Author Archives: Caitlin McKenna

About Caitlin McKenna

Caitlin McKenna, an IFA alumna, is Curatorial Assistant in the Department of the Arts of Asia, Africa, and the Islamic World at the Brooklyn Museum. Her research interests include medieval Islamic art and architecture as well as modern and contemporary art from the Middle East.

The many authoritative faces of Walid Raad: Thoughts from the lecture hall at the IFA

Posted on March 20, 2012

My internal conversation with the work of Walid Raad began as I paged my way through a monograph of his work, entitled Scratching on Things I Could Disavow: Some Essays from The Atlas Group Project (Cologne: Walther König, 2008), before … Continue reading →

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Iftikhar Dadi at the IFA

Posted on October 25, 2011

Editor’s Note: This review was written directly following Iftikhar Dadi’s lecture at the Institute of Fine Arts on April 12, 2011. It has been reprinted here in its original form. On April 12, 2011, Professor Iftikhar Dadi delivered the inaugural … Continue reading →

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