Overview
SAF welcomes UAE-based and international visitors from government organisations, embassies, corporate clients and employee groups, conference and trade delegations as well as local community and cultural groups.
Sharjah Art Foundation organises tailored tours, including cultural bus tours, photowalks and educational workshops. These tours can be focused on subjects such as architecture, photography, history and more.
In recent years, the Foundation has welcomed many local and international schools and universities, including New York University Abu Dhabi; Bard College, New York; Städelschule, State University of Fine Arts, Frankfurt; Yale University; and others.
During Sharjah Biennials and art exhibitions, the Foundation has also organised visits and tours for institutions, organisations and groups, including the Diriyah Biennale Foundation, Riyadh; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; Deichtorhallen Hamburg; LUMA Arles; Polygreen Culture & Art Initiative, Piraeus; and others.
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We are happy to discuss how we can help make your group visit more meaningful. To book your group visit and/or guided tour, please fill in the request form here.
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Workshops and Events
Thursday 9.03.2023
Still We Rise (2022)
Sharjah Biennial 15 Film Programme
Mirage City Cinema
Al Mureijah Square
March Meeting 2023: States of Exception and States of Emergency: Art and Visual Culture since the 1970s
Panel
Patrick Flores (Professor of Art Studies, University of the Philippines); Anthony Gardner (Professor of Contemporary Art History, The Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford); Atreyee Gupta (Assistant Professor of Global Modern Art; Modern and Contemporary South and Southeast Asian Art, Berkeley); and Anissa Rahadiningtyas (Assistant Curator, National Gallery of Singapore)
Moderator: Iftikhar Dadi (John H. Burris Professor in History of Art, Cornell University)
Africa Hall
Al Manakh, Sharjah
March Meeting 2023: Revisiting the Global 1960s
Panel
Mahvish Ahmad (Assistant Professor in Human Rights and Politics, London School of Economics); Zeina Maasri (Senior Lecturer, History of Art, University of Bristol); Jelena Vesić (Independent curator, writer, editor and lecturer); and Zoé Whitley (Director and Curator, Chisenhale Gallery)
Moderator: Christopher J. Lee (Professor of African History, The Africa Institute)
Africa Hall
Al Manakh, Sharjah
March Meeting 2023: Renewing African Art Discourse within the Postcolonial Constellation
Keynote
Terry Smith (Professor, European Graduate School; Emeritus Professor, University of Sydney and University of Pittsburgh)
Africa Hall
Al Manakh, Sharjah
Welcome remarks by Hoor Al Qasimi at March Meeting 2023: The Postcolonial Constellation: Art, Culture, Politics after 1960
Welcome remarks
Hoor Al Qasimi (President and Director, Sharjah Art Foundation)
Africa Hall
Al Manakh, Sharjah
Wednesday 8.03.2023
IBA Stage: Sharjah Biennial 15
Talk
Hoor Al Qasimi (President and Director, Sharjah Art Foundation); Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons (Cornelius Vanderbilt Endowed Chair Professor of Fine Arts, Art AS | Vanderbilt University); and Octavio Zaya (Art critic and curator)
Moderator: Christian Oxenius (Writer and curator)
Sharjah Institute for Theatrical Arts
Calligraphy Square, Heritage Area
Yet Still Moving (2023)
Performance
Naiza Khan, accompanied by Asma Mundrawala, Nabeel Al Mazem and Haider Rahman on flute
Bait Obaid Al Shamsi
Arts Square
Tuesday 7.03.2023
My Land My Memory (2023)
Performance
Marwah AlMugait
Calligraphy Square
Heritage Area, Heart of Sharjah
Sunday 5.03.2023
SB15 Photowalk: Excursion to Al Dhaid
Photowalk for Youth and Adults
Information Center
Al Mureijah Square
Saturday 4.03.2023
Ouvertures (2020)
Sharjah Biennial 15 Film Programme
Mirage City Cinema
Al Mureijah Square