Saudi foundation’s permanent gallery on the Creek will house Abraaj Group art prize collection
A 30m stainless steel calligraphic work will be revealed in front of Dubai Opera
Market for 20th-century works from the region will benefit from new technologies and deeper scholarship
Alia Farid and Aseel AlYacoub will create a light-up botanical garden linking both wings of the Jameel Arts Centre
Anna Somers Cocks, founder-editor of The Art Newspaper, in discussion with Roxane Zand of Sotheby’s at the Asia Society, New York, 1 March
Sharjah show recreates late artist’s studio
Art dealer Thaddaeus Ropac and curator Maya Allison tell us how the nation’s creative ambitions have blossomed. Plus: Silver Lion-winning musician and artist Hassan Khan on his Abu Dhabi Art performance
The original provocateur revolutionised the UAE’s art scene.
Biennial embraces divergent ways of seeing the world, despite growing censorship in the Gulf
The space is based on a former warehouse and will exhibit works biannually from his own collection as well as from other private collections around the world
New organiser discloses record 119 artists from 36 countries will be exhibited
And parallel event for collectors draws big names away from fair
Sheikha Manal Al Maktoum launched the program yesterday
The deal could be worth around $1 billion
Focus on Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Oman
Major collectors based in Gulf state are lending work