CULTURE

A new monograph of Marwan Rechmaoui charts the artist’s obsessive mapping of the destruction and reconstruction of Beirut over a period of 20 years Part landscape, part sculpture, part [...]

Rashid Rana encourages a re-reading of the meaning of time, location and art itself Many of the classical European paintings from the 17th to 19th centuries have become instantly recognisable by [...]

Sharjah-based writer and art collector Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi reveals a selection of his favourite books and talks about using culture to counter the shortcomings of mass and social media Sultan [...]

French artist Emeric Lhuisset’s latest project uses the ruins of an ancient Mesopotamian city to warn of the potential for a water war in Iraq’s future In southern Iraq, in the modern-day Dhi Qar [...]

From its landmark position in the hills above Zürich, the Dolder Grand offers guests a glorious art collection amid a spectacular setting The Dolder Grand, set in the scenic Swiss city of Zürich, [...]

Van Cleef & Arpels’ stunning jewels are set to add sparkle to Dubai’s shining pearl of the Opera District Were it to have been built in any other of the world’s major cities, the opening of a [...]

Through his emotional photographs, Robert Polidori captures ephemeral moments in time Relics of a past existence, leftover traces of human passage, densely populated neighbourhoods fraying at the [...]

Lebanese architecture firm Youssef Tohme Architects and Associates reimagines Bordeaux The French city of Bordeaux is in the throes of a renaissance. In an ambitious urban plan initiated by [...]

Through his emotional photographs, Robert Polidori captures ephemeral moments in time Relics of a past existence, leftover traces of human passage, densely populated neighbourhoods fraying at the [...]