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        <title><![CDATA[Exhibition reflects on humanity’s relationship with nature]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[**media[3554250]**A missing artwork became an unexpected reminder of the fragility of the natural world at the opening of Flora & Fauna, Matti Sirvio Art Gallery’s Autumn Salon in...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:25:01 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Inspired by 3: Where Art Becomes a Window to the Inner World]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Every artwork begins somewhere, in a fleeting moment, a remembered landscape, a familiar melody or an emotion that resists expression in words. At H1 Art Gallery, the third edition...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:24:51 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Unseen Van Gogh painting exhibited in Hong Kong]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Hundreds of people queued last week outside a Hong Kong gallery to see a Vincent van Gogh painting on public display for the first time in six decades.The Dutch artist's "Chataigni...]]></description>
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            <media:title>Vincent van Gogh&#039;s &#039;Chataigniers en fleur&#039; is from the last two months of his life — AFP</media:title>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 13:32:02 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Narrative voice and ideological conflict in Al Wakhz]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In Hussein al Abri’s novel Al Wakhz (The Sting), an investigation becomes the starting point for a deeper exploration of ideology, identity and truth.The central character, Salim b...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 17:47:53 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What Swiss adventurer Helen Keiser Saw in Oman in the 70s]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[There is dust in Helen Keiser’s Oman. It settles on the mud walls, softens the edges of watchtowers and hangs above roads that seem to lead into nothing. The mountains around Musca...]]></description>
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            <media:title>Al Hamra, 1976</media:title>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2026 15:07:32 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[British Museum&#039;s &#039;Korea&#039; exhibition presents country&#039;s heritage beyond pop culture]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A new exhibition which opened at London’s British Museum this week looks beyond Korea’s pop culture to explore 2,000 years of the country’s artistic and cultural heritage.Spanning...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 15:09:15 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[&#039;Exceptional&#039; Turner painting shown in Rome before sale]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A particularly well-preserved painting of Rome by British artist J M W Turner went on display in the city on Tuesday for the first time ahead of its auction in December.“Rome, From...]]></description>
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            <media:title>The "exceptional" Turner painting is J M W Turner&#039;s 1836 masterpiece, Rome, from Mount Aventine, which was highlighted by Sotheby&#039;s experts for its extraordinary, museum-quality preservation.</media:title>
            <media:text>The "exceptional" Turner painting is J M W Turner&#039;s 1836 masterpiece, Rome, from Mount Aventine, which was highlighted by Sotheby&#039;s experts for its extraordinary, museum-quality preservation.</media:text>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2026 16:27:02 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Life, through Shahd Al Hussaini’s eyes]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[At 23, young Omani artist Shahd al Hussaini is not particularly interested in defining herself by one medium, subject or even one creative pursuit.Instead, she allows herself to ex...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:57:22 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Lumen invites Omani artists to explore the mysteries of light]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Some of the sculptures at LUMEN look as though they have arrived carrying secrets.One is built from stones, packed into a square and held together by two weathered bands. It resemb...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 13:33:16 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Battered Duerer masterpiece up for five-year revamp]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Albrecht Duerer's "Feast of the Rosary", a Renaissance gem of Prague's National Gallery, is facing a painstaking five-year reconstruction designed to set right five centuries of mi...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2026 14:01:59 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[From Clay to Marble: A Sculptor’s Journey]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[For a long time, since he was a small kid, developing his senses and following his innate love for nature, long before he even knew what a chisel was, Ali al Jabri was already a sc...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 13:40:48 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Marshall’s ‘Blackness’ Art Celebrated]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[He has arguably done more than any living painter to bring black figures into Western galleries, but Kerry James Marshall remains uncomfortable with being seen as a trailblazer on...]]></description>
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            <media:title>Much of Marshall&#039;s work carries a powerful message about representation, placing black people in ordinary settings such as beauty salons and parks</media:title>
            <media:text>Much of Marshall&#039;s work carries a powerful message about representation, placing black people in ordinary settings such as beauty salons and parks</media:text>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 13:24:31 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What the House Knows: An Omani Home Becomes a Keeper of Memory]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A house remembers. It remembers the people who have passed through its rooms, the objects they treasured, the clothes they wore and the celebrations that brought families together....]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 13:30:01 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Van Gogh collection reunited after four decades]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A Dutch museum put its entire collection of 88 paintings by Vincent Van Gogh on display on Tuesday, September 15, for the first time since 1984, featuring masterpieces such as "The...]]></description>
