Mohamed Abla: The Silk Road

Mohamed Abla has explored paper marbling and folktales from across centuries in his latest exhibition, The Silk Road. Playful and enchanting, the pieces also emit a sense of time passing.

Most Popular, ReviewsAnna SeamanOctober 12, 2017Mohamed Abla, The Silk Road, Tabari Artspace

Of lightness and weight: Sand

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.

What's on at Dubai Design Week: a guide

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.

Features, Editor's PicksAnna SeamanOctober 9, 2017Dubai Design Week, Abwab, Global Grad Show, Khalid Shafar

Dubai launches first architecture biennial

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

NewsAnna SeamanOctober 9, 2017Alserkal Avenue, SVENM, Sonia Brewin, Architecture Biennial

Highlights from Sotheby's Dubai auction are unveiled

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

News, Most PopularAnna SeamanOctober 8, 2017Sotheby's, Ali Banisadr, Kader Attia

Behind the Portrait

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

VR exhibition planning launched during Freize Week

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

NewsAnna SeamanOctober 4, 2017Ikonospace, Walter Paice, Joris Demnard, Frieze

Art4Sight auction to raise funds for visually impaired

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

News, Most PopularAnna SeamanOctober 2, 2017eL Seed, Manal Al Dowayan, Latifa Bint Maktoum, Art4Sight, Christie's

Venice Biennale and the Arab World

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

Theatre of the Absurd

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 is the new IBA president

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

Howard Hodgkin: Portrait of The Artist

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

NewsAnna SeamanSeptember 25, 2017Sotheby's, Howard Hodgkin, Bhupen Khakhar, Dubai

Sharjah's Biennial School in final flourish

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.

NewsAnna SeamanSeptember 24, 2017Sharjah Biennial, Christine Tohme, Sharjah Art Foundation, Hind Al Qasimi

Decoding the Italian Renaissance

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.

NewsAnna SeamanSeptember 22, 2017Rose Balston, XVA Gallery, Italian Renaissance

Appetite for Destruction: Ramin Haerizadeh

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.

Reviews, Editor's PicksAnna SeamanSeptember 21, 2017Ramin Haerizadeh, Gallery Isabelle Van Den Eynde, Reorient

Heretic Spaces: Thameur Mejri

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.

Reviews, Editor's PicksAnna SeamanSeptember 19, 2017Thameur Mejri, El Marsa, Heretic Spaces, Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi

Caravan to the Dark Side of the Moon

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.

Features, Editor's PicksAnna SeamanSeptember 15, 2017Caravan, Paul-Gordon Chandler, Cairo, Mohamed Abla, Omar Sharif, I AM, Janet Rady

Global cultural patronage award comes to Dubai

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