Experimenter Curator's Hub opens today
The seventh edition of Experimenter Curator's Hub in Kolkata is now streaming live.
Hassan Hajjaj to open solo in London
London-based photographic artist Hassan Hajjaj will open a solo show in Somerset House in October as part of 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair. La Caravane will open October 5
Two Middle Eastern galleries to show at FIAC
FIAC, France's leading art fair will feature two Middle Eastern galleries for the first time this year. Green Art Gallery from Dubai and Cairo's Gypsum Gallery will be participating in the prestigious fair
A Fast Moving Sky: a podcast
In a podcast interview with Dexter Wimberly, Anna Seaman discusses cultural hybridity and how it affects our identity to live in a multicultural world. The conversation was in the context of The Third Line's exhibition A Fast Moving Sky
Shift: Three young Saudi artists in London
This UK debut exhibition for three Saudi artists uses the metaphor of shifting desert sands to talk about rapid urbanisation and modernisation in the Gulf region.
GPP accepting entries for community photo exhibition
GPP's community exhibition Behind The Portrait, will explore portraiture taking in the environment of the subject or focusing on smaller details. The gallery is now taking submissions for entries.
Sharjah Biennial continues in Ramallah
The third off site project of Sharjah Biennial 13 will take place in Ramallah in August. Titled Shifting Ground, the symposium and launch of 10 publications explores issues of land and earth in Palestine
Modernist Women of Egypt
As Egypt struggled for sovereignty in the mid 20th century, the country's female artists were also striving for a voice, not only for themselves but across classes, gender and race.
eL Seed unveils a new wall mural in Ajman, UAE
Using freehand strokes of spray paint, eL Seed paints buildings all over the world with poignant messages and in an instantly recognisable style. His latest project is in Ajman, UAE
Frieze Sculpture Park opens to the public
Frieze Sculpture Park is London's biggest outdoor exhibition and contains some stunning sculptures from some of the world's leading contemporary artists
Dive into the magnificence of Turner with CGI technology
One of the only Turner masterpieces left in private hands is brought to glorious life with CGI technology
Abdullah Al Saadi: A UAE National Treasure
Tucked away in the mountain valleys near a village called Madha on the Omani border with the UAE, Abdullah Al Saadi’s studio is a veritable treasure trove of discovery for the art enthusiast. Al Saadi, born 1967, is one of the most prolific Emirati artists and his studio, which he built himself next to his family home, houses the results of his life-long dedication to his art.
Myriam Ben Salah Appointed as Curator for Next Year’s Abraaj Prize
The curator for next year’s edition of the Abraaj Group Art Prize is Myriam Ben Salah. Born in Tunisia and based in Paris, Ben Salah has been coordinating special projects and public programs at Palais de Tokyo since 2009 with a special focus on performance art, video and publishing initiatives. She is also Editor-in-Chief of the international edition of Kaleidoscope Magazine.
Prominent Middle Eastern Galleries Participating in Art Basel
Art Basel is one of the most important contemporary art fairs in the world. More than 280 of the world’s leading galleries exhibit the works of over 4,000 artists during its four-day run in the Swiss city.
Living Shrines: Lisa Ross
Listening to a description of the materials that feature in Lisa Ross’s photographic series Living Shrines, raises doubts as to where, exactly, the living element comes in.
Artists Spotted at Art Dubai, Now Showing at Venice Biennale
In Between the Lines, an installation by Issay Rodriguez and Katherine Nuñez from Manila was composed of books made from fabric and sheafs of papers carefully crocheted alongside study desk paraphernalia such as paper clips that had also been labouriously stitched.
The Baby Whisperer: Anne Geddes on International Fame and Regional Work
Geddes does not consider her overwhelmingly cute subjects to be props for elaborate costumes. She is an artist and the babies in her photographs are part of a narrative. "The babies are not dressed up like insects or animals, they are playing roles as those characters," she says. "For me, my work is all about storytelling and I am giving them a voice."
Artists Run New York: The Seventies
Terry Smith, an art critic, outlined this definition by saying that although artists in the 1970s and 1980s did not want to define their work, it would eventually be labelled as conceptual – the goal was to keep the audience guessing, not offer answers to themselves or their viewers – and to keep themselves at a critical distance from the very institutions they were railing against.