Sharjah Art Foundation

Sharjah Art Foundation’s March Meeting is an annual convening of artists, curators and art practitioners from around the world who come together to discuss vital issues in contemporary art during a three-day programme of panels, performances and events. Sharjah Art...

Art in the Age of Anxiety is the most ambitious exhibition to date in the region exploring art in the age of the internet. Curated by SAF Director of Collections and Senior Curator Omar Kholeif, Art in the Age of...

This 90-minute drumming performance requires unprecedented levels of virtuosity and physical prowess. This 90-minute performance by Taiko drum performer Eitetsu Hayashi, recognised as an innovator in Japanese traditional drumming, requires unprecedented levels of virtuosity and physical prowess and demonstrates his...

This performance is the Middle East premiere of android opera Scary Beauty composed by Keiichiro Shibuya. A robot with artificial intelligence will conduct composer Keiichiro Shibuya’s android opera Scary Beauty and sing with a human orchestra. This one-of-a-kind performance explores the relationship...

This performance is the Middle East premiere of android opera Scary Beauty composed by Keiichiro Shibuya. A robot with artificial intelligence will conduct composer Keiichiro Shibuya’s android opera Scary Beauty and sing with a human orchestra. This one-of-a-kind performance explores the relationship...

Sharjah Art Foundation’s annual film festival, Sharjah Film Platform (SFP), returns for its second edition from 14 to 21 December 2019. This year’s festival features over 50 local, regional and international films, a public programme of talks and workshops, the...

Sharjah Art Foundation, in collaboration with IMMA, presents Sunset, Sunrise, a retrospective exhibition of works by the late artist Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian. With a career spanning more than six decades, Farmanfarmaian is considered to be one of the most important...

For over fifteen years, Bani Abidi’s work has engaged with questions of personal memory, patriotism and geopolitics through the lens of present-day Pakistan and the larger histories of South Asia. With a wry sense of humour and attention to the...

March Project is an educational residency programme for young artists that provides opportunities to research, realise and present site-specific works through site visits and talks led by art practitioners over a seven-month period. Participants in this programme are chosen from...

An Annotated History of the Arab Image Foundation Sharjah Art Foundation presents Akram Zaatari: Against Photography. An Annotated History of the Arab Image Foundation. This exhibition reflects on the evolution of the Arab Image Foundation (AIF) and its collections through...