Residency
Inside Tabari Artspace's artist residency programme at La Serena, Forte dei Marmi.

La Serena Forte dei Marmi's Artist Residency
Johansens, the luxury hotel guide, spotlights La Serena's Tuscan artist residency — the boutique retreat where Tabari Artspace brings visiting artists into its gardens and galleries.

Painter Nour Ammar Translates Movement Into Abstraction
Egyptian abstract painter Nour Ammar discusses her evolving technique, the significance of the first mark, and her quest to harmonise form, colour, and texture.

Samo Shalaby's High-Summer Sentiments From Tuscany
Samo Shalaby on his residency at La Serena — sketching, painting, and following intuition, away from the controlled process of gallery shows.

Malik Thomas on His Relationship With Desire and the Divine
Malik Thomas Jalil created a new series of works on silk and linen during his residency at La Serena, exploring the relationships between artists and lovers, external figures and internal worlds, desire, the divine, and the everyday.

Meet the Residents: Samo Shalaby and Malik Thomas Jalil
As they set off to the Italian coast, we get to know La Serena's first artists in residence, Samo Shalaby and Malik Thomas Jalil, and their plans for their time there.

Discover La Serena, an Artists' Escape in Forte dei Marmi
A newly renovated boutique hotel in Forte dei Marmi, La Serena has transformed its walls into a gallery space and hosts an artist residency programme in collaboration with Tabari Artspace.
