Lina Lazaar (born 1983) is a Tunisian art critic and curator.

Early life and education

Although she is Tunisian, Lazaar was born in

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, Saudi Arabia and grew up in

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, Switzerland. She attended the

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(LSE).

Career

Lazaar is an art critic, art curator, and

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international contemporary art specialist.Khalil, Nadine
"A Radical Specialist"
''Official Bespoke''. December / January 2012. An activist promoter of Middle Eastern art, she founded Jeddah Art Week and co-founded ''

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''.

Personal life

Lazaar was married to Saudi Arabian businessman

Hassan Jameel Hassan Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel"BRJ creates thousa ...

in 2012 and divorced in 2017. "Rihanna sparks rumours she’s engaged to billionaire boyfriend Hassan Jameel"
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''. 23 May 2018.Khalil, Nadine
"A Radical Specialist"
''Official Bespoke''. December / January 2012."Sotheby's First-Ever Exhibition in Saudi Arabia Inaugurates 'Jeddah Art Week'"
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''. 25 February 2013.* Gronlund, Melissa
"The Tunisian art festival responding to life after the Jasmine Revolution"
'' The National''. 5 July 2018. * Clark, Nick
"Sotheby's unveils key works of Middle Eastern art to go on sale in October"
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''. 21 July 2014. * Nair, Sindhu
"The Saudi Art Spring"
'' T Qatar: The New York Times Style Magazine''. March–April 2014. pp. 52–53.
"Tate Report 2013/14"

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. 2014. p. 106.

References

Living people People from Riyadh 21st-century Tunisian women writers 21st-century Tunisian writers 1983 births Tunisian art critics Women art critics Curators from Geneva Swiss women curators Alumni of the London School of Economics Tunisian women curators Tunisian curators {{Tunisia-bio-stub