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

Maitha Abdalla, Too Close to the Sun, 2021. Beyond: Emerging Artists 2021 at Biennale Arte 2022 – Courtesy of Abu Dhabi Art

BEYOND: EMERGING ARTISTS AT LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA

Beyond: Emerging Artists 2021 exhibition at Palazzo Franchetti in Venice, Italy coincides with the Biennale Arte 2022. For its first iteration in Italy, the 2021 Beyond: Emerging Artists is showcasing the commissioned artists Christopher Joshua Benton, Maitha Abdalla and Hashel…

Mleiha, Sharjah. Photo by Ali Omran. Courtesy of Sharjah Art Foundation.

SHARJAH BIENNIAL ARTISTS LIST

Sharjah Art Foundation (SAF) announced a list of over 150 artists from more than 70 countries participating in the 15th edition of the Sharjah Biennial. Conceived by the late Okwui Enwezor and curated by the Foundation’s Director Hoor Al Qasimi, Sharjah…

Jon Schueler, Look into Red, Romasaig, September 1988. Oil on canvas, 71 x 61 cm

LONDON ART FAIR 2022 IN PICTURES

London Art Fair returned from 20-24 April 2022, highlighting a selection of the best galleries from the UK and beyond. The Fair featured work by some of the world’s most renowned artists working across a variety of media, including Henry…

A GUIDE TO THE 59TH VENICE BIENNALE NATIONAL PAVILIONS – OTHERS

Lithuanian Pavilion Location: Castello 3200 and 3206, Campo de le Gate Gut Feeling is a complex and site-specific work, in which artist Robertas Narkus, manoeuvres between an honest desire to change the world, a persistent belief in the promise of…

Photo credit: Adina Pintilie, You Are Another Me—A Cathedral of the Body (2022), multi-channel installation, dimensions variable. Courtesy the artist. Exhibition photographer: Clelia Cadamuro.

A GUIDE TO THE 59TH VENICE BIENNALE NATIONAL PAVILIONS – GIARDINI

LOCATION: GIARDINI Australia Pavilion Marco Fusinato’s DESASTRES, curated by Alexie Glass-Kantor is an experimental noise project that synchronises sound with image and takes the form of a durational solo performance as installation. DESASTRES is a visceral experience of sound and…

Ayman Baalbaki, Janus Gate, 2021, matières mixtes, détail ©Ayman Baalbaki

AYMAN BAALBAKI AT THE 59TH VENICE BIENNALE

The Lebanese Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale illustrates the perpetual action of the human imagination on the reality of the world. In the exhibition The World in the Image of Man, fiction inspires and nourishes our daily lives. Ayman…

Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim: Between Sunrise and Sunset. Image Courtesy of National Pavilion UAE La Biennale di Venezia. Photo by John Varghese

A GUIDE TO THE 59TH VENICE BIENNALE NATIONAL PAVILIONS – ARSENALE

The 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, titled The Milk of Dreams, will open to the public from Saturday April 23 to Sunday November 27, 2022, at the Giardini and the Arsenale; it will be curated by…

Dan Parry-Jones, Palms and Stripes, 2021. Acrylic, oil and screen-print on board, 100 x 100 cm. Courtesy of Gala Fine Art.

WHAT TO EXPECT AT LONDON ART FAIR

London Art Fair returns from 20-24 April 2022, highlighting a selection of the best galleries from the UK and beyond. The Fair will offer both seasoned and aspiring collectors a diverse presentation of modern and contemporary art, alongside curated displays,…

Leila Alaoui, Souk de Tounfite, Moyen-Atlas (Les Marocains), 2011. Lambda print mounted on Dibond, 120 × 80 × 3 cm

ART PARIS 2022

Art Paris is back from the 7th to the 10th of April with a strong selection of 130 modern and contemporary galleries from some twenty different countries. Both regional and cosmopolitan, this 24th edition is characterised by its commitment in…

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