of prized histories. Texts & research by: Myrna Ayad With a forword by: Dr Nada Shabout Featured artists: Shafic Abboud Hamed Abdallah Etel Adnan Layla Al Attar Nahil Bishara Huguette Caland Saloua Raouda Choucair Ali Omar Ermes Abdel Hadi El Gazzar Paul Guiragossian Mohammed Ghani Hikmat Nabila Hilmi Menhat Hilmy Jumana El Husseini Louay Kayyali Helen Khal Baya Mahieddine Mohamed Melehi Fateh Moudarres Nuha Al Radi Aref El Rayess Mona Saudi Juliana Seraphim Abdullah Al Shaikh Asim Abu Shakra Hassan Sharif Hussein Shariffe Laila Shawa Hedi Terki Madiha Umar Design: Kate Scott English, 2023, 336 pages, 250 ill., Hardcover, 16.5 x 24 cm ISBN: 978-614-8035-55-5 #artbooksfromthemiddleeast #modernists #modernart #arabworld #kaphbooks #artbooks #art #painting #drawing #sculpture #moderndesign #sculpting #modernpainting #arabartists #shaficabboud #culture Find the book online or in any independent bookstore next to you.

Proud publishers of “After Rain” catalog. Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale 2024. Opening February 20th. #artbooksfromthemiddleeast #kaphbooks #diriyah #artbiennale #contemporaryart #artbooks #contemporaryart #arabworld #catalogue

30 years ago, Galerie Janine Rubeiz was founded in Beirut, Lebanon. Renowned author Charif Majdalani writes the story of how the gallery marked the cultural scene in Beirut, through a beautiful essay. Majdalani traces back to the history of modern and contemporary art in Lebanon, while Gregory Buchakjian curates a rich visual anthology of the past three decades. Includes artworks from artists: Shafic Abboud, Yvette Achkar, Etel Adnan, Huguette Caland, Dinah Diwan, Lara Tabet, Hanibal Srouji, Laure Ghorayeb, Jamil Molaeb, Adam Henein, Halim Jurdak, and more... Text: Charif Majdalani Visual Anthology: Gregory Buchakjian Design: Scope Ateliers In French, 2023, 240 pages, 300 ill., Paperback 24 x 18 cm. ISBN: 978-614-8035-60-9 #artbooksfromthemiddleeast #kaphbooks #galeriejaninerubeiz #lebanon #beirut #artbooks #modernart #contemporaryart #painting #photography #arabworld #ShaficAbboud #YvetteAchkar, #EtelAdnan #HuguetteCaland #LaureGhorayeb #JamilMolaeb

National Pavilion UAE - La Biennale di Venezia exhibition publication: “In Plain Sight: Scenes from Aridly Abundant Landscapes”. Co-edited by Faysal Tabbarah, and Meitha Almazrooei The book advocates for arid practices that propose a new vantage point of looking at aridity as a dynamic condition which can be a state of mind, a practice, or a shared identity. Conceived as a travelogue, the publication is a reference to travel and expedition literature which has historically portrayed arid environments in a homogenous manner as spaces devoid of life. In addition to research by the curatorial team, the publication also includes: o Photographs o Scientific essays o Travel stories o Fiction o Poetry o All contributed by academics, architects, artists, geographers, and researchers based in the region, including: * �Ahmed Makiya, Geographer and Editor * �Alia Al Sabi, Writer and PhD candidate * �Aziza Al Chaouni, Associate Professor of Architecture at the University of Toronto’s John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design and the founding principal of the design practice Aziza Chaouni Projects * ��Deepak Unnikrishnan, Author * ��Dalal Musaed Alsayer, Assistant Professor of Architecture at Kuwait University * �Ibrahim Nehme, writer and multimedia creator * �Kevin Mitchell, Professor of * Architecture at the American University of Shariah * �Mohammed Mahmoud Al Naggar, Egyptian Architect and Writer * �Omar Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, JD-PhD candidate at Harvard University * �Rand Abduljabbar, Artist, Writer, and Researcher * �Reem Falaknaz, Photographer * �Samar Halloum, Architect and Researcher * �Wesam Al Asali, Assistant Professor at IE School of Architecture and Design The book is available for sale at the La Biennale book Stores, all bookstore worldwide and online!

With over 40 publications to date, Kaph Books aims at archiving and promoting art practices from the Arab world. Check our website for our upcoming and existing publications! www.kaphbooks.com Collaborations include: @louvreabudhabi @nationalpavilionuae @centrepompidou @quaibranly @sharjahart @421.online @mudaclausanne @collectiveforarchitecture @atassifoundation @roseissaprojects @art_jameel @saradarcollection @arabimagefoundation @greenartgallerydubai

Coming soon! “Architecture of the Territory: Constructing National Narratives in the Arab World” is a collection of 30 essays that focus on the impact of national narratives on the built environment of the Arab territory. Release date: January 28th 2023 with a book signing in Lebanon (4pm at Fondation Charles Corm) Edited by: @collectiveforarchitecture Contributors: Ahmad AlAqra, Ali Karimi, Asaiel Al Saeed, Aseel Alyacoub, Balsam Madi, Ben Tosland, Carine Assaf, Christine Mady, Dena Qaddumi, Eleftheria Exarchou, Faysal Tabbarah, Francois Nour, Galila Elkadi, Hamed Bukhamseen, Hanadi Samhan, Hareth Ramzi, Hicham Bouzid, Inass Yassin, Ines Tazi, Jumanah Abbas, Mahdi Sabbagh, Mahmud Tantoush, Majd Murad, Mazen Haidar, Mina Akhavan, Noor Toshani, Nour Joudah, Omniya Abdel Barr, Rana Beiruti, Rand Abdul Jabbar, Saphiya Abu Al-Maati, Sawsan Abou Zainedin, Yasmin Huleileh, Yasmine Kherfi.

“All I know is that many months passed by, which I have no recollection of” Sarah Abu Abdallah’s first book is now out! “For the first time in a long time” is a collaboration between Kaph, @art_jameel & @kunstvereinhh designed by the incredible team at @studiosafar ————— Sarah Abu Abdallah (*1990 in Qatif, Saudi Arabia) works with video, painting, text and installation. Her visual worlds are influenced by ever-changing surroundings between her travels and her home in Saudi, the visual data streams of the Internet, and the pop culture in the Gulf area among others. Her works are conducted by a search for a self and a sense of belonging. @sarahabuabdallah