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Sharjah Art Foundation

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Palestinian Artist Pulls Out of Sharjah Exhibition Over UAE-Israel Diplomatic Agreement

by Hakim Bishara August 20, 2020November 5, 2020

“I could not have a relationship with a regime that is now officially complicit in the Israeli occupation of Palestinians,” said Mohamed Badarne, a Berlin-based artist.

Posted inArt

Considering Contemporary Strategies of Activist Curating and Art Making in Sharjah

by Nicola Gray August 16, 2018August 29, 2018

Part II of a report on the 2018 Spring Exhibitions in Sharjah and the March Meeting.

Posted inArt

Six Shows in Sharjah Challenge Curators to Look Beyond the Usual Suspects

by Nicola Gray August 15, 2018September 2, 2018

Part I of two reports from the 2018 Spring Exhibitions and the March Meeting in Sharjah.

Posted inPodcast

Egyptian Surrealism and the Quest to Define Modern Art in Egypt

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian January 5, 2017April 19, 2022

Hyperallergic travels to Cairo to see one among a new wave of exhibitions that are reintroducing Egyptian modern art to a wider audience.

Posted inArt

Best of 2016: Our Top 15 Exhibitions Around the World

Avatar photo by Hyperallergic December 30, 2016March 1, 2017

Our picks for the best art shows in the world this year.

Posted inArt

From Ancient Forms, an Artist Shapes a New Lexicon

by Bansie Vasvani June 1, 2016June 2, 2016

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates — Simone Fattal’s ancient-looking artifacts beckon from afar.

Posted inArt

Two Lebanese Artists Reconstruct an Annihilated History

by Ari Akkermans May 9, 2016May 11, 2016

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates — The show looks to answer the questions: How can we produce memory out of situations in which history has been annihilated? How can archeologists reconstruct sites in-situ where all the elements have gone missing?

Posted inArt

An Iranian Artist Who Found a Form of Resistance in Nature

by Bansie Vasvani May 9, 2016May 11, 2016

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates — For the renegade Iranian artist Farideh Lashai, landscape painting became a reflexive gesture to experiment with new forms and animated methods.

Posted inArt

The Underexplored Histories of Modern and Contemporary Art in the United Arab Emirates

Avatar photo by Dorian Batycka March 9, 2016March 11, 2016

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates — In the words of French philosopher Jacques Derrida, “there is no political power without control of the archive, if not memory.”

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60 Art World Luminaries Pressure UAE on “Chilling Precedent” Set by Recent Bans

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian June 1, 2015June 3, 2015

The directors of some of the world’s most important art institutions, including the Tate and MoMA, have written a letter to UAE-affiliated art organizations asserting that “artists and academics should be allowed free passage to conduct research and work that is done in a peaceful and productive manner.”

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Professors Weigh in on Academic Freedom in the Emirates

by Mostafa Heddaya June 2, 2014June 2, 2014

A former professor at Zayed University in Abu Dhabi has argued that claims of academic freedom in the country are “essentially worthless” in an article for the Chronicle of Higher Education.

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