Artist: Khaled Takreti
Title: Patchwork
Year: 2010
Medium: Mixed media on canvas
Dimensions: 130 × 195 cm

Patchwork, 2010

Courtesy of Ayyam Gallery

Khaled Takreti

Born in Beirut in 1964, Khaled Takreti is a leading Syrian artist whose Pop aesthetic has influenced a subsequent generation of contemporary Arab painters. Originally trained as an architect at the University of Damascus, he began exhibiting his work in the mid 1990s. Recognised for his innovative approach to portraiture, which merges a personal narrative in the form of a visual diary with explorations of the modern social image, he introduced a painting style that was without precedent in Syria.

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Moataz Kabbani

Motaz Kabbani has been collecting art and supporting young artists from the Middle East for the past 20 years. He has lived in various places including Dubai before settling in Brussels Belgium in 2020 where he keeps in touch with the artistic community. Kabbani is working on an exhibition that spans his entire collection in Brussels in 2025.