The art market last year confirmed a strong recovery from the pandemic, with a return to live sales with steady growth in online business. Aggregate sales of art and antiques by dealers and auction houses reached an estimated $65.1 billion [ … ]
More than 140 artists from over 70 countries have been listed for Sharjah Biennial 15 to realise the vision of the late Okwui Enwezor. It’s a genuinely impressive roster that include a number of major international figures active across a [ … ]
The 14th Emirates Airline Festival of Literature held in February certainly demonstrated how quickly it was able to recover from the effects of the pandemic: more than 105,000 people attended the Festival, either in person or through the online sessions, [ … ]
Sharjah Art Museum doesn’t always get the attention it deserves, so it’s a pleasure to mark its 25th birthday this month. The museum as an institution has actually been going since 1995, housed originally in Bait Al Serkal (currently an [ … ]
‘World jazz’ is a sometimes overused concept that covers adding some non-Western musical elements – usually rhythms, sometimes instruments – to the structures of traditional (aka Western) jazz. Too often that’s as far as it goes; but the best of [ … ]
The Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation reports that participation in its annual Project Design Space competition for schools is higher than ever for its sixth edition. More than 2,500 students are taking part, not least because the contest has [ … ]
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