Dubai may have the commercial art spaces, but once again Sharjah has advanced its claim to be a regional powerhouse in contemporary art. This time it’s Sharjah Art Foundation’s announcement of a new modern art gallery for the Emirate, along [ … ]
The Guggenheim Abu Dhabi will be ready for opening in “approximately four years”, according to an interview given by Guggenheim Foundation director Richard Armstrong on the sidelines of the Culture Summit Abu Dhabi 2019 last week. The Guggenheim Foundation led [ … ]
A new museum of contemporary Arab art could be coming to Sharjah, a move that will further enhance the Emirate’s credentials both as a powerhouse of modern art and a guardian of Arabic culture. The Barjeel Museum for Modern Arab [ … ]
There are certain requirements for any city that wants to be considered a global player, and they include a demonstration of tradition and heritage to sit alongside the bleeding-edge urban-laboratory thinking. Equally the rulers of the UAE are still in [ … ]
Louvre Abu Dhabi will be unveiling a new acquisition in its Rembrandt, Vermeer & the Dutch Golden Age exhibition opening on Thursday 14 February. Head of a young man, with clasped hands is an oil sketch painted on oak panel [ … ]
Here it is: the 2019 edition of magpie’s 50 To Follow. Like most retrospective lists, it’s intended as a conversation piece. We fully expect you to disagree with our inclusions, and with the (admittedly pretty arbitrary) ranking that we’ve given [ … ]
Louvre Abu Dhabi is coming up for its first anniversary, and three days of celebrations have been announced. The standout is a gig from Dua Lipa, but there’s also a series of pop-up spoken word performances directed by Dorian Paul [ … ]
This month will see some significant additions to the Louvre Abu Dhabi’s collections – 11 acquisitions for its permanent galleries and 40 new loans from the French museums and institutions that are the gallery’s partners (there are 13 of these, [ … ]
The Sharjah Museums Authority has signed a five-year agreement with Barjeel Art Foundation that should see more exposure for BAF’s extensive collection of modern Arab art. There will be a long-term exhibition loan of “60 to 100 paintings and sculptures [ … ]
Barcelona isn’t the most obvious candidate for comparison with Abu Dhabi, but defying the obvious is probably one of the chief goals of contemporary art. So the exhibition slated for the Manarat al Saadiyat on 2 February, lumpily titled ‘From [ … ]
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