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100: a solo exhibition by Baachy - a review

Malmal Murtala

Sep 252 min read

100: a solo exhibition by Baachy - a review

a review of baachy's 100th solo exhibition, is it a triumph?

Essay 1: Producing, not reproducing - thoughts on productivity, reproductivity, and our modern age.

Aishath Aboobakr

Aug 223 min read

Essay 1: Producing, not reproducing - thoughts on productivity, reproductivity, and our modern age.

An essay on productivity as inherently desirable

#KoraliTalk – Mariyam Munya Mohamed Musthafa (Artist)

Aishath Aboobakr

Jul 213 min read

#KoraliTalk – Mariyam Munya Mohamed Musthafa (Artist)

This one-time engineering student is a self-taught artist, painting and drawing since her early childhood.

#KoraliReview - Commonplace by Ehab Abdulla

Aishath Aboobakr

Jul 163 min read

#KoraliReview - Commonplace by Ehab Abdulla

Ehab's work, helped by his large canvasses, compels you to feel something, and it’s usually intense.

Aishath Aboobakr

Jun 293 min read

#KoraliTalk - Adhineynge (band)

We first became aware of this project through some files exchanged on Telegram.

#KoraliReview - Azleena's Soft Moments at the Gallery 350

Aishath Aboobakr

May 153 min read

#KoraliReview - Azleena's Soft Moments at the Gallery 350

With Soft Moments, Azleena’s solo exhibition, both the Gallery 350 and the artist are woven into a thread of risky experiment.

#KoraliReview - Run’baa Vol.1 by Nuingigun

Korali Staff

Mar 183 min read

#KoraliReview - Run’baa Vol.1 by Nuingigun

Nuingigun perform at Fannugedharin. Nuingigun have finally up and released an album. But before we get too excited, it’s a live album –...

Malmal Murtala

Mar 13 min read

The Fab Art Show 24 - Our Take

Let me begin by saying there's excitement in these pieces – refinement, rawness, probably most adjectives you might associate with art ...

The Fall Of Naaba - The Great Band Of Our Time

Aishath Aboobakr

Feb 222 min read

The Fall Of Naaba - The Great Band Of Our Time

From Kula Sudha Ira, a gig where Naaba performed in early 2020. Led by the strange, staggeringly talented, and enigmatic man Hussain...

Aishath Aboobakr

Feb 93 min read

Fave Tracks from 2023

Korali brings you our absolute favourite tracks from last year in no particular order. Who made the cut? Read to find out!

#KoraliReview - Nazimbe's Watercolour Journals at the NAG

just_a_revievv

Feb 12 min read

#KoraliReview - Nazimbe's Watercolour Journals at the NAG

Nazimbe with his paintings: Photo credit Shaari. Take a hike Edgelords, this exhibition isn’t going to curb your teen angst – come back...

Aishath Aboobakr

Jan 252 min read

What a Bad Idea: when an idea is 'bad'.

When is an idea 'bad'? Does it have anything to do with its truth content, perceived and actual? Read more on Korali.

Aishath Aboobakr

Jan 182 min read

On Being Human

Having freed themselves of the clutches of one delusion, they believe they can no longer be bewitched, and are seeing the world as it is.

Corona Daze

Jan 114 min read

#KoraliFiction - Inversion

Funadhoo and Hulhumale. Credit: anonymous. I walk to his house by the seafront, the home of an old man leaking loneliness, desperate to...

Aishath Aboobakr

Jan 63 min read

#KoraliReview - Aniyaa by Humblebakari

Aniyaa is a serious album in the that it deals with heavy, unsettling, unwelcome themes, and their effects on the human soul.

Kareen Adam

Dec 28, 20237 min read

A Walk in the Park

The gate to Lonuziyaaraiy Park. It was a beautiful day today and I caught up with a friend after a long time. We decided to go for a...

Aishath Aboobakr

Dec 21, 20232 min read

#Opinion - On the Role of the Critic

A house in Male - credit unknown. To step back and take the world into account, that’s the lot of the critic. Now imagine a life that is...

Aishath Aboobakr

Dec 14, 20233 min read

#KoraliReview – hold by Aishath Huda

From the Gallery 350 exhibition. 'hold' ends on 20 December 23. Aishath Huda’s works at the Gallery 350 have no inscriptions – they are...

Bank of Maldives - A Matter Of Great Interest

Korali Staff

Dec 7, 20235 min read

Bank of Maldives - A Matter Of Great Interest

Bank of Maldives is the country’s largest financial institution with more than 300,000 customers and assets valued over MVR40 billion. In...

#KoraliReview - Rulhi by Humblebakari feat. Fenfulhi

Aishath Aboobakr

Nov 30, 20233 min read

#KoraliReview - Rulhi by Humblebakari feat. Fenfulhi

Humblebakari teamed up with Fenfulhi to release an 8-track album, Rulhi, that recalls and celebrates the alternative rock culture of the...