Lina Lazaar (born 1982) is a Tunisian art critic and curator.
Early life and education
Although she is Tunisian, Lazaar was born in
Riyadh
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, Saudi Arabia and grew up in
Geneva
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, Switzerland.
She attended the
London School of Economics
, mottoeng = To understand the causes of things
, established =
, type = Public research university
, endowment = £240.8 million (2021)
, budget = £391.1 millio ...
.
Career
Lazaar is an art critic, art curator, and
Sotheby's
Sotheby's () is a British-founded American multinational corporation with headquarters in New York City. It is one of the world's largest brokers of fine and decorative art, jewellery, and collectibles. It has 80 locations in 40 countries, and ...
international contemporary art specialist.
[Khalil, Nadine]
"A Radical Specialist"
''Official Bespoke''. December / January 2012.[
An activist promoter of Middle Eastern art, she founded Jeddah Art Week and co-founded '']Ibraaz
''Ibraaz'' is an online forum for visual culture in North Africa and the Middle East.
Publication
''Ibraaz'' publishes an annual online platform that focuses on research questions conceived through a network of editorial contributors based in ...
''.[
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Personal life
Lazaar was married to Saudi Arabian businessman in 2012 and divorced in 2017. ["Rihanna sparks rumours she’s engaged to billionaire boyfriend Hassan Jameel"](_blank)
''News.com.au
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''Gulf News
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''. 23 May 2018.[Khalil, Nadine]
"A Radical Specialist"
''Official Bespoke''. December / January 2012.["Sotheby's First-Ever Exhibition in Saudi Arabia Inaugurates 'Jeddah Art Week'"](_blank)
''Sotheby's
Sotheby's () is a British-founded American multinational corporation with headquarters in New York City. It is one of the world's largest brokers of fine and decorative art, jewellery, and collectibles. It has 80 locations in 40 countries, and ...
''. 25 February 2013.[* Gronlund, Melissa]
"The Tunisian art festival responding to life after the Jasmine Revolution"
'' The National''. 5 July 2018.
* Clark, Nick
"Sotheby's unveils key works of Middle Eastern art to go on sale in October"
''The Independent
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''. 21 July 2014.
* Nair, Sindhu
"The Saudi Art Spring"
'' T Qatar: The New York Times Style Magazine''. March–April 2014. pp. 52–53.
"Tate Report 2013/14"
Tate
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. 2014. p. 106.
References
Living people
People from Riyadh
21st-century Tunisian women writers
1983 births
Tunisian art critics
Women art critics
Curators from Geneva
Alumni of the London School of Economics
Tunisian women curators
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