The award-winning author and investigative journalist turned contemporary artist debuts a suite of intimate and autobiographical works that pay homage to his Tunisian and Moroccan-Egyptian grandparents. The works also explore his coming-of-age experiences throughout his tenure in Beijing. When called by the Master artist Ai Weiwei regarding Mr. Hayoun’s debut novel, which Weiwei found “exquisite”, their brief conversation inspired Massoud to dig deeper, where he found himself immersed in painting. These works are the beginning of that conversation.