FAIRS

Relax, and sit back in your armchair as we travel the world for you, sharing the latest and greatest highlights of art fairs around the globe

While the Coffee Grounds Settle

WHILE THE COFFEE GROUNDS SETTLE: STORIES FROM WOMEN IN THE UAE

UAE EMBASSY AND DIRWAZA CURATORIAL LAB ART EXHIBITION SHOWCASES CONTEMPORARY ART FROM THE EMIRATES Exhibition featuring works by women who are shaping the UAE’s thriving arts and culture scene. A contemporary art exhibition featuring works by female artists in the…

Ahmed Cherkaoui, (Boujad, Morocco, 1934–Casablanca, 1967), Les miroirs rouges (Red Mirrors), 1965

TAKING SHAPE – ABSTRACTION FROM THE ARAB WORLD

Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University presents Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World 1950s–1980s A groundbreaking exhibition drawn from the collection of the Barjeel Art Foundation based in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. The exhibition explores mid-20th-century abstract art from…

Park Nina - Août Gallery

‘Genuine Rhythm’ at Août Gallery

Août Gallery is pleased to present the newest body of works featuring ten international artists who, even though they vary in their compositional rhythm, ultimately establish a connection through confiding in the intrinsic genuineness of their own work. From 6th…

UAE’s participation at 16th Lyon Biennale

UAE’S ARTISTS AT 16TH LYON BIENNALE OF CONTEMPORARY ART

Ministry of Culture and Youth and the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi announce UAE’s participation at 16th Lyon Biennale of Contemporary Art Abu Dhabi, September 25, 2022: The Ministry of Culture and Youth has announced the participation of three…

THE JOURNEY, SOLO EXHIBITION OF KHALED ZAKI

“Mount the stallion of love and do not fear the path, love’s stallion knows the way exactly. With one leap, love’s horse will carry you home” – Rumi Next week we welcome you into The Journey, a Khaled Zaki solo…

Rabee Kiwan, Untitled, 2021, mixed media on canvas, 130 x 130 cm

BLACK BY RABEE KIWAN

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION The exhibition, titled Black on display recent works by the artist revealing the human face and body in various states of heightened expression all painted with varying amounts of black paint. The figures, often forlorn and melancholic,…

NAVJOT ALTAF | PATTERN

Navjot Altaf’s practice stands at the intersection of art and activism. With a career spanning over five decades, she is among the leading voices of her generation to regard art as a medium of social change. Formerly based in Bombay,…

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WALKTHROUGH TERRAFORM WITH ANIA SOLIMAN

“The drawings of Ania Soliman constitute a complex body of research into how the switch from theory to practice, from world-views to worlds, or from epistemology to ontology, unveils many dilemmas. […] Soliman’s work deals with much more than lines…

In Courtesy Of The 16Th Lyon Biennale

THE 16TH LYON BIENNALE: MANIFESTO OF FRAGILITY POSITIONS FRAGILITY

 The 16th Lyon Biennale: manifesto of fragility positions fragility at the heart of a generative form of resistance that is emboldened by the past, responsive to the present and primed for the future. In acknowledging fragility as one of…

WHAT TO EXPECT AT CONTEMPORARY ISTANBUL 2022

Contemporary Istanbul in its 17th edition, in partnership with Akbank, will be held between September 17-22, 2022. This year the fair will welcome visitors to Tersane Istanbul, a new venue located in the historical Ottoman-era shipyards on the picturesque shores…

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