Sharjah has massive international cultural credibility already, with the Biennial, the museums, the Maraya Arts Centre, and the Sharjah Arts Foundation. But it seems that’s not enough: this December sees the arrival of “Sharjah’s first annual festival of, culture, art, [ … ]
The next Sharjah Biennial – SB14, running 7 March to 10 June 2019 – will show just short of 90 artists from around the globe and more than 60 new commissions. There’s a very contemporary curatorial theme: Leaving the Echo [ … ]
On 8 November 2017, the new Louvre Abu Dhabi opened its doors. Its huge domed roof covers a medina of white cubes surrounded by the water, making the most of the poetry of its situation: the advantage of being on [ … ]
A new publicly-accessible Photography Studio opens at Manarat Al Saadiyat on 3 October, with facilities for photographers, workshops and exhibitions. The services available include a studio available for rent, a digital lab, classrooms, and a large workspace including a makeup [ … ]
The fallout over the Abraaj Group’s financial troubles continues, and there does seem to be some impact on Dubai’s art scene – though possibly not quite as much as The Art Newspaper thinks. It carried a story last week headlined [ … ]
“No more than a glorified anecdote, and not too probable at that” wrote HL Mencken, doyen of 1920s literary critics, in his slightly sniffy 1925 review of The Great Gatsby. True, he liked the book’s “careful and brilliant finish”; but [ … ]
The winner of the 2018 Dyson Award for the UAE – the first time the country has entered the competition – is an improved wheelchair for disabled air travellers. The Air Chair enables individuals with disabilities to use one wheelchair [ … ]
Art Jameel has announced the programmng for the much-anticipated Jameel Arts Centre, the first independent ‘cultural destination’ in Dubai. Due to open on 11 November, it’s a three-storey multi-role development over 10,000-square metres of Creekside Jadaf; right now it’s floating [ … ]
The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi has been refining its offer in the last year or so. First came priced tickets, which fixed one of the problems with freebies (no-shows) and helped out with another (it’s expensive running an [ … ]
“The Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi announces the postponement of the unveiling of Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi,” said the tweet on Monday 3 September. “More details will be announced soon.” The big reveal for the world’s [ … ]
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