Canvas Magazine, Issue #119: Body Language

Featuring Rithika Merchant’s “The Gates of Horn and Ivory” (2020) on the cover — now on view at Bvlgari’s Serpenti Infinito exhibition in Mumbai . Through mythology and symbolism, Merchant explores dreams and realities — perfectly mirroring this issue’s theme: Body Language, an exploration of the mind, body, and soul.

Inside you’ll also find features on Hayv Kahraman, Athar Jaber, Elif Uras, Fadi Yazigi, Sara Niroobakhsh, Ebtisam Abdulaziz, Liverpool Biennial, Cultural Foundation Abu Dhabi, and Mona Hatoum at the Barbican 

Canvas: Art and Culture from the Middle East and Arab World 

Issue 119: Body Language

September-October 2025