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This year at Art Dubai Contemporary Meem Gallery will feature recent works on canvas by artists Dia Azzawi and Zhivago Duncan. Both artists approach the theme of Ancient Mesopotamia in their most recent bodies of work, Azzawi working in his habitual acrylic on canvas; and Duncan using the technique of batik on linen. By exhibiting these paintings together, we invite collectors to consider two very different artists from within the Arab diaspora and their approaches to a similar concept.

Whilst Ancient Mesopotamian imagery and folklore has always been an area of interest for Azzawi, from his …