Maknana: An Archeology of New Media Art in the Arab World

Diriyah Art Futures (DAF), Riyadh

Maknana offers an unprecedented exploration of the region's artistic transformation of contemporary technologies. Edited by Haytham Nawar and Ala Younis, the publication brings together works by more than 50 Arab New Media artists. EAN: 9788857250465. Year of publication: 2025. Number of pages: 300. Language: English. Size: 25x29 cm.


2025


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I Know the Emptiness of this House عَرَفتُ المَنزِلَ الخالي

catalogue | Darat Al Funun – The Khalid Shoman Foundation, Amman, JO.

Published on the occasion of the solo exhibition "I Know the Emptiness of this House" at Darat al Funun , Amman, the catalogue features an interview with curator Rana Beiruti (Ar/En).

2024

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Art Unlimited Special Edition  | House of Taswir & Friends

Wednesday Society. The Couch of Meret O. 

A Situationist Exhibition Developing Artistic Research in Perpetually Forthcoming Collaborative Constellations. With artists & writers: Rebecca Horn, Meret Oppenheim, Ali Kaaf, Walid Raad, Dorothea Tanning, İpek Duben, among others. Edited by A.S. Bruckstein | House of Taswir | Istanbul: taswir publishing.

2023


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I AM A STRANGER. TWOFOLD A STRANGER

Ich bin ein Fremder. Zweifach Fremder.

Published by Hatje Cantz Verlag. Pages: 224 (German, English, Arabic) Dimensions: 24,50 x 32,00 cm. ISBN 978-3-7757-5101-8

2022

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KUNSTFORUM International | Monograph

Der Teil und das Ganze


A monograph by Doris von Drathen via KUNSTFORUM International covering the exhibition “I Am a Stranger. Twofold a Stranger.” at the Museum for Islamic Art in the Pergamon Museum, Berlin. Pages: 215–225.

2023

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Arab Design Now

Design Doha

Published by Qatar Museums | 360 Pages | English | Dimensions:151mm x 206mm | ISBN: 978-3-7757-5282-4

2024

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document fifteen Handbook

The Exhibition Companion

Published by Hatje Cantz Verlag on June 2022 | 304 Pages | English | Dimensions:151mm x 206mm | ISBN: 978-3-7757-5282-4

2022


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Now Then: Testimonials on Independent Syrian Cultural Work

Written by Wael Kaddour (Arabic). Introduction by Hanan Al Haj Ali. Published by Ettijahat: Independent Culture.

2017

 
 

 
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Contemporary Interventions in The Bumiller Collection #1: Ali Kaaf - The Color of Water is the Color of its Vessel.

Exhibition catalogue (English). Edited by BUMILLER ART FOUNDATION.

2016

 
 

 
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House of Taswir

Edited by Almut Shulamit Bruckstein Çoruh (German)

Published by Wilhelm Fink. Paderborn, Germany. Pages 40, 45, 65, 252, 253, 255.

2014

 
 

 
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Das Maribor Projekt: Rebecca Horn und Gäste

Edited by Moontower Foundation, UGM and ifa (German). Göttingen: Steidl Verlag. ISBN 978-3-86930-618-6

2014

 
 

 
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THE KHALID SHOMAN COLLECTION: Arab Art Histories

Edited by Sarah Rogers and Eline van der Vlist (Arabic/English). Published by The Khalid Shoman Foundation. Worldwide distributor: Idea Books, Amsterdam.

2013

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Ali Kaaf: Paper and Glass

With two essays by Doris von Drathen and Robyn G. Peterson and a Poem by Rebecca Horn. Edited by A. Kaaf. Leipzig.

2013

 
 

 
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Larynx – Ali Kaaf

Produced by AlMyra Communications (English). San Francisco.

2014

 
 

 
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Doris von Drahten: Ali Kaaf

Künstler – Kritisches Lexikon der Gegenwartskunst (German). Kunsthandel Verlag, Ausgabe 104, Heft 22, 4. Quartal. ISSN 0934-1730

2013

 
 

 
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Ghubar: Ali Kaaf

Exhibition Catalog (English and Arabic). Rafia Gallery. Damascus.

2010

 
 

 
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Spiegel im Spiegel: Jakob Schaible, Antonio Paucar, Markus Wüste, Ali Kaaf

Exhibition Catalogue (German). Kunstverein Oberer Neckar. Horb am Neckar.

2010

 
 

 
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Taswir. Islamische Bilderwelten und Moderne

Almut Sh. Bruckstein Coruh and Hendrik Budde (Eds.). Nicolai Verlag. Berlin.

ISBN 978-3894795542

2009

 
 

 
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ODE: Ali Kaaf, Antonio Paucar, Jakob Schaible , Markus Wüste

Documentation on the occasion of the exhibition, curated by Ulrich Höfler. Kommunale Galerie. Berlin.

2009

 
 

 
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Ali Kaaf: Beirut February 2006

Edited by Solidere. Beirut.

2006