Sand is the title of the current exhibition at Grey Noise, where at points a viewer can feel as if they are floating on air and at other times, weighed down by gravity.

Dubai Design Week is set to host a jam-packed schedule of events, talks and workshops over a week in November. Here is my guide to navigate the highlights.

Dubai's first architectural biennial is in its planning stages. The launch pad event - Arch. Season '17 - will begin in November and collate ideas and discussions for next year's event

Several pieces from forthcoming Sotheby's sales have been unveiled in Dubai - including a very large, pink diamond and many fabulous artworks

The stories behind this collection of wonderful portraits are as compelling as the images themselves. 

A new exhibition planning platform that uses three dimensional and virtual reality technology was launched during Frieze week in London

A charity auction held by Christie's and the Dubai Noor Foundation will raise sight for visually impaired children.

A two-day conference in Venice will discuss the relationship between the Italian city and artists from the Arab world. 

Theatre of the Absurd is a group exhibition featuring artists that use architectural language in their practice and explore the relationship between the body and space

Sheikha Hoor Al Qasimi is the new director of the International Biennial Association, meaning its HQ will move to Sharjah

Some of Howard Hodgkin's great personal collection of art objects is going on sale in London. Ahead of that sale, the British painter's pieces will be on display in Dubai

A year after it started, the educational initiative set up to run in parallel with Sharjah Biennial is coming to a close. There's still time to catch a few more courses.  

A new course offering participants an in-depth look at the Italian Renaissance from its beginnings in northern Italy to its movement into the Baroque period is now on offer in Dubai. 

Ramin Haerizadeh's solo show in Dubai is both a physical and symbolic collage of works spanning over the past eight years. There is a good dose of absurdity and humour too. 

Thameur Mejri is a young Tunisian artist whose frantic, colour filled canvases express the chaotic mindset of his generation. it is not the outer figure that Mejri is interested in portraying; these are portraits of the internal landscape of the mind.

Rev Paul-Gordon Chandler founded Caravan in 2009 as a peace-building arts initiative. Now hosting annual internationally touring exhibitions, its success is all about the content.

The Montblanc de la Culture Arts Patronage Award is being brought to the MENA region for the first time. The recipients, Nadia and Rajeeb Samdani have greatly boosted contemporary art across South East Asia

Abu Dhabi's cultural hub releases new schedule of events for Wednesdays at the Warehouse.