As part of the one-year celebrations at Louvre Abu Dhabi, Salem Al Mansoori created an interactive and digital artwork that utilised visitor date and cast it into a starry constellation.

As part of an investigation into the use of Arabic script in art, I peered into the practice of Hassan Hajjaj to find out more about his fusion of Pop and Arabic culture and his overriding positivity.

Letters is an exhibition that takes its cue from Omar Saif Ghobash’s novel Letters To A Young Muslim. It cleverly captures through a range of artists from UAE and Saudi, the predicament of today’s young Muslim.

Ways of Seeing is the third iteration of an exhibition that takes its roots in the seminal 1970s text by John Berger. It asks audiences to question the methods of viewing the works and includes leading Emirati artists for the Abu Dhabi edition.

Curatorial pairing Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath chosen to curate the UAE’s National Pavilion for the 2019 Venice Biennale.

Abdulqader Al Rais is one of the first Emirati’s to pursue art as a professional career and his versatile talent has served him well over his five decade career. A large international retrospective of his work is now on show in Paris.

Shaikha Al Mazrou explores with colour, form and materiality to create visual illusions based within the formal language of minimalism in her debut solo exhibition in Dubai

Marina Tabussum is one of the winner’s of the 2018 Jameel Prize. Here, I speak to her about her win and her other projects where she sees architecture as having an integral role to play in the community.

Through his exhibition titled Full Special, Lantian Xie offers a humourous and ironic look at life in the UAE and all its bizarre idiosyncrasies.

The new season at Alserkal Avenue will open with a celebratory evening filled with art and dance. The first Alserkal Lates is on September 24.

The newly rebuilt Africa Hall in Sharjah will play host to a number of conferences, symposia and other cultural events including opening night performances by Senegalese singer songwriter Youssou N’Dour

As an artist focused on creating work for the public arena, eL Seed relinquished a conventional career in commercial art and instead focuses on the utopian vision of spreading peace and tolerance through art. With such bold ideas, he has taken his work all over the world.

For those of you in Dubai over the summer, Alserkal Avenue’s summer programme kicks off this week with a carefully curated programme of events.

Ways of Seeing, Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath’s touring exhibition will open in NYU Abu Dhabi after the summer. It has been reworked to include new artists from the UAE and others.

The wait is over. Salvator Mundi will be revealed to the world on September 18, 2018 at Louvre Abu Dhabi

A land artist and one of the UAE’s finest talents, Mohammed Ahmed Ibrahim’s retrospective exhibition is still running at Sharjah Art Foundation. Read about my studio visit earlier this year.

The Diving Bell & The Butterfly explores artistic practices that places themselves within some kind of restriction but also celebrate creative freedom. Curated by me, Anna Seaman, the show was contains the work of 11 artists who either live and work in the region or who have roots in the Middle East.

The ever-popular Rain Room opened its first permanent edition in Sharjah.