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Canadian artist Mathew Shane selected for residency programme at Maraya Art Centre

SHARJAH / Maraya Art Centre, in collaboration with Dubai’s Cuadro Fine Art Gallery –Dubai-based non-profit group Project Encounter and Sheikh Ibrahim Center– will be hosting Canadian artist Mathew Shane as part of a residency programme aimed at nurturing international artists and opening up dialogue between different cultures through the arts.

‘New Positions’ at AB Gallery Lucerne

LUCERNE / Following the guiding idea of "Across Borders" AB Gallery unites artistic positions with different cultural backgrounds in one exhibition. In this context, the works of Aamir Habib (Pakistan), Sara Al Haddad (UAE) and Cristiana de Marchi (Italy/Lebanon) enter a multi-­layered dialogue.

Muslima: Muslim Women’s Art and Voices

"That's the beauty of this global exhibition: Muslim women are speaking in their own voices/through their own artwork to address their personal passions, to tell their personal stories, to express themselves." (Samina Ali)

Art Dubai Wraps Up Most Successful Fair To Date

DUBAI / The seventh edition of Art Dubai took place March 20-23, 2013, at Madinat Jumeirah. Over 25,000 visitors, including curators, collectors, gallerists, artists, and 75 museum groups, alongside 300 individual museum and institutional representatives, flocked to the Art Dubai, the leading contemporary art fair in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia.

‘Creating the Future’

DUBAI / The Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Award (HIPA) has launched its latest edition of the Award at the press conference in the Jumeira Beach Hotel in Dubai. The third season of the Award is set to be themed as 'Creating the Future' and will be a follow-up to the second season of the award 'Beauty of Light'.

The Spectacular Grand Event “Beauty of Light”

DUBAI / The spectacular Grand Event "Beauty of Light" of the second Hamdan International Photography Award (HIPA) took place on March 18th, 2013, at the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC). It was an event to be remembered.

Jameel Prize 3 Shortlist Announced

The V&A today announced the shortlist for the Jameel Prize 3. Ten artists and designers have been shortlisted for this year’s £25,000 prize, which is awarded every two years. They are: Faig Ahmed, Nada Debs, Mounir Fatmi, Rahul Jain, Dice Kayek, Waqas Khan, Laurent Mareschal, Nasser Al Salem, Florie Salnot and Pascal Zoghbi.