This essay, written collectively by the co-editors of the publication Modern Art in the Arab World: Primary Documents (2018), provides an account of the book's conception, institutional backing, and multi-year process of research and editing. The authors reflect in particular on the translational politics that obtain in the global art world and the museum sector as well as the academic study of the modern Middle East.

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论语言与现代艺术：反思

这篇文章，由出版物的共同编辑共同撰写阿拉伯世界的现代艺术：原始文献（2018 年），提供了该书的构想、机构支持以及多年研究和编辑过程的说明。作者特别反思了在全球艺术界和博物馆部门以及现代中东的学术研究中获得的转化政治。