Visuals in 1500 is an ongoing series that invites critics, curators, scholars, and artists to utilize a single work of art as a starting point for a larger discussion on aesthetics. In 1500 words or less, these profiles introduce readers to a variety of artists and cultural practitioners and the many trajectories, creative and otherwise, that they are currently exploring. Past entries for the series are listed below: 

Maymanah Farhat`s "Dia Al Azzawi`s `Sabra and Shatila Massacre`"

Samia Halaby`s "Homage to Leonardo"

Athir Shayota`s "From Baghdad to New York: Reflections on Painting"

Doris Bittar`s "Watching Jacob"

Sundus Abdul Hadi`s "Herstory Repeats Itself" 

John Halaka`s "Ghosts of Comfort and Chaos"

Beeta Baghoolizadeh`s Marriage Contracts and the Mashhadi Jewish Community: Art as a Second Identity in the Nineteenth Century

Joobin Bekhrad`s Moment of Glory