Abu Dhabi Art 2017 coincides with the opening of the Louvre Abu Dhabi. Galleries, curators and programmers are pulling out all the stops for what should be a great fair. 

During a one-night only exhibition at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, audiences were asked to reconsider the relationship between ancient Pharaonic artifacts and contemporary Egyptian art

Caleb Arias is a super cool and talented portrait photographer. He took my new shots, so I thought I would share with readers a few of his images. 

Sand is the title of the current exhibition at Grey Noise, where at points a viewer can feel as if they are floating on air and at other times, weighed down by gravity.

Dubai Design Week is set to host a jam-packed schedule of events, talks and workshops over a week in November. Here is my guide to navigate the highlights.

The stories behind this collection of wonderful portraits are as compelling as the images themselves. 

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

Ramin Haerizadeh's solo show in Dubai is both a physical and symbolic collage of works spanning over the past eight years. There is a good dose of absurdity and humour too. 

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.

Rev Paul-Gordon Chandler founded Caravan in 2009 as a peace-building arts initiative. Now hosting annual internationally touring exhibitions, its success is all about the content.

Abu Dhabi's cultural hub releases new schedule of events for Wednesdays at the Warehouse. 

Portrait of a Nation collates the artwork of 50 contemporary artists from the UAE with a central theme reflecting on their homeland and the influence it has had on their practice. Originally shown in Abu Dhabi in 2016, it is now travelling to Berlin.

Cities of Conviction explores the parallels between cities in Saudi Arabia and Salt Lake City, which are centres of religious pilgrimage and have several other elements of shared history.

In Christine Macel's statement for the current (57th) edition of the Venice Biennale she wrote: "Today, in a world full of conflicts and shocks, art bears witness to the most precious part of what makes us human. Art is the ultimate ground for reflection, individual expression, freedom, and for fundamental questions."

Good Printing is an exhibition that explores the medium of print without showing any prints. The 10 artists have work that questions the nature of reproduction and the originality of the image

I AM is a touring exhibition of work by Middle Eastern female artists, which attempts to redress engrained stereotypes. It is currently showing in London

In a podcast interview with Dexter Wimberly, Anna Seaman discusses cultural hybridity and how it affects our identity to live in a multicultural world. The conversation was in the context of The Third Line's exhibition A Fast Moving Sky

As Egypt struggled for sovereignty in the mid 20th century, the country's female artists were also striving for a voice, not only for themselves but across classes, gender and race.