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The Egyptian Surrealists in Global Perspective

November 26–28, 2015
American University in Cairo (AUC)

Register at register@sharjahart.org

Sharjah Art Foundation (SAF) announces the conference The Egyptian Surrealists in Global Perspective, taking place November 26–28 at the American University in Cairo, Egypt.

31 October – 16 January, 2015
Opening reception: 31 October at 6:00 pm
SAF Art Spaces, Sharjah Heritage Area

Sharjah Art Foundation (SAF) announces the selection of Christine Tohmé as the Curator of Sharjah Biennial 13, opening March 2017.

19 September – 5 December, 2015
SAF Art Spaces

Sharjah Art Foundation presents Light Show, a major exhibition of light-based works, organised by Hayward Gallery, London, in association with Sharjah Art Foundation.

Sharjah Art Foundation (SAF) welcomes submissions from individuals of all nationalities residing in the UAE for the third edition of the photographic exhibition Vantage Point Sharjah 3. This exhibition will feature photographs centred on the theme of still life photography in the UAE.

Sharjah Art Foundation (SAF) and the Institute for Comparative Modernities, Cornell University, announce the international conference Modernity and the Making of Identity in Sudan: Remembering the Sixties and Seventies, taking place 10 – 12 April at the Sharjah Institute of Theatrical Arts, Sharjah, UAE. The conference is free and open to the public.

Artists Eric Baudelaire, Asunción Molinos Gordo, Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Adrián Villar Rojas, Fahrelnissa Zeid are honoured for their thought-provoking contributions to SB12.

5 March – 5 June, 2015
Sharjah, UAE
Opening events: 5–7 March, 2015

Details are announced for Opening Programme and the final list of participating artists for Sharjah Biennial 12: The past, the present, the possible.

This panel discussion was the third in the SB12 Monthly Talk series.

SAF welcomed 53 members of CIMAM, the prestigious group of international museum and art professionals at the start of a two-day tour of the UAE.

Sharjah Biennial 12: The past, the present, the possible invites over 50 artists and cultural practitioners from over 25 countries to introduce their ideas of the possible through their art and work.

SAF Announces the Opening of Three Major Exhibitions.

Sharjah Biennial 12 opens 5 March 2015 and will be on view through 5 June 2015.

Sharjah Art Foundation continues to support artistic practice with bi-annual Production Programme grants.