Egyptian Pavilion announces theme for Venice 2018
The Egyptian Pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale will explore the concept of the informal city in today's digital age.
Tarek Al Ghoussein: Al Sawaber
Al Sawaber is a portrait of an abandoned housing complex in Kuwait. Tarek Al Ghoussein shows the life that used to inhabit the building through a series of images focusing on objects, interiors and architectural details.
Kuwait City captured in a photo exhibition
Farah Salem's solo exhibition sheds a different life on the urban life of Kuwait City captured in landscapes and portraits of her hometown.
:mentalKLINIK: Truish
What does it mean to live in a world of "post-truth"? How can we navigate through an emotion driven, fact-loose society? Explore all this and more in Truish, the latest exhibition by artist duo :mentalKLINIK
Paul Guiragossian solo show to open next year in Sharjah
Several pieces of Paul Guiragossian's work owned by collectors within the UAE will go on display in a solo exhibition at Barjeel Art Foundation next year.
Research Studio: Annotations
Art Jameel's Project Space is a chance for us to see what the institution will offer when it is open next year. The Research Studio is a well presented collation of some of the ongoing work dedicated to documenting the early history of the contemporary cultural scene of the UAE.
Khalid Shafar unveils a new sculpture at Design Week
Khalid Shafar is of the UAE's leading designers. His latest collaboration with LASVIT glass manufacturers is part of Dubai Design Week, 2017
Highlights of Abu Dhabi Art 2017
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.
A Night At The Museum
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
The art of the portrait with Caleb Arias
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.
Of lightness and weight: Sand
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.
What's on at Dubai Design Week: a guide
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.
Behind the Portrait
The stories behind this collection of wonderful portraits are as compelling as the images themselves.
Venice Biennale and the Arab World
A two-day conference in Venice will discuss the relationship between the Italian city and artists from the Arab world.
Appetite for Destruction: Ramin Haerizadeh
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.
Heretic Spaces: Thameur Mejri
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.
Caravan to the Dark Side of the Moon
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.
Wednesdays at the Warehouse returns
Abu Dhabi's cultural hub releases new schedule of events for Wednesdays at the Warehouse.