Work with us

Artsamy is the regional fine-art platform for the Middle East and North Africa, and we are still in the early years of building it. Most of the work — the editorial, the gallery and museum profiles, the artist features, the events coverage, the critic essays — depends on the writers and contributors we work with.

This page lists the kinds of people we are actively looking to bring in right now. None of these are full-time roles. Most are paid commissions, piece by piece or project by project, with the freedom that comes with that. If your work fits with how we write and what we cover, we would like to hear from you.

Art writers and journalists. Profile pieces on regional artists, gallery and event coverage, market notes, longer features and essays. We commission across six editorial categories — artist features, collection stories, regional context, market analysis, gallery and event coverage, and critic essays — and we pay per piece. New writers receive a copy of the Contributor Submissions Manual on first commission; it covers rates, deadlines, voice, credit, and editing process.

Critics and essayists. For the longer-form work — essays on regional movements, biennale and fair criticism, market analysis with a point of view, the writing that gets read rather than skimmed. If you write with a position and a voice, we have a home for it.

Translators (Arabic ↔ English). From Phase 2 onward Artsamy publishes editorial in both English and Arabic. We are beginning to identify translators with experience in art and cultural writing for ongoing commissions. If translation interests you, we'd like to be in touch now.

Photographers covering shows and openings. Selectively, across the region. We commission photographers to document gallery openings, fair coverage, artist studios, and editorial sets.

Write to info@artsamy.com with the subject line Application: [your name] / [what you do] — for example, Application: Lina Khalil / Art writer. Include:A short note about who you are and why this work interests you.Two or three links to published work that gives us a feel for your voice.The category or categories you'd most like to write in.Where in the region you're based, and whether you write in English, Arabic, or both.Our editor responds within five business days. If your voice fits, we come back with a first commission idea or a request to talk. If it doesn't, we tell you straight and clean.We are a small team and we read every application carefully, but we cannot always offer detailed feedback on applications that don't progress. Thank you for the work that goes into applying.
As the platform grows we will be opening other roles — editorial, partnerships, operations, sales. They will be listed here when they open. If your interest is in those areas, the same address — info@artsamy.com — reaches us, and we keep a list.