This is the fourth in a series co-produced by Syria Deeply and Hyperallergic investigating the visual and cultural responses to the crisis in Syria. With canvas in short supply, Akram Abou al-Fouz ...

You knew they were tasty. But did you know crabs were art? At least they are in the hands of a few area painters. They take those hard, pointy, colorful outer shells, the ones that usually get rolled ...

For the past three years, artist Sreeja Kalappurakkal has been travelling to beaches of Kanyakumari, Rameshwaram, Kolkata, Kutch, Mumbai, Visakhapatnam and more to collect shells. She brought them all ...

"We had shelling showers, so to speak," he says. — -- Artists in war-torn areas often channel turmoil into avant-garde work. Syria is no exception, and painters, photographers and craftsmen here ...