Don’t let isolation get you down. Here is a round up of five digital art displays, showcasing art from across the region to brighten up your day and provide some much needed cultural impetus.

Taking a look back at some highlights of last year. This is a round up of the best and most powerful images at Xpsoure photography festival in Sharjah. In dark times, photography has great power.

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.

Through whimsical characters and poignant poetry, Majd Kurdieh uses a childlike and cartoon-like approach to tackle subjects of war, conflict, spirituality, friendship and sadness.

“Education in arts has a much wider reach than to those who are talented in art or who want a career in the field. Arts education is a way to nurture critical thinking.” Sheikha Noora Al Mualla speaks about the importance of arts education in my latest feature.

I wrote about the sometimes tricky task of encouraging everyone to learn to love and appreciate visual art. People don’t always trust their own opinions and my advice is, anything you think and feel is the “right” reaction. Read my opinion piece here.

The countdown is on for Dubai Design Week. Now in its fifth edition, the event brings together designers and artists from all over the region for a week-long celebration of design

For emerging artists, travelling to another country to exhibit can be rewarding but also invaluable for their careers. This group show from Dubai is up in Amman for the design week.

The artwork of Najat Makki is a central part of the newly inaugurated Cultural Foundation in Abu Dhabi. Her exhibition shows her work across her career and the space also features a tribute exhibition to her talent

Portrait of an Egyptian princess who lived her life through a lens. A student and a researcher pulled together a collection of documents to tell the intriguing story of Egypt’s Princess Fawzia Fuad for an exhibition in Cairo.

Sharjah Art Foundation today announces their autumn programming. Here is a round up of the highlights.

Lorenzo Quinn is a world renowned sculptor whose signature trademark - the human hand - has allowed people to connect with his work from far and wide. I interviewed him for Shawati Magazine.

With decades of experience working in the field of cross-cultural engagement, Nasif Kayed, who is also known as The Arab Culturalist is an expert at answering tricky questions and straddling both Eastern and Western ideas.

Renowned British sculptor recently unveiled a new sculpture in Sharjah as commissioned for the grounds of the new library, House of Wisdom. Here, I caught up with him to find out more.

In this interview with master calligrapher Samir Sayegh, he talks about liberating the form from meaning and searching for new aspects to make it fresh and contemporary.

The victims of war spill far further than the front line. A moving photography exhibition in Dubai shows the results of a long-term journalistic project at an MSF hospital in Amman

The 13th edition of Art Dubai 2019 had a focus on the Global South and bringing together art from all corners of the world.

Art Week is in full swing, here is a round up of just some of the happenings on Alserkal Avenue this week.