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            <media:title>The Potato Eaters by Van Gogh is one of the famous works on display at the Kroller-Muller Museum. — AFP</media:title>
            <media:text>The Potato Eaters by Van Gogh is one of the famous works on display at the Kroller-Muller Museum. — AFP</media:text>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 15:21:36 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Fragrance of Belonging: Where Art Becomes a Memory]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A familiar scent can take us somewhere long before a photograph or a painting does. A trace of frankincense can recall a childhood home, while the fragrance of roses may bring back...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 13:42:01 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Pesce’s Frankincense Works Come to Oman]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[An art collection inspired by Oman’s ancient frankincense trees and resin is on display in the Sultanate of Oman for the first time. “The Oman Collection”, created by late Italian...]]></description>
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            <media:text>The Oman Collection, currently on display at the National Museum in Muscat.</media:text>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 15:15:39 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[&#039;A celebration&#039;: Amsterdam museum unveils Kusama show weeks after death]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[More than 300 works by Japanese contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama go on display in Amsterdam from Friday, an exhibit that has become a tribute to the "polka dot queen" who died last...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 15:07:13 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Fans celebrate Freddie Mercury&#039;s 80th birthday]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Thousands of Queen fans sang, cheered and partied at the Freddie Mercury statue in Montreux on Saturday to celebrate what would have been the legendary British singer's 80th birthd...]]></description>
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            <media:title>A fan poses next to the iconic Freddie Mercury statue overlooking Lake Geneva. — AFP</media:title>
            <media:text>A fan poses next to the iconic Freddie Mercury statue overlooking Lake Geneva. — AFP</media:text>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 13:24:55 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Omani artists join global art symposium in Germany]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Omani artists represent Sultanate at International Art Symposium in GermanyBy Omani visual artists Hafsa al Tamimi and Fakhretaj al Ismaili have represented the Sultanate of Oman a...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 13:44:46 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Japan&#039;s kaleidoscopic, troubled &#039;polka dot queen&#039;]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[The dotty pumpkins and kaleidoscope rooms of Yayoi Kusama, who has died aged 97, were as vibrant as the artist herself, but her exuberant work was the expression of a long battle w...]]></description>
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            <media:title>Kusama&#039;s kaleidoscopic mirror rooms are a global hit. — AFP</media:title>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 17:26:17 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Filipino Fiesta brings culture, music and community to Muscat]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[There was something familiar in the air at Muscat Grand Mall over the weekend, the sound of Filipino songs drifting through the venue, the aroma of home cooking, bursts of laughter...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 15:57:31 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Monet and the Magic of Étretat]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[There is a particular kind of hush that falls over a room full of Monets, even when that room is packed shoulder to shoulder with visitors. I felt it first-hand on a recent trip to...]]></description>
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            <media:title>Eugène Le Poittevin’s lively summer scene beneath the Normandy cliffs — from the Städel’s “Monet’s Coast” exhibition</media:title>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:48:01 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Khiyal: Where Leather Carries the Memory of Oman]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It begins with a bag, not simply resting on a table, but telling a story reaching outside the Sultanate of Oman! Its leather is carefully shaped and stitched by hand, while element...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 13:50:20 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[&#039;Girl with a Pearl Earring&#039; in Japan, perhaps for the last time]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1194925/features/arts/girl-with-a-pearl-earring-in-japan-perhaps-for-the-last-time]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA["Girl with a Pearl Earring" will go on show in Osaka this week, on a rare trip abroad for the 17th-century Johannes Vermeer masterpiece and potentially its last to Japan.The work w...]]></description>
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            <media:title>Vermeer’s celebrated masterpiece, known as the “Mona Lisa of the North,” makes a rare journey to Japan.</media:title>
            <media:text>Vermeer’s celebrated masterpiece, known as the “Mona Lisa of the North,” makes a rare journey to Japan.</media:text>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 13:18:10 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Traditional connection of Iranian carpets with Oman explored]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[An attempt to explore the traditional connection between Iranian carpet weaving and Oman was showcased at an Iranian carpet weaving session organised by the National Museum in asso...]]></description>
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                        <author>observerkabeer@gmail.com (Kabeer Yousuf) </author>
