In March 2022, when the 14th edition of the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature got underway, so did the first year-long edition of First Chapter, the ELF Seddiqi Writers’ Fellowship. The programme, the first of its kind in the region, is a platform for aspiring writers from the UAE aiming to identify and nurture emerging writing talent, elevating it to an international standard and bringing it to global attention.
Read MoreAfter a three-year hiatus, Sharjah Biennial will return next March. It is a landmark moment also for the event, as SB15 will realise the dreams of its curator, who died in 2019. Here, Anna Seaman gives a short preview ahead of the 2023 event.
Read MoreOne of the most prolific artists in the UAE, Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim crafts his work in the mountains of Sharjah’s Khorfakkan and represents his nation at the 2022 Venice Biennale.
Read MoreThis story is tinged with sadness as the artist Ismail Khayat is in a coma since having an accident in 2019. Sharjah Art Museum will celebrate his practice with a landmark show.
Read MorePatricia Millns is an artistic institution in the UAE. At Maraya Art Centre, in October 2022, she will have her her first solo exhibition in a decade.
Read MoreFeaturing the UAE’s contemporary artists, galleries, foundations and educators who have contributed to the development and growth of the national arts sector.
An exploration into this unique form of art using Arabic lettering. Edited by Charbel Dagher, Translated by Samir Mahmoud, Published by Skira.
Read MoreManaging and editing exhibition catalogue published for the Barjeel Art Foundation.
Read MoreThis narrative style book charts eL Seed’s most ambitious artistic mural that was installed over 50 buildings in the Manshiyat Nasr neighbourhood of Cairo in 2016. Written and published by eL Seed.
Read MoreThe accompanying publication for an exhibition of the same name at L’Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris. Published by Dubai Culture
Read MoreCo-edited by Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi and Todd Reisz and published by Birkhäuser this book charts the architectural and vernacular history of the emirate of Sharjah.
Read MoreThe autobiography of Fatima Daoui, a Moroccan TV anchor at Al Arabiya news station. Published by Dreamworks Collective
Read More50U a book about the United Arab Emirates. It was published on the occasion of the UAE’s Golden Jubilee, celebrating December 2, 1971, when the confederation of seven Gulf states was officially declared. Featuring 50 portraits to encapsulate the nation. Published by Archis, designed by Irma Boom. Commissioned by Yasser Bin Khediya
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THE ARTIST WHO INSPIRED PICASSO By Anna Seaman This year marks the tenth anniversary of Lasting Impressions, an annual event...
Read MoreART MATERIAL MAN Taking a measured approach to reconstructing the past and presentingit as contemporary art, Khalid Al Banna straddles...
Read MoreBETWEEN MEMORY AND REALITY Hrair Sarkissian: The Other Side of Silence explores the myriad ways in which contested histories are...
Read MoreNARRATIVES FROM THE PAST Thirty new acquisitions go on show at Barjeel Art Foundation’s rotating five-year exhibition. By Anna Seaman...
Read MorePOETRY IN MOTION eL Seed is on a global journey to unite people through art and a love of the...
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