{"id":16273,"date":"2026-02-18T15:56:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T20:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=16273"},"modified":"2026-02-18T16:00:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T21:00:04","slug":"professor-omar-kholeif","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/professor-omar-kholeif\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Omar Kholeif"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5532\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-16273-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2026\/ProfessorOmarKholeif.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2026\/ProfessorOmarKholeif.mp3\">https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2026\/ProfessorOmarKholeif.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links 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203w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Caroline-von-Grone-Omar-the-Prophet-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C1133&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Caroline-von-Grone-Omar-the-Prophet-scaled.jpeg?resize=1041%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1041w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Caroline-von-Grone-Omar-the-Prophet-scaled.jpeg?resize=1388%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1388w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Caroline-von-Grone-Omar-the-Prophet-scaled.jpeg?resize=696%2C1027&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Caroline-von-Grone-Omar-the-Prophet-scaled.jpeg?resize=1068%2C1576&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Caroline-von-Grone-Omar-the-Prophet-scaled.jpeg?resize=1920%2C2833&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Caroline-von-Grone-Omar-the-Prophet-scaled.jpeg?w=1735&amp;ssl=1 1735w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16275\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Painting by Caroline von Grone, Omar the Prophet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.omarkholeif.com\/\">Omar Kholeif<\/a> <\/b>is an artist, author, curator, cultural historian and professor of global art theory and practice at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gsa.ac.uk\/\">Glasgow School of Art<\/a> and Program Leader of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gla.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/taught\/curatorialpractice\/\">Graduate Program in Curatorial Practice<\/a> with the University of Glasgow.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16277\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16277\" style=\"width: 127px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sternberg-press.com\/product\/luisa-correia-pereira\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16277\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Luisa-Correia-Pereira-World-Child-Front-Cover-Courtesy-of-Sternberg-Press-and-artPost21.jpg?resize=127%2C185&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"127\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Luisa-Correia-Pereira-World-Child-Front-Cover-Courtesy-of-Sternberg-Press-and-artPost21.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Luisa-Correia-Pereira-World-Child-Front-Cover-Courtesy-of-Sternberg-Press-and-artPost21.jpg?resize=206%2C300&amp;ssl=1 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 127px) 100vw, 127px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16277\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lui\u0301sa Correia Pereira World Child Front Cover Courtesy of Sternberg Press and artPost21<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>They work and operate under numerous guises, including as the avatar of Doctor O\u2014The World\u2019s Leading Pop Physician (TM).<\/p>\n<p>Born in Cairo, Egypt, they were raised in Glasgow, Scotland, Los Angeles, CA, and elsewhere. An author of over two dozen volumes on art, a curator of over 100 exhibitions, they are the co-founding director of artPost21, a not-for-profit publishing and broadcast platform for artists and their dreamwork.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16278\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16278\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sternberg-press.com\/product\/simone-fattal\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16278\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fattal.png?resize=150%2C205&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fattal.png?w=324&amp;ssl=1 324w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Fattal.png?resize=220%2C300&amp;ssl=1 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16278\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Simone Fattal imagine otherwise Cover Courtesy Sternberg Press and artPost21<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Their recent books include, <i><a href=\"http:\/\/google.com\/search?q=Nil+Yalter%3A+Circular+Tension&amp;oq=Nil+Yalter%3A+Circular+Tension&amp;gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIGCAEQRRg70gEHMjE3ajBqNKgCALACAA&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8\">Nil Yalter: Circular Tension<\/a><\/i> (2024), <i><a href=\"https:\/\/store.moma.org\/en-gb\/products\/otobong-nkanga-stitched-dreams-hardcover-book?srsltid=AfmBOorkcSr36vMxqb0_jwOvRBAIruzvS2bW3nxCNx6e7UAPqXZl-kdL\">Otobong Nkanga: Stitched Dreams<\/a> <\/i>(2024) and <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.phaidon.com\/en-gb\/products\/internet_art-from-the-birth-of-the-web-to-the-rise-of-nfts?srsltid=AfmBOopxuUXxLo8kYwwr4om3NcUWB3CNfWxuLEjPLUyffTUzDXPowAC9\">Internet_Art: From the Birth of the Web to the Rise of NFTs<\/a><\/i> (2023).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16279\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16279\" style=\"width: 157px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sternberg-press.com\/product\/huguette-caland\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16279\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Caland.png?resize=157%2C201&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Caland.png?w=350&amp;ssl=1 350w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Caland.png?resize=234%2C300&amp;ssl=1 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 157px) 100vw, 157px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16279\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Huguette Caland imagine otherwise cover Courtesy of Sternberg Press and artPost21<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 2025 their long-awaited critical biography on <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sternberg-press.com\/product\/huguette-caland\/\">Huguette Caland<\/a><\/i> was published as part of <i>imagine\/otherwise. <\/i>Forthcoming in 2026 is <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sternberg-press.com\/product\/luisa-correia-pereira\/\">Lu\u00edsa Correia Pereira: World Child<\/a><\/i>, published by Sternberg Press. Forthcoming projects include the curated group exhibition, <i>Fellow Travelers<\/i> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tabariartspace.com\/\">Tabari Art Space, Dubai<\/a>and a survey exhibition of their creative practice at <a href=\"https:\/\/thethirdline.com\/\">The Third Line<\/a> curated by Sofia Victorino.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2026\/ProfessorOmarKholeif.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listOmar Kholeif is an artist, author, curator, cultural historian and professor of global art theory and practice at the Glasgow School of Art and Program Leader of the Graduate Program in Curatorial Practice with the University of Glasgow. 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