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Central to the exhibition, 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙣𝙙 by 𝗕𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗻 𝗞𝗶𝘄𝗮𝗻, is a large-scale painting composed of overlapping figures. The protagonists include friends and family, and as often depicted in her paintings, they are caught

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𝐁𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐰𝐚𝐧 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙣𝙙 at Brief Histories, Thursday-Saturday, 1-6pm, through July 19, 2025.

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Installation view of 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙣𝙙 at Brief Histories.

Bayan Kiwan
Fold XV, 2025
Ceram

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𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙣𝙙 by 𝗕𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗻 𝗞𝗶𝘄𝗮𝗻 is on vies at Brief Histories through July 19, 2025.

In Kiwan’s practice, painting and glazing reveal different temporalities and dimensions. Lines melt into the swells and depress

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Tomorrow, Saturday June 14th at 5pm @brief_histories artists Bayan Kiwan and Nadia Ayari in conversation for the opening of Kiwan’s solo exhibition 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙣𝙙.

Artists in conversation at 5pm followed by the exhibitio

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Opening Saturday, June 14, 2025 at Brief Histories 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙣𝙙 by 𝗕𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗻 𝗞𝗶𝘄𝗮𝗻.

Starting at 5pm 𝗞𝗶𝘄𝗮𝗻 is joined by the artist 𝗡𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗔𝘆𝗮𝗿𝗶 for a conversation on painting and its interconnections, from

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$Scrabble for Ideology is a bulletin that unfolds across 26 English language terms, mapping fractures in ideological formations, language, and politics. Driven by a text and image relationship, the bulletin extracts terms from our collective environme$

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$Scrabble for Ideology (Brief Histories, 2025) is a bulletin that unfolds across 26 English language terms, mapping fractures in ideological formations, language, and politics. Driven by a text and image relationship, the bulletin extracts terms from$