Farida R. Ali
I am a London-based art historian and writer. I hold a Master’s in art history from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London and studied journalism at City University, London. I have delivered gallery lectures at the Wallace Collection, London and worked on curatorial projects at the Ashmolean Museum and Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford.
Writing has appeared in; Scroll.In, Middle East Eye, Mondoweiss, Funoon London, The New Arab and Asian Review of Books.
For writing and research commissions, get in touch:
Middle East Eye
Arabfuturism: How Arab artists are building the world of tomorrow
Mondoweiss
A new vision of Palestine: reviewing ‘In the Shade of the Sun’
The New Arab
Artists making books: poetry to politics by Venetia Porter, British Museum.
Scroll.in
With ‘Suspended in Time’, Ali Kazim addresses the decolonisation debate in the art world
How the Partition almost killed the glorious tradition of Punjabi phulkari embroidery
Asian Review of Books
“China’s Hidden Century” at the British Museum
“Luxury and Power: Persia to Greece” British Museum
“Island of Bewilderment” by Simin Daneshvar
“Hafez in Love” by Iraj Pezeshkzad
“The Silk Road and Beyond: Narratives of a Muslim Historian” by Iftikhar H Malik
“Persia: Ancient Iran and the Classical World”
“Four Dervishes” by Hammad Rind”
“The Lost Fragrance of Infinity” by Moin Mir
Essays
Abu Zayd, Master Potter and Poet of Kashan
Emperor Qianlong’s fascination with ‘Hindustan’ Jades
Meissen Porcelain and ‘Indian’ Stylistic Influences
Ivory and Jade: Opulent hilts in the Oriental Armouries, Wallace Collection
Waqas Khan at the Manchester Museum