Art and Tolerance in Afghanistan Owen Cummings Mar 5, 2019 Afghanistan played the leading role in histories that have yet to be written, and we owe ourselves the chance to…
MIR Meets EP 5: Jasmine Lee Jasmine Lee Mar 22, 2018 In this episode of MIR Meets, we sit down with Jasmine Lee. Jasmine has been a writer with MIR for the past three…
Erdoğan Calls Monument of Turkish-Armenian Relations a “Monstrosity” Jasmine Lee Jan 18, 2018 Turkish sculptor Mehmet Aksoy is no stranger to provoking conflict over his works of art. He has had politicians in…
Intimate Connection with CANAN’s Exhibition “Behind Mount Qaf” Jasmine Lee Nov 30, 2017 CANAN is the persona of Turkish-Kurdish artist, feminist, and activist who was born with the name Canan Şahin. Born…
Imprisoning the Artist But Not the Art: The Persecution of Zehra Doğan Jasmine Lee Nov 20, 2017 In July 2016, Kurdish artist and journalist Zehra Doğan was imprisoned for her problematic art and social media…
The Biennial at Istanbul Modern: Lacking In Locality Jasmine Lee Oct 16, 2017 This weekend, I had the chance to go to one of Istanbul’s most prestigious art shows, the Istanbul…
Ai Weiwei’s Political Artistry: Good Fences Make Good Neighbours Esli Chan Oct 16, 2017 Human rights advocate and renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has not only taken the contemporary art movement by…