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Sheikha Salama: We should take enormous pride in our artists

For the first time this year, the Sheikha Salama Bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation supports the UAE National Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Here, in an exclusive interview, Sheikha Salama shares her thoughts. Read Article Sheikha Salama: We should take enormous pride in our artists

Tarek Al Ghoussein to represent Kuwait at the 55th Venice Biennale

Tarek Al Ghoussein's K Files consists of eight photographs, where Al Ghoussein has shot himself inside the stock market, a dilapidated palace, a football field, an old school and besides Kuwait´s first oil well with the famous water towers spiking the horizon in the distance.
CREDIT: courtesy Tarek Al Ghoussein/The Third Line

More Arab artists than ever before will be joining the 55th Venice Biennale. We meet Tarek Al Ghoussein, a Palestinian Kuwaiti who will be representing Kuwait. Read Article Tarek Al Ghoussein to represent Kuwait at the 55th Venice Biennale

Philip Mueller is enjoying a second solo show

Philip Mueller in front of his work I Ate Myself Today. Courtesy Carbon 12 Dubai

A young Austrian artist, Philip Mueller, whose gallery describes his painting as a "shamanistic ritual" that is carried out in a "dungeon" and one where every canvas "initiates a rite of passage" is showing the second in a three part series at Carbon 12 in Alserkal Avenue. Read Article Philip Mueller is enjoying a second solo show

Lucy Orta brings her message to Abu Dhabi’s TEDxWWF: One Planet Living

Lucy Orta's piece Clouds:Meteros was installed at St Pancras railway station in London earlier this year. Courtesy Lucy Orta

The London-based artist Lucy Orta is in Abu Dhabi for TEDxWWF: One Planet Living, where she will speak about her practice. Read Article Lucy Orta brings her message to Abu Dhabi’s TEDxWWF: One Planet Living

Light From the Middle East exhibition highlights Arab talent

A new exhibition in Liverpool explores the work of 11 photographers from across the Arab world who explore personal and collective identity. Read Article Light From the Middle East exhibition highlights Arab talent

Acid Fields is Shawki Youssef's reaction to instability in the Middle East

The Lebanese artist Shawki Youssef's work is a reaction to the political instability in the Middle East. Read Article Acid Fields is Shawki Youssef's reaction to instability in the Middle East

Five artists and new acquisitions for the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi

The museum hosts a three-day series of talks with five artists whose work has been chosen for a growing collection. Read Article Five artists and new acquisitions for the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi

Silent Voices II portrays hope and horror through art

An exhibit set to raise funds for victims of human trafficking opens in the capital tonight. Read Article Silent Voices II portrays hope and horror through art

Oasis: Louvre Abu Dhabi exhibit at Manarat Al Saadiyat

Celine Hullo discusses six artefacts of the 130 on display and how they represent the influence that art has had on cultures throughout history. Read Article Oasis: Louvre Abu Dhabi exhibit at Manarat Al Saadiyat

Christo increases prize money for award for UAE artists

The Bulgarian artist has been impressed by the courage and creativity of the young generation of artists in the UAE. Read Article Christo increases prize money for award for UAE artists

Islamic pattern design inspires students

A unique five-day course in Islamic Pattern design gives students a chance to channel their creativity. Read Article Islamic pattern design inspires students

Middle East artists join forces to help fight autism in UAE

Ataya Exhibition features high fashion, carpets and perfumes by 56 artists whose works will be sold and the proceeds donated to charity. Read Article Middle East artists join forces to help fight autism in UAE

Safwan Dahoul on how dreams influence his career

The popular Syrian painter. who presents his first exhibition since leaving Damascus for Dubai last year, explains why he's happy to have made Dubai his home. Read Article Safwan Dahoul on how dreams influence his career

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