
Shirin Neshat
“Ask My Heart,” from Looking For Oum Kulthum series, 2018
C-Print with Ink, Printed on Dibond
60 x 46.7 in.
162.4 x 118.6 cm
Farideh Lashai
Keep Your Interior Empty of Food, You Mayest Behold Therein the Light of Interior
Projected animated photographic images on painting (oil and graphite on canvas)
180 x 200 cm
Maydan, a communal site of gathering, exchange, and interaction, shapes how we perceive and engage with the world. Deeply embedded in Middle Eastern, South East Asian, and global cultures, Maydan functions as both a tangible space and conceptual framework. Like the Greek Agora, it fosters collective action and cultural expression, extending beyond politics and commerce to reflect evolving social dynamics. This exhibition presents diverse artistic narratives within a multicultural context. Maydan becomes both subject and structure—a living space shaped by artists, curators, and audience alike.
Leila Heller Gallery is pleased to announce its participation in Alserkal Art Week: A Wild Stitch, taking place from April 14 to 20, 2025 in collaboration with Zaal Art Gallery. Leila Heller Gallery will be featuring works by Shirin Neshat, Marcos Grigorian, Katya Traboulsi, Zeinab Al Hashemi, Arash Nazari, Lorenzo Quinn, Aref Montazeri, Anton Bakker, Sofia Yeganeh, Katya Emelyanova, Azza Al Qubaisi, Jehangir Vazifdar, Marwan Sahmarani, Y.Z Kami, Wassef Boutros Ghali, Soraya Sharghi, Reza Aramesh, Parinaz Eleish Gharagozlou, Mehdi Farhadian, Farideh Lashai, and Behrang Samadzadegan.
Shirin Neshat
“Ask My Heart,” from Looking For Oum Kulthum series, 2018
C-Print with Ink, Printed on Dibond
60 x 46.7 in.
162.4 x 118.6 cm
Shirin Neshat
“Love Decided Our Fate,” from Looking For Oum Kulthum series, 2018
C-Print with Ink, Printed on Dibond
65 x 50.5 in.
165.1 x 128.3 cm
Katya Traboulsi
Qatar, 2016
Hand painted resin and brass sticks
Brass base and top
Edition 2/6
73 x 21 x 21 cm
Katya Traboulsi
Afghanistan, 2016
Hand carved and painted resin
Brass base and top
Edition 2/6
73 x 21 x 21 cm
Katya Traboulsi
Lebanon, 2016
Hand carved cedar wood
Brass base and top
Artist's Proof
73 x 21 x 21 cm
Lorenzo Quinn
Posidonia
Stainless Steel
Edition of 8 plus 2 artist proof
86.5 x 177.5 x 92.5 cm
Anton Bakker
Desert Diamond
Stainless Steel mirror finished
4 ft
Metal Powder Coated Pedestal
Jehangir Vazifdar
Untitled (two faces), 1999
Felt-tip on paper
21 x 29 cm
61 x 55 cm (framed)
Farideh Lashai
Keep Your Interior Empty of Food, You Mayest Behold Therein the Light of Interior
Projected animated photographic images on painting (oil and graphite on canvas)
180 x 200 cm
Zaal Art Gallery will be featuring works by Ali Akbar Sadeghi, Kiarash Alimi, Andisheh Avini, Shahryar Hatami, Ali Beheshti, Yousha Bashir, Mohammad Hossein Maher, Ashkan Abdoli, Fereydoun Ave, Sahand Hesamiyan, Reza Aramesh, Farah Ossouli and Mehrdad Mohebali.