Sharjah Art Foundation’s annual photography exhibition Vantage Point Sharjah returns for its 11th edition from 14 October to 14 January, featuring artists “whose work challenges established notions of photographic practices” – four individuals and one collective, chosen through an international [ … ]
Sharjah Art Foundation has announced the five winners of this year’s Vantage Point Photography Awards, presented during the opening of the Vantage Point Sharjah exhibition at Al Hamriyah Studios last Friday. First prize and $5,000 went to Md Fazla Rabbi [ … ]
The recently-announced winners of the eleventh season of the Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Award are sharing a total prize fund this year of $450,000, making it the largest available monetary reward among photography competitions. The [ … ]
The winners of HIPA’s World’s Coolest Winter Photography Competition have been announced. There were more than 2,800 submissions from the 2,176 participants, who hailed from a total of 89 countries – mostly from the UAE (428) or India (424) with [ … ]
Top UAE photographer Waleed Shah has launched a novel NFT project that aims to support local talent, explain and popularise the use of NFTs, and provide ongoing revenue for the subjects in the form a lifetime royalty on resales of [ … ]
Sharjah’s Xposure International Photography Festival is adding a year-round presence with the launch of Gallery X, a permanent gallery for a curated selection of photography. Gallery X, which will open 20 December, will be housed in the Al Majaz Amphitheatre [ … ]
Sharjah Art Foundation announced the winners of its inaugural photography prize at the opening of Vantage Point Sharjah 9 (VPS9) in Al Hamriyah Studios. Presenting works by 53 photographers from 30 countries ad selected from more than 500 entries, the [ … ]
The Bulgari Contemporary Art Award is a new addition to the roster of opportuniites available to UAE-based artists. It’s not an open call, however, despite the promises that it will “support and inspire talents and empower them to be globally [ … ]
Would you buy more art if it was easy? If it was easy to find something you like, easy to specify the size and frame, easy to hang it? That’s the idea behind a customised photo-print service called inkopia which [ … ]
Five winners has been selected from a record 1,600 entries for the Timothy Allen Photography Scholarship Award (TAPSA) at Sharjah’s Xposure International Photography Festival next year. The award, for travel and documentary photography, aims to highlight the work of lesser [ … ]
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