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The Real Tatooine: Star Wars, Southern Tunisia and the Living Art Beneath the Myth

The Tunisian desert that became Tatooine — its Berber architecture, its vanishing film sets and the living street-art scene painting over the myth.

George Lucas filmed Star Wars across southern Tunisia, borrowing Berber pit-houses and 15th-century granaries as an alien world. But the real story is what's underneath: a living tradition of desert architecture, two millennia of coexistence on Djerba, and one of the most ambitious street-art projects on Earth.

Dubai · United Arab Emirates

Mission Impossible and the Burj Khalifa

What the world's most famous building stunt tells you about everything it was filmed on

A film crew drilled into the world's tallest building to hang a man off the side of it. Behind that decision sits wind physics, a hundred-year-old cooling technology, a height race Dubai has quietly stepped away from, and an art scene older than the tower.

Hanoi · Vietnam

EVA 2: The Alien Self Opens in Hanoi, Staging AI as Both Collaborator and Question

Four young Vietnamese artists take over more than 860 square metres at L'Art Gallery, structuring the show around the four stages of how AI processes human data — recognition, classification, encoding, regeneration.

EVA 2: The Alien Self, a contemporary art exhibition exploring the relationship between human identity and artificial intelligence, opened on 17 July at L'Art Gallery in Hanoi's Lotte Mall West Lake. Structured around four stages that mirror how AI processes human data, the show runs until 25 July as part of Hanoi Creative Design Festival 2026.

Star Wars Filming Locations in Tunisia: The Complete Tatooine Travel Guide

Every Star Wars filming location in Tunisia, from the sand-swept Mos Espa set to the cave hotel where Luke grew up — with maps, tips and a 3-to-7-day route.

Tunisia is the real Tatooine. George Lucas filmed here across five films, and most of the locations still stand. Here's every major Star Wars site — Mos Espa, Matmata, the Tataouine ksour, Djerba — plus how to link them into one desert trip.

New York · United States

James Cohan Gallery Rebrands as Norr Cohan in Leadership Transition

Senior director David Norr assumes sole ownership as founding couple steps back after 25 years

The New York gallery founded in 1999 will continue championing contemporary artists under new leadership while maintaining its core mission.

Bangkok · Thailand

Mona's Bangkok Ambition: Tasmanian Private Museum Plans Major Southeast Asian Outpost

Hobart's Museum of Old and New Art partners with Thai developer to create riverside cultural destination

The Museum of Old and New Art announces a 15-year partnership with Asset World Corporation to build Mona Bangkok, a new waterfront museum on the Chao Phraya River scheduled to open in 2029.