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ArtBahrain as an editorial archive of selected issues, focusing on their covers and contents pages.

Rather than a comprehensive repository, this section offers a structured overview of each issue—its identity, scope, and contributors—reflecting the evolving landscape of contemporary art within and beyond the region.

Through a process of selection and reduction, the archive emphasizes clarity and legibility, allowing each issue to be revisited in its essential form.

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ArtBahrain is an arts and media platform founded in 2010 by Bahraini artist and patron Rashid bin Khalifa Al Khalifa. Conceived to present an alternative perspective on art and culture from Bahrain, it engaged with both regional and international artistic developments. ArtBahrain operated as a monthly online newsletter, a biannual print publication, and a producer of exhibitions, concluding in 2019 with its final releases: Issue 90 (online) and Issue 12 (print).

ab issue 01  I   Spring/Summer
2013
Cover: RASHID AL KHALIFA
The Dark and the Bright Side of the Moon, 2012 (d) © the artist

ab issue 02  I  Fall/Winter
2013/14
Cover:  TERESITA FERNÁNDEZ
Epic 1 (d), 2009. Courtesy of the artist and Lehmann Maupin

ab issue 03  I  Spring/Summer
2014
Cover: GERHARD RICHTER
Strip (927-8), 2012 © Gerhard Richter, Cologne 2013

ab issue 04  I  Fall/Winter
2014/15
Cover: GEORG BASELITZ
Erst so, Dann so, 2002 (d) © Georg Baselitz

ab issue 05  I  Spring/Summer
2015
Cover: Yoshitomo Nara
Ten stars, 2014 (d) ©Yoshitomo Nara, courtesy of Pace Hong Kong

ab issue 06  I  Fall/Winter
2015/16
Cover: Yayoi Kusama
Flower L.H.L.A (d) sign. 1953 / 1964 © Yayoi Kusama

ab issue 07  I  Spring/Summer
2016
Cover: Dan Flavin
Alternate diagonals of March 2, 1964 (to Don Judd), 1964 © 2016 Stephen Flavin/ Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY; courtesy of David Zwirner, NY/London

ab issue 08  I  Fall/Winter
2016/17
Cover:
Cy Twombly
Blooming, 2001-2008 (d). © Cy Twombly Foundation, courtesy Archives Fondazione Nicola Del Roscio

ab issue 09  I  Spring/Summer
2017
Cover: Robert Rauschenberg
Untitled (Gold Painting). ca. 1953 © Robert Rauschenberg Foundation

ab issue 10  I  Fall/Winter
2017/2018
Cover: Judy Chicago
The Dinner Party, 1974-79 . Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Foundation, 2002.10. © 2017 Judy Chicago / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY

ab issue 11  I  Spring/Summer
2018
Cover: TAKASHI MURAKAMI
Flower Matango (d), 2009. Private collection, courtesy Perrotin © 2009 Takashi Murakami/ Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

ab issue 12  I  Fall/Winter
2018/2019
Cover: Rashid Khalifa
Penumbra series (Hybrids), 2018 (d) Courtesy of the artist