al Mawrid Arab Center for the Study of Art - NYUAD

al Mawrid Arab Center for the Study of Art is a research center and archive at New York University Abu Dhabi dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of the visual arts of the Arab world. Through a range of activities that include fellowships, research projects, conferences and colloquia, as well as the construction of a unique open-access archive, al Mawrid aims to be a major resource for scholars, independent researchers, and for educational and art institutions.

The center’s archive encompasses the Arab Art Archive, which acquires primary source materials pertaining to modern and contemporary art across the Arab world, and the Akkasah Photography Archive, and Haraka: Experimental Lab for Arab Art and Social Thought.