Artist: Sliman Mansour
Title: Untitled
Year: 1985–2009
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 180 × 130 cm
Courtesy: Ali and Rafia Malas Private Collection

Untitled, 1985–2009

Sliman Mansour

Sliman Mansour studied fine art at the Bezalel Art Academy in Jerusalem.

Ali and Rafia Malas

Rafia Koudmani Malas is considered an expert on Syrian contemporary art. With a vast personal collection of artworks dating from the 1960s, her love of art started when Ali, her husband, purchased their first collection piece in 1992. She holds a Master’s degree in curation from the Zurich University of the Art, and was a speaker at Sultan Al Qasimi’s Majlis. Rafia owned a gallery in Damascus, which unfortunately shut down in 2011.