This exhibition is significant as it highlights the powerful dialogue between two artists who confront the darker aspects of human experience, making it a thought-provoking event for art lovers and the general public alike.

Barbican, London This extraordinary show is a conversation, across the decades, between two kindred artists who refuse to shy away from the world’s horror and painMona Hatoum’s show begins with an indelible afterimage of modern war. Into a stack of welded steel boxes resembling an apartment block in a city that could be anywhere, Hatoum has melted or blasted holes imitating drone or missile strikes. Parts of interior walls and floors have been shorn away to look like apartments with their fronts blown off. This is the shell of what was once a home to many, emptied out by war, like the buildings you saw on the news last night.Hatoum created Bourj, which means “tower” in Arabic, for an exhibition in Beirut, the city where she was born into a Palestinian family in 1952. Since 1975 she has been based in London but her art knows no peace. Home and family are perforated by violence. A steel cot resembling a prison cell has cheese wire in place of a soft mattress. A kitchen with small chairs for the kids, alongside larger ones for mum and dad, has been incinerated, and the carbonised fragments of wooden furniture painstakingly reassembled inside wire mesh replicas of what they looked like before the disaster. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/sep/02/mona-hatoum-encounters-giacometti-review-barbican">Continue reading...</a>

هذا المعرض مهم لأنه يبرز الحوار القوي بين فنانين يواجهان الجوانب المظلمة للتجربة الإنسانية، مما يجعله حدثًا يدعو للتفكير لعشاق الفن والجمهور العام على حد سواء.

يستضيف باربيكان في لندن معرضًا استثنائيًا يضم أعمال مونا حاتوم وألبرتو جياكوميتي، مستكشفًا مواضيع الرعب والألم من خلال الفن.

Esta exposición es significativa ya que destaca el poderoso diálogo entre dos artistas que confrontan los aspectos más oscuros de la experiencia humana, convirtiéndola en un evento que invita a la reflexión para los amantes del arte y el público en general.

El Barbican en Londres alberga una extraordinaria exposición que presenta las obras de Mona Hatoum y Alberto Giacometti, explorando temas de horror y dolor a través del arte.

Cette exposition est importante car elle met en lumière le dialogue puissant entre deux artistes qui affrontent les aspects sombres de l'expérience humaine, en faisant un événement qui pousse à la réflexion pour les amateurs d'art et le grand public.

Le Barbican à Londres présente une exposition extraordinaire mettant en avant les œuvres de Mona Hatoum et Alberto Giacometti, explorant les thèmes de l'horreur et de la douleur à travers l'art.

The Barbican in London hosts an extraordinary exhibition featuring the works of Mona Hatoum and Alberto Giacometti, exploring themes of horror and pain through art.

Mona Hatoum Encounters: Giacometti review – a meeting of marvellously macabre minds

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