Changing the art landscape in the UAE
It was a game changer when it opened in November, here are some of my thoughts about the Jameel Arts Centre and if you haven’t been yet, I encourage you all to go.
Sharjah Islamic Arts Festival: Horizon
The one-month Sharjah Islamic Arts Festival is back for a bigger and better edition this year. Alongside several top-class art presentations, there are also 161 workshops will be held in subjects such as calligraphy, Islamic ornamentation and sand-writing as well as lectures and artist tours.
Back to the Future
The Dubai Future Foundation is the home of visionary foresight and thanks to several innovative initiatives, the foundation is driving the UAE forward towards its goals of being 10 times ahead of the rest of the world.
A 100-year journey through Japanese books
This exhibition of book design takes viewers on a journey through art, architecture, cosmology and philosophy, as well as words.
Apply for Arts Writing and Research programme
Apply now for this three month art writing residency at the Jameel Arts Centre. A great opportunity for anyone looking to extend their scholarly research and practice.
Fernando Botero: A Still Life Retrospective
Columbian artist Fernando Botero is well known for his art using exaggerated volume and rounded forms. He is currently holding his first retrospective in the Middle East and it focuses solely on his still life works.
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.