March Meeting Papers

Overview

From more than 100 March Meeting Open Call applications, eleven essays were chosen for publication by Sharjah Art Foundation in a series of individual booklets in Arabic and English. Taken together, the series reveals the extent to which the Biennial model, such as the Sharjah Biennial now celebrating its 30th anniversary, has contributed to the realisation of new narratives and experiences of modern and contemporary art.

This series is available as an e-booklet, whilst printed booklets in English and Arabic can be ordered through publications@sharjahart.org at AED 250 for all twenty two booklets (in English and Arabic), and at AED 125 for a set of eleven (either English or Arabic). Shipping is free across the UAE.

The booklets in this series include The World in Which We Find Ourselves by Grace Aneiza Ali, The ‘Free-floating’ Srinagar Biennale by Melissa Carlson, Art Biennials and the Mediterranean Conundrum by Chiara Cartuccia, Karachi Biennale 2019 by Samina Iqbal, Hatshepsut the Drag Queen by Sarah Johnson, The Biennials in Pakistan by Sadia Kamran, To Avoid or To Embrace? Navigating and Negotiating Identity in the Global Art Market by Wided Khadraoui, On the Verge of Now: The Crisis of the Future and the Urgencies of the Present in Contemporary Art Biennials by Sabrina Moura, Redefining the Art Institution's Role: Democratic Art-Centric and Digital Approaches by Silke Schmickl, Against Art History by Sadia Shirazi, and Lost Horizons: Revisiting CAMP’s Indian Ocean Projects by Murtaza Vali.