Works by Fran\u00e7oise Nierly, Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, Mohamed El Rawas and Nasir Nasrallah (left to right).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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“I think it’s a matter of taste and how I look at things. It’s an organized chaos… If something is beautiful, why not show it off and enjoy it?” she said of her buzz object layout. “Some things you can’t really explain: why you put something on the table like this, or why you decorated your house like this, or why you bought this art. Visually, it needed to make sense to me, and I needed It needs to speak to me.\u201d <\/p>\n
Kanso owns about 100 pieces of art, but notably, she doesn’t consider herself an art collector. She has a particular soft spot for Arab artists, whether they come from Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates or Egypt. \u201cI\u2019ve always believed that if we don\u2019t support our artists and take them to greater heights, then who will?\u201d she told Artsy in casual-chic jeans and a Gucci T-shirt. “Everyone else does it. Why not us? The least we can do is support the industry. That’s how you make artists stronger.” <\/p>\n
Canso began buying art more than two decades ago, initially with works by regional artists such as Samir Sayegh and Mohammed El Rawas, and with a particular focus on figurative art . Kanso’s living room contains works by French painter Fran\u00e7oise Nielly Untitled<\/em>Emirati artist Nasir Nasrallah’s Untitled<\/em>and Lebanese artist Mohammad El Rawas\u2019 unique<\/em>. There is also an intriguing portrait, Jamal Eldin al-Afghani<\/em>by pioneering Egyptian-Armenian artist Chant Avedissian, who produced stencil images of 19th-century Islamic reformist Jamal El Din Afghani. Elsewhere hangs a vivid painting of a Ferris wheel; Untitled<\/em>created by first-generation Emirati artist Mohammed Ahmed Ibrahim, who represents the UAE at the 2022 Venice Biennale. This work was a gift for Canso’s 50th birthday. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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