People on the Move: 70 years of forced migration
The Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Award, in collaboration with the United Nations is showing an exhibition highlighting the plight of forced international migration over the past 70 years.
Antonia Carver on the Jameel Arts Centre
Ahead of the anticipated opening of the Jameel Arts Centre in Dubai next month, I interviewed Antonia Carver for Art Dubai.
Mohammed Kazem: A Prime Activity
An exploration and extension of painting as a medium with strong subject matter relating to the social and economic structure of the UAE makes Mohammed Kazem’s most recent show an excellent presentation both conceptually and formally.
No Place Like Home
The annual community exhibition at Gulf Photo Plus explores notions of home and belonging with images that range from tender moments and landscapes to portraits and personal objects.
Streamlining Perspectives
Three curators from three continents will offer a broad but focused experience for galleries, artists and visitors at Art Dubai 2019
Abdulqader Al Rais to open retrospective in Paris
More than 50 paintings from Abdulqader Al Rais’ long career will be shown in a major retrospective in Paris this month. It is part of the UAE’s soft power initiative, to spread awareness about the country through art and culture.
Japan and France's artistic links explored in new exhibition
The ancient aesthetic of the Far East influenced many 19th century European artists. Learn more about the connections between Japan and France in the new exhibition set to open at Louvre Abu Dhabi.
Kahlil Gibran: A Universal Philosophy Timelessly Impacted
It is 95 years since Kahlil Gibran’s seminal text The Prophet was published. This London exhibition featuring 38 Middle Eastern artists celebrates his timeless impact.
Beirut Art Fair: a celebration of creativity
Beirut Art Fair, now in its ninth edition has highlights that include a KAWS exhibition of over 40 figurines, a retrospective of Paul Guiragossian and a look back at a century of Lebanese photography
Shakespeare, Shelley and Cyberspace
With literary references in this show abound, this exhibition tantalises the senses and also throws an interesting perspective on life and love in the 21st century.
Sandi Hilal and Alessandro Petti: Permanent Temporariness
For the past seven decades, the Palestinian condition of displacement and exile has been ongoing, altering how refugees feel about the nature of their built environment. Sandi Hilal and Alessandro Petti refer to this state of a airs as “permanent temporariness,” which is also the title of their most recent exhibition at NYU Abu Dhabi.
Nicky Nodjoumi: Fractures
Nicky Nodjoumi’s use of satire, found imagery and political commentary makes Fractures a hard hitting show that also pays homage to his first and foremost priority: painting.
Paul Guiragossian: Curtain Call
Even 25 years after his death, Paul Guiragossian remains one of the region’s most prominent and most loved modernists. The most recent exhibition of his work in the UAE gathered several of his most poignant works. Here, I write about that and his enduring influence.
Digital Lives, Digital Art?
Fear of digitisation of our lives is real as we enter into the AI age. Does the answer lie in visual art? Here are some thoughts on that topic.
Abbas Akhavan: Recently
Abbas Akhavan talks site specificity, gardens and security in this podcast interview that I did for Alserkal Avenue in light of his latest exhibition at The Third Line
Barjeel Art Foundation collection to go on permanent display
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.
Highlights of Art Dubai 2018
Art Dubai 2018 is the biggest and arguably the best yet. With galleries from all over the world and emerging talent showcased alongside international names, here are some of the highlights.
Majd Kurdieh: Stealing Sadness
Majd Kurdieh is an emerging Syrian artist who uses simplicity and a poetic combination of words and metaphor to offer a plaintive cry to humanity to stop the suffering in his homeland.