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How Manal Ataya, the director of Sharjah Museums Authority, steered her mammoth team of museum staff and institutions through 2020 to emerge stronger and set an example for the digital future

The fifth edition of Sharjah’s Xposure International Photography Festival showed the power of photography to make real and lasting change and the impact of a story well told.

Tarek Atoui is a visual artist and musician interested in the corporal experience of sound and listening. He has collaborated with Sharjah Art Foundation for more than a decade, culminating in Cycles in 11, his first institutional exhibition.

Chants Mystique was a painting the artist never thought she would see again. An avid collector from Sharjah tracked it down and now it is part of Barjeel Art Foundation’s permanent collection.

Art In The Age of Anxiety: a timely, tightly curated exhibition of contemporary art, so relevant for our current era and enlightening in its presentation

Art, art, art. Alserkal Avenue is back with nine new exhibition openings and late night entry. All, of course, at an appropriate and sanitised distance.

Sheikha Hoor Al Qasimi is a true game changer. Thanks to her work at the Sharjah Art Foundation, she has led the way to great regional impact that has created ripples around the world. She is passionate, hard working and visionary - a real asset to the art and cultural landscape in the UAE and beyond.

After almost six months of closure, Warehouse 421 in Abu Dhabi has finally opened its doors to the public.

A retrospective show of the work of Mohamed Melehi will go on display in Dubai next month. Melehi was one of the pioneering artists of his generation and a founder of the radical Casablanca school.

Don’t miss these live creative and artistic events happening over the next few days.

Winners of the 2020 Christo and Jeanne Claude announced. The trio will be awarded a grant to realise the installation that will be revealed later this year.

As part of region-wide efforts to support the creative sector, Warehouse 421 has launched a revival fund to help creative people to survive the Covid-19 pandemic.

You still need to make an appointment but thanks to the lifting of restrictions across Dubai, galleries are beginning to reopen their doors. Alserkal Avenue has a temporary entrance for temperature checks and don’t forget to wear your face mask.