{
  "id": 18025883,
  "title": "Exhibition as Living Archive: the 1950s Baghdad Modern Art Group in the UAE Today",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/exhibition-as-living-archive-the-1950s-baghdad-modern-art-group-in",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-03T21:53:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hyperallergic",
    "slug": "hyperallergic",
    "url": "https://hyperallergic.com/exhibition-as-living-archive-the-1950s-baghdad-modern-art-group-in-the-uae-today/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Baghdad Modern Art Group, founded in 1951 by Jewad Selim and Shakir Hassan Al Said, was a pioneering collective of Iraqi artists who sought to create a unique modern art form that reflected Iraq's rich history and its position as an Abbasid city. The group's work, which sought to negotiate modernism within a global context, influenced many Iraqi artists and continues to resonate today. In a recent exhibition at NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery, titled \"All Manner of Experiments: Legacies of the Baghdad Modern Art Group,\" Dr. Nada Shabout brought together the artists from this influential circle, as well as those they inspired, showcasing the enduring legacy of the group.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}