BAAB, means ‘Door’ in Arabic, but the acronym has been coined for Bahrain Art Across Borders. This is project designed to propagate
to the world some of the more prolific art produced in Bahrain. This is the first exhibition or launch which was at the Four Seasons Hotel in Bahrain. The project is in association with Tamkeen, the body established to give financial help to business.
There are a lot of art exhibitions taking place in Bahrain at the moment and some of them obviously ‘cross over’ rather than ‘over lap’ but instead of bringing other art to Bahrain and mingling with local artists, BAAB is designed to make Bahrain art travel. Several London venues were selected to exhibit the first 17 artists, chosen by work submission. There are workshops and many more venue during 2016. More information can be found at: Art Select Bahrain.
For more information about Tamkeen: Their extensive website has press releases regarding this event.
