Melis Alemdar

Turkish-American artist Refik Anadol enjoys a level of recognition akin to that of rock stars. His name is a household one both in his homeland and in international art circles. Anadol, a prolific artist if there ever was one, gained prominence when he be... See more

The world’s sympathy for the Rohingya has an expiration date, and as the news cycle moves on, so has the attention and funding for one of the world’s most persecuted minorities. Into this void of forgetting steps in “Lost Land” or “Hara Watan”, its origin... See more

She slept on her bed, never woke up again. Her bed has become her grave, a tomb beneath the ceiling of her room, the ceiling, a cenotaph. No name, no year of birth, no year of death, no epitaph. Only blood and a smashed picture frame in ruin next to her. ... See more

Two weeks before Palestinian-American filmmaker Cherien Dabis planned to start filming “All That’s Left of You”, the crew was forced to evacuate Jericho in the occupied West Bank following Hamas’ cross-border attack on Israel. Initially planning to shoot ... See more

The Chicago Architecture Biennial boasts that it is “Free and open to the public”, but is it ethical? The CAB’s track record of securing funding for “North America’s largest international survey of contemporary architecture and design” is being questioned... See more