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Dear Reader,

I feel sure that you, like us, cannot believe that we are already in the last month of the year!

Its been a busy and rewarding twelve months and with two exhibitions currently under way ( Patrick Altes and Eve Arnold ), we are excited to announce that we will soon be participating, for the very first time, in the forthcoming London Art Fair in January. In the meantime, we will be going to Miami for the fairs this week, so if you are planning to be there too, do drop us a line!

For our last newsletter of 2019, in addition to our regular selection of exhibitions and events, in Art Matters , we take a look at what the future might hold for art whilst our Inspiration section features an insightful video into the practice of renowned Iranian artist Tala Madani .

We hope you have a restful end to the year and a joyous holiday season. And lastly we would like to thank all our friends, colleagues and clients for your continued support.

With all best wishes from the JRFA team,

Janet Rady,  Gallery Director and Curator
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WHAT'S ON
- Biennales -
Various venues across Rabat, Morocco | 24 Sep - 18 Dec 2019
Various locations across Palermo | Sicily, Italy | 6 Nov - 8 Dec 2019
- Exhibitions -
AZERBAIJAN
Yarat Centre | Baku, Azerbaijan | 22 Nov 2019 - 16 Feb 2020
EUROPE
Pitt Rivers Museum | Oxford, England, UK | 1 Apr 2019 - 1 Mar 2020
The Mosaic Rooms | London, England, UK | 27 Sep - 7 Dec 2019
MAAT – Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology | Lisbon, Portugal | 4 Oct 2019 - 13 Jan 2020
Centre Pompidou | Paris, France | 16 Oct 2019 - 24 Feb 2020
Westfälischer Kunstverein | Münster, Germany | 19 Oct 2019 - 19 Jan 2020
Casa Árabe | Madrid, Spain | 23 Oct 2019 - 8 Jan 2020
Boghossian Foundation – Villa Empain | Brussels, Belgium | 24 Oct 2019 - 9 Feb 2020
CAPC musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux | Bordeaux, France | 31 Oct 2019 - 23 Feb 2020
CCA: Centre for Contemporary Arts | Glasgow, Scotland, UK | 1 Nov - 15 Dec 2019
Boghossian Foundation – Villa Empain | Brussels, Belgium | 14 Nov 2019 - 5 Jan 2020
Gerald Moore Gallery | London, England, UK | 19 Nov 2019 - 25 Jan 2020
Secession | Vienna, Austria | 23 Nov 2019 - 9 Feb 2020
Imago Mundi, Gallerie delle Prigioni | Treviso, Italy | opening 27 Nov 2019
P21 Gallery | London, England, UK | 12 Dec 2019 - 4 Jan 2020
HAWAII
Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design | Honolulu, Hawaii | Dec 2019 - Feb 2020
JAPAN
Le Forum - Ginza Maison Hermès | Tokyo, Japan | 18 Oct 2019 - 13 Jan 2020
Mori Art Museum | Tokyo, Japan | 19 Nov 2019 - 29 Mar 2020
MALAYSIA
Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia IAMM | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Dec 2019 - Mar 2020
MENA
Darat al Funun | Amman, Jordan | 1 Oct 2019 - 16 Jan 2020
Sharjah Art Foundation | Sharjah, UAE | 12 Oct 2019 - 12 Jan 2020
Warehouse421 | Abu Dhabi, UAE | 2 Nov - 29 Dec 2019
Sharjah Art Foundation | Sharjah, UAE | 2 Nov 2019 - 2 Feb 2020
Sharjah Calligraphy Museum | Sharjah, UAE | 4 Nov 2019 - 7 Mar 2020
Contemporary Art Platform (CAP) | Shuwaikh Industrial, Kuwait | 20 Nov - 31 December 2019
Fire Station | Doha, Qatar | 2-21 Dec 2019
Contemporary Art Platform (CAP) | Shuwaikh Industrial , Kuwait | 9 Dec 2019 - 10 Jan 2020
SOUTH KOREA
Seoul Museum of Art (SeMA) | Seoul, South Korea | 27 Nov 2019 - 8 Mar 2020
TURKEY
Pera Museum | Istanbul, Turkey | 5 Dec 2019 - 1 Mar 2020
USA
Princeton University Art Museum | Princeton, NJ, USA | 14 Sep 2019 - 5 Jan 2020
The MEI Art Gallery | Middle East Institute | Washington, D.C., USA | 6 Dec 2019 - 20 Feb 2020
- Exhibition & Talk -
P21 Gallery | London, England, UK | 3 Dec 2019 | Exhibition: 12:00 - 20:00 | Reception: 18:00 - 20:00
ART MATTERS
With the rise of Environmental art , Activist art, AI art amongst several growing prominent art genres and terms, in this last issue of 2019 we reflect on what the art of the near future might be and what to expect ahead of the new year.
SOME INSPIRATION
In her Los Angeles studio, Tala Madani shares the crucial role that sketchbooks play in her painting practice. A way for the artist to both experiment with potential compositions and quickly record an idea during a moment of inspiration, Madani’s sketchbooks serve as a visual archive of her paintings—those already realized as well as possible future works.