We interview Maldives artist Ehab Abdulla to have a chat about what it takes to create, if creation can be achieved without self-destruction and more.

The return of Maatu comes in ebbs and flows, with his sophisticated sophomore LP taking a more daring, experimental direction than his raw, street-heavy 2018 debut album “Maaroakaa”.

A writer spends time with some Australian surfers on a boat in the pristine Huvadhoo Atoll, in the Maldives' South.

Playgrounds have existed for decades. They are socially acceptable places for little children to go and obviously; play. Not a new or odd concept for anyone. However, I strongly believe that even the things that seem very normal, should regularly be questioned, improved and documented.

Mamdhuh's work has always reflected his reading at the time, he says. The years between 2013-18 had him creating political pieces; a turbulent period which he aptly references as his ‘reactive period’. Images of politicians, depicting them as evil, cut-up excerpts from leftist literature all come together in righteous anger, a direct message aimed at the government and the likes of them.

Our writer goes deep into techno territory, covering This is Techno held at Crossroads last Friday.

A young man's journey from the confines of his island to the anonymity of the big city. Life in Male is something most of us take for granted but it could be worse, at least for some.

We refuse to die without proving our existence. Thus follows an insatiable greed to adorn, be adorned and continue adorning.

Adhineynge dropped their first LP, and we have a listen and take notes.

You walk a little more to be greeted with tiny models of the resorts - where you can see the progression of their architectural history manifest in real time. The exhibition was rich with historical knowledge, much that I learned for the first time. It was also curated in a manner where you feel like you’re walking from the past right towards the future. Every element of the exhibition was done with finesse and dedication.

credit: Mirah Ally Upstairs at Jazz Café, some musicians are on stage playing a jazzy cover of Michael Jackson’s “Human Nature”. It is mid-morning and the mood couldn’t have been brighter at this session of Fannugedharin. The bass is groovy, the keyboard runs executed deftly, the drums are muted and at times unsteady, but one can forgive that. At least I can. To bear witness to a gathering such as this, where one of the great art forms of the twentieth century is being inte

How the Taslaafa gig went down in Rasfannu Male with Symbolic Records, Foahfihaara and more.

Rappers are doing way more to keep Dhivehi alive and relevant than the ossified Bahuge Academy: read more to learn how.

Inertia is personal, yet it has a gaze, a way of observing and portraying its subjects. The faceless figures with delicate hands and feet have a self-consciousness that is expressed in several ways.

The National Art Gallery of the Maldives does not discriminate between good or bad art to its detriment.

Breaking out of the clutches of the 90s, a new generation of artists explore the fragility of existence in Male, Maldives through a new lens

a review of baachy's 100th solo exhibition, is it a triumph?

An essay on productivity as inherently desirable

This one-time engineering student is a self-taught artist, painting and drawing since her early childhood.

Ehab's work, helped by his large canvasses, compels you to feel something, and it’s usually intense.