                <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 13:42:38 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Artists Reclaim Walls From Gangs in El Salvador]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1194616/features/arts/artists-reclaim-walls-from-gangs-in-el-salvador]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[On walls where gang members in El Salvador once marked their territory, urban artists are now creating colorful murals as part of a traveling festival across the Central American c...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 13:37:34 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Sharifa al Malki: When Art Becomes a Way of Giving]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1194407/features/arts/sharifa-al-malki-when-art-becomes-a-way-of-giving]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[Some stories begin with a career and end with a title. Others keep changing shape, gathering new meaning with every chapter. The story of Omani artist Sharifa al Malki belongs to t...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 16:55:45 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Museum-level impressionist works to be auctioned in Paris]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1193612/features/arts/museum-level-impressionist-works-to-be-auctioned-in-paris]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[Some 60 museum-level works by artists such as Claude Monet, Auguste Renoir and Pablo Picasso collected by a dealer who popularised the Impressionists will be auctioned in Paris in...]]></description>
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            <media:title>Impressionist works by Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, or Sisley, to be displayed for masses </media:title>
            <media:text>Impressionist works by Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, or Sisley, to be displayed for masses </media:text>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 17:18:13 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Iron Poetry of Jameel al Balushi]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In a hot, crowded workshop filled with welding smoke and the smell of metal, Omani sculptor Jameel bin Dadin al Balushi transforms discarded materials into art. Bicycle chains beco...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 13:02:14 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Omani Artist Behind Viral Perfume Bottle art]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1193305/features/arts/the-omani-artist-behind-viral-perfume-bottle-art]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[Before the first drop of perfume escapes the bottle, Riyam al Mamari has already told a story on its surface.For the Omani artist, a perfume bottle is never just glass. It is a can...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:27:03 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[War as an Open Memory on the Canvas]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1193229/features/arts/war-as-an-open-memory-on-the-canvas]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[The recent war on Gaza has produced a body of art that extends far beyond visual documentation. Rather than simply responding to catastrophe, these works seek to preserve what rema...]]></description>
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            <media:title> After the studio he rented was destroyed, Artist Sohail Salem salvaged what remained of his work before beginning again with little more than pen and ink while living in displacement.</media:title>
            <media:text> After the studio he rented was destroyed, Artist Sohail Salem salvaged what remained of his work before beginning again with little more than pen and ink while living in displacement.</media:text>
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                        <author>saudalansari07@gmail.com (Saud Al Ansari) </author>
                <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 13:17:43 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Summer exhibition explores chaos and conversation]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[An exhibition exploring chaos and conversation opened this week at H1 Art Gallery in Muscat.Titled “Whirlwind”, the exhibition brings together the works of prominent Omani artists...]]></description>
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            <media:title>Where I Belong by Mohammed al Attar</media:title>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 15:30:56 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Summer in strokes: The season in every shade]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1192637/features/arts/summer-in-strokes-the-season-in-every-shade]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[The summer is often described through rising temperatures and endless blue skies. At Stal Gallery and Studio in Muscat, however, it is reimagined as something far more poetic, a se...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2026 14:59:07 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The girl who used to paint the clouds]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1192561/features/arts/the-girl-who-used-to-paint-the-clouds]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[Before Manal al Habsi learned to hold a pencil, she had already learned to see the world through an artist's eyes. As a young child, she would sit and gaze at the sky and clouds, n...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2026 15:27:23 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[A football anthem from Nadeem]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1192320/features/arts/a-football-anthem-from-nadeem]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[The World Cup has inspired many celebrations, and among them is Omani musician Nadeem al Balushi’s energetic anthem, One Game, One World, a song that captures the excitement and un...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 14:00:35 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[From rubble to music: Gaza&#039;s Oud repairman]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1192319/features/arts/from-rubble-to-music-gazas-oud-repairman]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[In a modest makeshift workshop tucked inside the crowded Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, the soft sound of an oud echoes through the ruins of war.Surrounded by wooden pallet...]]></description>
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            <media:title>Palestinian craftsman Suhail Abu Shawish bends carefully over a battered oud, tuning its strings after days of painstaking repair.— AFP</media:title>
