Aidha Badr's Dubai Exhibition Blends Pretty Pigments with a Quiet Passion

Walking into Aidha Badr’s studio feels like being inside an actual scrapbook. Red silk, white lace and chiffon fabrics are draped over furniture, and on the walls are personal mementoes and memories – a photograph of Badr’s mother dressed in all pink and notes from flowers that her husband gave her. “I love having all my thoughts and things gathered together, shaping the atmosphere around me. Just being surrounded by it feels like part of the work,” says the Egyptian artist, who lives in Dubai. “The Sopranos or Gilmore Girls play on my iPad while I paint; other days I listen to Pitbull. I spend most of my day in the studio, even when I am not painting.”

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