Melissa Gronlund

Each week, we look at a piece of art on show in the UAE: today, an Iraqi master’s work

The Barjeel Art Foundation’s deal with Sharjah Art Museum creates new possibilities

We meet the champion of disruptive graphic design in the UAE

It was a stroke of luck for the Bait’s five artists who discovered a painting from 1988

As a critic myself, I’ve been snubbed at soirees, disinvited from dinners and cold-shouldered at cocktail receptions, writes Melissa Gronlund

Each week, we analyse a piece of art that is on show in the UAE. Here we look at Al Baqsami’s linocuts

'I want to show people that there was a history between the arish houses and the glass towers,' he says of his new architecture history project

With a strong female founder and four pavilions curated by four Arab women, Jaou Tunis is just part of a wider mission to, 'in a very gentle and non-threatening way, bring people together who wouldn’t normally be speaking'

The month-long event will take place in Sharjah and will comprise of workshops, performances, installations, a conference and exhibitions exploring contemporary and historical graphic design work

The Art Gallery at New York University Abu Dhabi has announced its next show; curated by Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath, will come to the gallery in September

How we see different shades is determined by more than just sight

Calling the decision an “entirely personal” one, Ayad is leaving the fair to establish a cultural strategy consultancy

The latecomer to the master's oeuvre will be the first painting by Leonardo da Vinci to find a permanent home in the Middle East, and will go on loan to Louvre Paris for a 2019 show

Each week, we analyse a piece of art that is on show in the UAE. Here we look at the mesmerising drawing by Nargess Hashemi

Mohammed Ahmed Ibrahim, Salwa Mikdadi, and Nada Shabout among them