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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 ...
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
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...
Aishath Aboobakr
Nov 23, 20233 min read
#KoraliReview: Jam Room EP by Fenfulhi
Fenfulhi is a band worth keeping tabs on.
Aishath Aboobakr
Oct 26, 20233 min read
On Seeking Acknowledgement
Some thoughts on artists seeking acknowledgment and validation.
Aishath Aboobakr
Oct 20, 20232 min read
Shifting, Turning, Changing by Hassan Niyaz – A Review
Hassan Niyaz's debut exhibition at Art Gallery Male' marks the waypoints of an artist in transit. You can see flashes of realism here in...
Korali Staff
Jun 28, 20213 min read
A Look at Kula Dana by Nur Danya
Out in the sun sits a girl, painting to 80s hits and sometimes a playlist made by her younger sister. She paints an abstract map —...
Corona Daze
Jun 16, 20212 min read
#KoraliFiction: The Jewel
I look inward in this wan light. It gives me peace, finding this part of me, this little oasis of order in the wilderness. I smell its...
Haseena Manzil
Jun 4, 20212 min read
#KoraliFiction: Thanks for the Dance
I do all sorts of things when I'm bored, I fake myself some interest in the things people talk about these days, although it's always...
Korali Staff
May 20, 20213 min read
In Memory of Sarudhaaru Dhon Manik
Today, we are honouring the memory of late Sarudhaaru Dhon Manik (Dhombe), a man who lived a life so extraordinary, to determine where to...
Noora Ismail
Apr 17, 20215 min read
#KoraliFiction: Fenuga Theyo
In the late hours of night, long after all light of day had dissipated, the sea encircling the city was black and endless. It draped over...
Ibrahim Moosa Manik
Mar 28, 20212 min read
Talking About Faree
If Faree contains a message, it may be this: we are products of our social settings. As people embedded in particular milieus, Ahmed...
andhu4
Apr 27, 20204 min read
In Search of an Ehcheh Kalheh
In 1990 The 20th Century BC Band presented to the world ‘Ehcheh Kalheh’ live and for the first time. In the video four men are seen at...
Aishath Aboobakr
Feb 24, 20205 min read
Kula Sudha Ira — What Happened and Why
all right, i bet everyone is keen to know about kula sudha ira because rumours were doing the rounds, some said it was invitees only, my...
Corona Daze
Sep 24, 20193 min read
Flight from Light — On Araakaa’s art
On a Friday evening, at the ‘Blinkers Off’ exhibition at the Avahteri Gallery, I was observing a drawing, one of the larger portraits of...
Naifa Zahir
Sep 6, 20194 min read
What's Next, Led?
Led made his first appearance to the public eye by closing the Katti Hivvaru Festival of 2015 with a set that was nothing short of...
Korali Staff
Aug 19, 20193 min read
The Dark and Dysphoric Art of Aal
It is well past eight in the evening, and I am sitting with a friend, sipping a cinnamon iced tea at the newly opened Oevaru Cafe’ and...
Korali Staff
Aug 4, 20192 min read
An Inkling of Dheliya, a Contemporary Reading by Writers
A tired evening in July, not all too long ago, we found ourselves walking along the rutted outskirts of West Henveiru. With the weight of...
Corona Daze
Mar 15, 20193 min read
#KoraliReview: Lah by Kushehnooney
Post-punk is alive and well in the Maldives; Lah, the second album from Kushehnooney lays to rest any doubts to the contrary. While the...
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