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    Rahel Aima

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    Rahel Aima is a writer based in Dubai. Her writing has appeared in or at 4 Columns, Artforum, Art in America, Artnews, ArtReview, The Atlantic, Bidoun, Bookforum, e-flux architecture, frieze, Garage, Harper’s Bazaar Art Arabia, Mousse, New Republic, Real Life, Rest of World, Tank, Vogue Arabia, and World Policy Journal, among many others. Aima regularly contribute exhibition texts, catalogue essays, and book chapters. From 2020 to 2023 Aima was an associate editor of Momus.

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    Contributions

    Guest
    Podcast S5 E5, "Depleting Felix Gonzales-Torres"
    Mentor
    Momus Residencies & Fellowships
    Faculty member
    Momus Residencies & Fellowships
    Author
    Contributing to Momus since June 2017

    Writing (7)

    An Insipid Blame Game: Tony Cokes and the Monotony of Art About Trump
    Features, Reviews November 3, 2020 Rahel Aima

    An Insipid Blame Game: Tony Cokes and the Monotony of Art About Trump

    Depleting Felix Gonzalez-Torres
    Reviews July 6, 2020 Rahel Aima

    Depleting Felix Gonzalez-Torres

    Artists in Isolation: Wafaa Bilal’s “Domestic Tension”
    Features April 14, 2020 Rahel Aima

    Artists in Isolation: Wafaa Bilal’s “Domestic Tension”

    Firing Blanks: Hito Steyerl and the Voiding of Research Art
    Reviews July 16, 2019 Rahel Aima

    Firing Blanks: Hito Steyerl and the Voiding of Research Art

    An Exhibit in an Email: Vimeo Links, PR, and Posturing by Proxy
    Features, Reviews October 17, 2018 Rahel Aima

    An Exhibit in an Email: Vimeo Links, PR, and Posturing by Proxy

    “Afrogallonism” Takes Dubai: South-South Solidarity and the Urge to Exoticize
    Reviews February 7, 2018 Rahel Aima

    “Afrogallonism” Takes Dubai: South-South Solidarity and the Urge to Exoticize

    The Center Holds: Bruce High Quality Foundation’s Accidental Gulf Nativism
    Reviews June 7, 2017 Rahel Aima

    The Center Holds: Bruce High Quality Foundation’s Accidental Gulf Nativism

    Podcast

    "Depleting Felix Gonzales-Torres"
    Season 5 Episode 5

    "Depleting Felix Gonzales-Torres"
    Rahel Aima

    Residencies & Fellowships

    Momus Critical Writing Fellowship 2023-24

    Fellowship
    May 1, 2023–May 1, 2024
    With fellows Kira Xonorika, Cassie Packard, and Doreen A. Rios and mentors Rahel Aima and Jessica Lynne.

    Momus Emerging Critics Residency 2021

    Residency
    August 9–20, 2021
    With faculty members Rahel Aima, Hannah Black, Dr. Léuli Eshrāghi, Sky Goodden, Ebony L. Haynes, Candice Hopkins, Emmanuel Iduma, Jessica Lynne, Mark Mann, Catherine G. Wagley, and Lauren Wetmore.

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