Canvas of Life
For her new solo exhibition Inner Sanctuary at Dubai’s Zawyeh Gallery, young Palestinian artist Rana Samara has created an immersive environment exploring the spaces that are personal to her, from her own lounge and bedroom to the corner of her favourite café. Adorned with her signature paintings, vivid colours and decorative patterns, these spaces are free of any human presence; the aim is to capture “traces of the precious moments that people leave behind”. This stillness makes Samara’s evocations of inner calm and turmoil, all the more powerful. Until August 28, zawyeh.net