The 11th edition of the Sharjah Children’s Book Illustration Award received a total of 1,300 submissions from 280 artists – 135 of them from Arab countries – and its jury has selected 235 works from 85 artists to compete for [ … ]
Dubai Culture is collaborating with Alserkal Arts Foundation to deliver a series of three projects under the Dubai Public Art umbrella. This is the third of five such collaborations that aim to bring art to the city’s public spaces; the [ … ]
The Diriyah Biennale Foundation says it is “delighted” to announce the appointment of Ute Meta Bauer, as Artistic Director of the second edition of its Contemporary Art Biennale, scheduled for January 2024 – and well it might be. Ute Meta [ … ]
The Dubai Collection, the loaned collection of modern and contemporary art for the emirate of Dubai, has announced a series of events under the title Dubai Collection Nights. It’s due to become an annual week-long diary date, with its first [ … ]
One of the functions of art, and particularly of art exhibitions, and most especially of not-for-profit exhibitions that carry an explicit theme, is to encourage reflection. Yes, there should be a visceral, personal reaction: at its best, the art will [ … ]
The artists shortlisted for the first Dubai Public Art commission, a piece to be installed in an Al Hudaiba park that overlooks Etihad Museum and Union House, have been announced. Dubai Public Art is a Dubai Culture strategy to put [ … ]
A shortlist of six novels has been named for the 16th International Prize for Arabic Fiction. Each of the authors gets $10,000, with the winner – to be announced in Abu Dhabi on 21 May – receiving an additional $50,000. There [ … ]
On the edge of the Al Jazeera Al Hamra festival village for the ongoing Ras Al Khaimah Fine Arts Festival is an installation of 36 carefully placed stones. Seen from above they form the shape of a stylised bird, the [ … ]
Alserkal’s Majlis Talks on 28 February represent a useful contribution to the UAE art scene. A key part of Alserkal Art Week, they’re informal, commendably short, and meaty; as such they should provide both stimulus and incentive – a taster [ … ]
Art Dubai’s organisers say the 2023 programme is the fair’s most extensive and ambitious to date, cementing its increasing significance in the international art market and in particular celebrating the March dates as “the meeting point for the Global South’s [ … ]
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