Yumna Al-Arashi's first institutional show at "Huis Marseille" is around the corner!

From 14 February until 21 June 2026 Huis Marseille is showing the first solo museum exhibition of work by the Yemeni-Egyptian-American artist Yumna Al-Arashi. In Body as Resistance Al-Arashi makes use of a wide variety of media – photography, book and sculpture – to oppose the oppression and stereotyping of women that she observes worldwide. She focuses on the ways the Arab world is depicted, explores the legacy of colonialism in our thoughts, and contemplates matriarchal traditions that are all but lost. Al-Arashi’s work switches effortlessly between registers – sometimes playful and provocative, sometimes poetic, defiant or enraged – and more often than not, all of these things at once.