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As Baghdad finds stability after decades of conflict, a vibrant arts scene is emerging from grassroots spaces like The Station, where young creators are reclaiming their cultural identity.

  • Issue #159
  • 13 min read
Traffic guard directing cars around a mural of German sociologist Max Weber in Baghdad's Waziriyah neighbourhood
Art

Follow your art

Away from the French capital, creatives head to the Med for a slower, more affordable way of life.

  • Issue #155
  • 11 min read
Follow your art
Urbanism

Revving the engine

After a major financial collapse, Motor City’s creatives are joining forces. So could the artists and gallerists behind the resurgence get the whole of Detroit into gear?

  • Issue #149
  • 8 min read
Oxidized bronze sculpture of DeLorean car with gull-wing doors open displayed on white pedestal
Art

Culture Clash

Zürich's galleries are abandoning the industrial periphery for a surprising new home: the affluent city centre, where shuttered retail spaces offer fresh opportunities.

  • Issue #139
  • 11 min read
man standing at a gallery looking at a painting
Culture

Paint the town

Auckland’s commercial art scene is flourishing thanks to agile business models and an abundance of talent. We meet the gallerists championing their multicultural hometown.

  • Issue #135
  • 7 min read
Paint the town
Art

Making a scene

Mexico’s second city, Guadalajara, is dynamic yet intimate. It entices emerging artists as well as collectors on the hunt for fresh talent.

  • Issue #132
  • 11 min read
Grand neoclassical arch monument on a busy tree-lined street.
Art

Showing their colours

Tokyo's contemporary-art scene is growing, thanks to energetic gallerists with a passion for their country's creativity. We profile four of them and their key artists.

  • Issue #129
  • 12 min read
Woman with glasses and shoulder-length hair sits at wooden desk in front of floor-to-ceiling bookshelves
Travel and restaurants

Messing with Texas

Texas is big. It’s about big money, big cars and big characters. But a new side is emerging that’s attracting a different kind of crowd – and looking kind of cool.

  • Issue #122
  • 12 min read
Messing with Texas
Culture

New waves

With its bustling gallery scene and artist-friendly lifestyle, Cape Town is the epicentre of new South African art.

  • Issue #115
  • 11 min read
New waves

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