Muheb Esmat is a curator, writer, and researcher currently based in New York. He holds an MA degree from the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College. Muheb has worked at institutions such as the Art Institute of Chicago, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Mathaf (Arab Museum of Modern Art), and PunkOrientalism Studio. Currently based in New York, his research focuses on visual and digital culture.
Links to prior talks, exhibitions, and writings:
Gham, Private Spheres, and Informal Support Systems: A Conversation with Hangama Amiri
Imaging War: Drones from the Ground
Modern Kabul: Legacies of Polish Architects in Afghanistan
A long way to go: Afghanistan National Gallery
In Conversation with Hangama Amiri and Muheb Esmat | COOPER COLE
Beyond the Studio: Hangama Amiri & Muheb Esmat
Fragile Facades: Illusions of Change in Kabul’s Contemporary Architecture
Generation Livestream and Virtual Afghan Sphere
Technologies of Vision:A Conversation with Artist Aziz Hazara and Curator Muheb Esmat
No End in Sight, CCS Bard
Kabul Undiscovered, Interview with Jdeed Magazine
Art as a language of understanding, King's Academy
Kabul, Dali and a new wave of graffiti
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