"Madras Modern: Regionalism and Identity" showcases works by key artists, highlighting the movement's deep roots in local folklore, mythology, architecture, and history.
A visitor walks at Bayt Ali Gana ("Ali Gana's House" in Arabic), in the Libyan capital Tripoli. A seemingly ordinary villa in the heart of Tripoli holds a lifetime of works by the late Libyan artist Ali Gana, whose family has turned his house into a unique museum which opened this year and seeks to offer both retrospection and hope in a country constantly threatened by violence and where arts and culture stand largely neglected.
