Art

Maraya Art Centre, a non-profit creative initiative by Sharjah Investment and Development Authority (Shurooq), that supports emerging artists in the region, has announced the opening of ‘Hazem Harb.

Vantage Point Sharjah 9 (VPS9) is the ninth iteration of Sharjah Art Foundation’s annual initiative dedicated to the medium of photography. The exhibition is on view from 18 September through 18 December at the Foundation’s off-site venue Al Hamriyah Studios....

This cross-section of works, created between 2011 and 2018, reflects the artists’ ongoing commitment to creating what they call ‘a science fiction of the present’ through the use of images, voices, sounds and performance.

Hrair Sarkissian: The Other Side of Silence, the first mid-career survey of the artist’s work, explores the myriad ways in which contested histories are narrated and distributed through images.

Al Qasba in collaboration with the CREA Media, will offer a series of photography courses every Saturday of Oct and Nov. This course will focus on teaching students how to fully operate their DSLR and Mobile camera and enhance their...

The Palm Tree exhibition is a visual exhibition which presents the palm tree as an important symbol of the UAE. This exhibition is a part of a photography contest organized by Sharjah Heritage Museum during the date harvest season in...

Moon and Venus Conjunction On Dec 6-8 evenings the moon and the planet Venus will be visible close to each other in the night sky. The moon will be 7% bright on sixth December and will gradually grow bright in...

Global Ghana, the second edition of The Africa Institute’s annual country-focused program will be inaugurated in Sharjah, UAE, convened by leading scholars Akosua Adomako Ampofo, Jean Allman, Carina Ray, and Joseph Oduro-Frimpong. The opening will begin in the evening of...

The Africa Institute (Sharjah, UAE), in collaboration with the June Givanni Pan African Cinema Archive (London, UK), present a film program titled Decolonizing African Cinema – A History. This program seeks to situate influential works of African cinema in relation...

A creative writing workshop inspired by Carl Sagan’s “Pale Blue Dot”. This image is what inspired astronomer Carl Sagan’s beautiful text, “A Pale Blue Dot”, was inspired by the Voyager 1’s portrait of our world, which was taken from about...