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Next Sharjah Biennial curators announced

16 September 2023

We’re only just done with Sharjah Biennial 15 – and very good it was, too – but already Sharjah Art Foundation is announcing the curators for the Biennial’s next edition, which runs from February through June 2025. As is becoming [ … ]

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Drawing conclusions: Dubai gets a Calligraphy Biennale

28 August 2023

Dubai Culture is launching the inaugural Dubai Calligraphy Biennale in October – it runs for the whole month – with exhibitions in more than venues around the city and over 200 artists both local and international highlighting the diversity of [ … ]

Ute Meta Bauer appointed Artistic Director of second Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale

20 March 2023

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 [ … ]

Sharjah Biennial’s 30-year anniversary

1 February 2023

Sharjah Biennial 15: Thinking Historically in the Present opens next week with what looks like one of its richest ever programmes – including more than 300 artworks by (at our count) 159 artists and collectives from around the world, plus [ … ]

A Biennale for Islamic Arts

14 December 2022

The inaugural Islamic Arts Biennale, scheduled for Jeddah from 23 January to 23 April 2023, claims to be “the world’s most significant showcase of contemporary and historic works of Islamic art from across the globe”, celebrating Islamic art and culture [ … ]

Art retains its appeal (and so does Venice): Biennale visitors set records

30 November 2022

The 2022 Venice Biennale always looked like it was going to be a success – in terms of numbers, let alone the art – and so it proved: Covid restrictions and Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine couldn’t prevent a record [ … ]