            <media:text>Palestinian craftsman Suhail Abu Shawish bends carefully over a battered oud, tuning its strings after days of painstaking repair.— AFP</media:text>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 13:51:48 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Ornamentation an art fuelled by passion and patience]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1192244/features/arts/ornamentation-an-art-fuelled-by-passion-and-patience]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[Between the lines of Arabic script and the glitter of gold, Omani ornamentation weaves tales of a civilisation that has spanned centuries, remaining a testament to the fact that tr...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 18:45:03 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Walls That Speak .. The Art of Saba Merati]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1192188/features/arts/walls-that-speak-the-art-of-saba-merati]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[Whenever you wander through an art gallery, you can notice that most art hangs on a wall. Saba Merati’s art is the wall. For Saba, who is a specialist in mural painting, decorative...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 18:56:52 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Artist Who revived the Inner Child]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Some children are content with watching cartoons, while others try to draw their favourite characters. As a child, Mohammed al Attar was preoccupied with a different question: wher...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 14:07:17 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[“Tajalli Al Noor”  When art became a journey into light]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1191761/features/arts/tajalli-al-noor-when-art-became-a-journey-into-light]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[For seven days in June, a quiet corner of Al Athaiba became a space of reflection, emotion and human connection.Hosted at Film Café from June 10 to 17, artist and writer Jawaher al...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:59:43 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Ancient Greek theatre revives legendary Callas opera Medea]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1191758/features/arts/ancient-greek-theatre-revives-legendary-callas-opera-medea]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[Sixty-five years after it last hosted an opera performance, Greece’s ancient theatre of Epidaurus is revisiting the landmark 1961 production of Medea, which starred legendary sopra...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:42:50 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Threads of Memory: The Art and Vision of Fatema al Makhmariya]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1191583/features/arts/threads-of-memory-the-art-and-vision-of-fatema-al-makhmariya]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[Some people describe their success as a career they chose. For Fatema Abdullah al Makhmariya, art was a language she was born into.Growing up in Shinas, a coastal town in northern...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 13:37:31 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Traditional Omani architecture reflects the values of society]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Traditional Omani architecture was never only about shelter. In the past, Omanis paid great attention to decorating their homes, especially doors and windows, turning houses into e...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 16:04:11 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Canvas Conversations: Family and Community in Visual Dialogue]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[https://www.omanobserver.om/article/1191297/features/arts/canvas-conversations-family-and-community-in-visual-dialogue]]></link>
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        <description><![CDATA[Some conversations take place through words. Others unfold through colours, shapes and symbols. At a recent art exhibition organised by the General Directorate of Social Developmen...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 14:14:16 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[British art has lost a giant: David Hockney dies at 88]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[British artist David Hockney, one of the most influential and celebrated painters of the modern era, died on Thursday at the age of 88, according to a statement from his publicist....]]></description>
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            <media:title>David Hockney poses with Taschen&#039;s "A Bigger Book" prior to the opening of the book fair in Frankfurt, Germany. -Reuters</media:title>
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        <title><![CDATA[In the presence of absence: Echoes of what remains]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[At first glance, the gallery was still. Yet beneath its quiet surface, something lingered, fragile, unseen, and persistent. In the Presence of Absence, curated by Ruqaiya Mazar at...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 16:05:25 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Young Craftsman Revives Omani Cane-Making]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[In Oman’s mountains and valleys, trees do not grow alone; people’s stories grow with them. In this landscape, Mahmood al Shuraiqi learned to see a branch not merely as wood, but as...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 16:41:50 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Art in Clothes: The Bahaa Oman Visual Arts Show]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Omani women’s traditional attire takes centre stage in the “Bahaa Oman Visual Arts Show”, an exhibition celebrating one of the most distinctive expressions of the Sultanate of Oman...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:53:28 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Lennon drawings go on display in Liverpool]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Drawings created by John Lennon for what some believe to be the world’s first rock music video have gone on public display at a Liverpool museum.The pop art-style images, which Len...]]></description>
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            <media:title>The original set included 240 drawings, each linked to words and phrases from the song. — dpa</media:title>
            <media:text>The original set included 240 drawings, each linked to words and phrases from the song. — dpa</media:text>
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                        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 13:40:04 +0400</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Hydration on the Plate: Traditional Omani Foods That Beat the Heat]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[When summer temperatures soar across Oman, staying cool becomes about more than seeking shade or air-conditioned spaces. For generations, Omanis have adapted to the intensity of th...]]></description>
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                        <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 16:55:38 +0400</pubDate>
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