This cross-section of works, created between 2011 and 2018, reflects the artists’ ongoing commitment to creating what they call ‘a science fiction of the present’ through the use of images, voices, sounds and performance.
- 26 Oct 2021
Hrair Sarkissian: The Other Side of Silence, the first mid-career survey of the artist’s work, explores the myriad ways in which contested histories are narrated and distributed through images.
- 26 Oct 2021
Presents the work of Farhad Moshiri, Farideh Lashai, Iman Issa, Mandy El Sayegh, Nari Ward, Prajakta Potnis, Rabih Mroue and Rasheed Araeen. The works on view include recent acquisitions that have not been previously shown at the Foundation as well as works selected from past exhibitions
- 01 Aug 2021
Curated by Hoor Al Qasimi, Director of Sharjah Art Foundation, The Rain Forever Will be Made of Bullets includes works selected from past exhibitions or commissioned for Sharjah Biennials as well as recent acquisitions that have not been previously shown...
- 01 Aug 2021
Reflecting on the intimate role architecture plays in our lives, Remain Calm explores the work of notable Japanese architects and an artist who use traditional concepts to create physical spaces with both modern and contemporary resonance. Conventionally understood as a...
- 09 Jul 2021
Sharjah Art Foundation and Habibi Collective present three films by MENA female directors. Venturing into diasporic, collective and inherited memories, the films attempt to narrativise a series of uprooted experiences. Sharjah Art Foundation presents a series of online film screenings...
- 28 Jun 2020
Marking over a decade of collaboration with Sharjah Art Foundation and the surrounding community, Tarek Atoui: Cycles in 11 centres around experimental and innovative musical forms and offers audiences opportunities to learn about and explore instrument-making, compositional structure and musical...
- 10 Feb 2020
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...
- 10 Feb 2020
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...
- 10 Feb 2020
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...
- 20 Jan 2020