Chants Mystique was a painting the artist never thought she would see again. An avid collector from Sharjah tracked it down and now it is part of Barjeel Art Foundation’s permanent collection.

Collector, patron, supporter, commentator, inspiration. Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi has worked at raising the profile of Arab art across the world, for more than a decade.

Whilst the Barjeel Art Foundation's schedule of hosting regular international and domestic exhibitions will be coming to a close, the work will be on permanent display in the Sharjah Art Museum. 

Barjeel Art Foundation's latest acquisition celebrates a poem by Muzaffar Al Nawab and is one of Dia Azzawi's most important works

A two-day conference in Venice will discuss the relationship between the Italian city and artists from the Arab world. 

Thameur Mejri is a young Tunisian artist whose frantic, colour filled canvases express the chaotic mindset of his generation. it is not the outer figure that Mejri is interested in portraying; these are portraits of the internal landscape of the mind.

Apollo Magazine's list of 40 influential people under 40 in the art world includes several people working to raise the profile of artists from the Middle East and North Africa