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

Abdul Rahman Katanani, Girl Sitting, 2021. Corrugated metal, oil barrel, 145 × 140 cm

ART PARIS 2021

Art Paris has established itself as a major art fair for modern and contemporary art. The 2021 edition brings together 140 galleries from over twenty countries, displaying art spanning post-war to the contemporary period. Whilst Art Paris is a place…

White Building, still

TEN DIVERSE FILMS SELECTED FOR THE 78TH VENICE FILM FESTIVAL

Ten films supported by the Doha Film Institute (DFI) have been selected to screen at the 2021 Venice International Film Festival, from 1 to 11 September 2021. One of the largest selections of films funded by DFI to be shown…

Sophie Ristelhueber, Sunset Years #6, 2019. Pigment printing on Baryta Prestige 340gr Fine Art paper, 120 x 158 x 5 cm

ARCOMADRID 2021

ARCOmadrid brings together this year a total of 130 galleries from 26 countries, of which 105 form part of the General Programme. The fair is ongoing until the 11th of July. Here’s our selection from galleries adn galeria Abdelkader Benchamma´s…

Crystallization experiments at waiwai office. Image courtesy National Pavilion UAE – La Biennale di Venezia and waiwai

YOU, ME AND THE FUTURE | VENICE ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE

Highlights of the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale Organised by La Biennale di Venezia and curated by Lebanese architect, scholar, and educator Hashim Sarkis, the highly anticipated 17th Venice Architecture Biennale announced its theme as an open question: “How Will We…

Yvonne Michiels, NY by night, 2019. Photography on dibond with plexiglass editing, 100 x 100 cm

ART MADRID 2021

The 16th edition of Art Madrid hosts 32 national and international galleries that are committed to reactivating the art market worldwide. The fair is taking place at the Crystal Gallery in Palacio de Cibeles to celebrate another year of success,…

Yoriyas (Maroc), Street Prayer- Série Casablanca, not the movie, 2018, pigment print, 40 x 60 cm, edition of 7, Courtesy of Yoriyas and the 193 Gallery

MENART FAIR 2021

MENART FAIR is the first international modern and contemporary art fair, dedicated to artists from the Middle East & North Africa, presented by major galleries. For this first edition, some twenty international galleries are gathered for four days in the…

Paradise Has Many Gates – Daytime, by Ajlan Gharem, 2015. © Photograph: Ajlan Gharem

JAMEEL PRIZE: POETRY TO POLITICS

The sixth edition of the Jameel Prize has chosen design as a new thematic focus this year. Over 400 entries were received from designers all over the world however only eight designers were shortlisted by an international jury that included…

A Roof for Silence - Fouad Elkoury, Olivier de Bchaaleh 16, 2019 © Fouad Elkoury

LEBANESE PAVILION | BIENNALE ARCHITETTURA 2021

In the context of the Lebanese Pavilion at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, Hala Wardé, the architect and founder of HW Architecture, who realised the Louvre Abu Dhabi with Jean Nouvel, presents A Roof for…

Massimiliano Moro, Simple Coincidences, 2020. Wood, aluminium, plexyglass, LEDs, motor, 135 × 17 × 22 cm

INTERSECT 21 | DESIGN HIGHLIGHTS

This week we’re highlighting some designs from Intersect 21. Imago Galleries Commissioned installation for vintage airstream. Edward Cella Art and Architecture Brad Miller’s abstract, mixed-media paintings, digital prints, sculptures, ceramics and lithographs express the physical properties of organic systems. “Constantly…

Nabil Anani, In Pursuit of Utopia #17, 2020. Mixed media on canvas, 100 × 100 cm

INTERSECT 21

Intersect 21 presents a selection of galleries from Southern California, the Middle East, and North Africa. The Fair explores the similarities and differences in contemporary art, design, and photography fields with a focus on art and place. The fair is…

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