In March, the ninth edition of the Global Art Forum took place in Dubai and Kuwait, with Creative Time Reports serving as a media partner for the event. This series of videos from the forum features artists, scholars and curators discussing a range of topics including state power, gender politics and the use and abuse of technology.  More

Academy Award-winning filmmaker and artist Zana Briski has spent the past 10 years documenting insects around the world. For Earth Day, Creative Time Reports features the intimate moments Briski has shared staring deeply into the eyes of praying mantises and other chitinous creatures.  More

This month Armenians around the world commemorate the centenary of the Armenian Genocide, in which Ottoman Turks massacred more than a million Armenians during the First World War. In this essay, artist Hakan Topal discusses the difficulties Turkish citizens face addressing a history their country continues to deny.  More

Artist JR’s new film Les Bosquets, which premieres at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival, centers on a run-down suburb of Paris that exploded in riots in 2005 and is still struggling to find its identity.  More

Lebanon’s visual history is shaped by a violent past that continues to reverberate today. This series of photographs from the Arab Image Foundation, selected by artist and AIF member Lara Baladi, reflects the disparate but intersecting narratives that define the country’s past and present.  More