Canvas magazine launches www.canvasonline.com

Covering no less than 22 countries, the website is a comprehensive resource allowing internet surfers access to a wealth of information about the region's diverse art scene.

www.canvasonline.com offers art lovers the opportunity to subscribe to the only magazine exclusively dedicated to the region. By purchasing the magazine's back issues online, visitors to the website can build their own art collection as well as a unique reference source featuring the leading artists, designers, photographers, museums, galleries and art patrons from around the region.

The website also offers edited highlights from the latest edition of Canvas (Jan/Feb 2007), which includes exclusive features on the unrivalled Islamic art collection of Nasser David Khalili and the latest series by the celebrated Iranian photographer, Shadi Ghadirian,

In addition, cultural connoisseurs can download fascinating articles from the magazine's supplement, the Canvas Guide - the ultimate international guide to Arab art and cultural events. Packed with profiles, previews and reviews of exhibitions, performances, concerts, festivals and fairs taking place around the world, www.canvasonline.com allows art lovers from Boston to Beirut to download information about what's on and where.

Editor of Canvas, Lisa Ball-Lechgar says,

'With the launch of www.canvasonline.com, the cultural wealth of the Middle East and Arab world is just a click away. Over the last two years, Canvas magazine has positioned itself as the foremost authority on the region's art and heritage. Now we are placing just some of that knowledge online so that even more people can understand and appreciate the area's culture, both ancient and modern.'