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As the latest Art Dubai fair opens, the city's art scene is maturing, with international collectors and curators snapping up young Emirati artists

The rejection of Defne Ayas as curator of the 2024 biennial in favour of Iwona Blazwick reveals the increasing limitations of artistic freedom in Turkey

AT THE DAWN OF THE CENTURY, no special sign presaged Sharjah’s rise to its present status as an artistic incubator and arguably today’s most influential hub of research and creation focused on what is now called the Global South. Yes, its ruler, Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, launched the Sharjah Biennial in 1993. But in its early editions, the exhibition was relatively staid, presenting neo-modernist art from Arab and Muslim countries on the national-pavilion model. Compared with glitzy Dubai, the city of Sharjah, capital of the eponymous emirate, was (and remains) low-rise and con...

DUBAI: A lone figure dressed in black sits cross-legged on the desert sands while facing a makeshift fishing hut, as dozens of birds fly over. The location is the island of Jubabibat — one of many that make up Abu Dhabi’s expansive yet little known archipelago — the man is artist and teacher Tarek Al-Ghoussein, who died unexpectedly in New York on June 11 at the age of 60. The

The Media Line Staff Tue, 15 Dec 2020 14:00 - 15:30 Greenwich Mean Time (UTC±0) A series of talks exploring our complex relationship with cultural heritage. Feat. artists, musicians, architects, academics & curators. We have a complex relationship with cultural heritage. In celebrating its riches, we must also acknowledge the challenges it presents us. From the smallest fragment of a poem to a vast archaeological site, protecting, preserving and interpreting cultural heritage is essential for interrogating identities, developing understanding and imagining futures. Different people lay clai...