Melissa Gronlund

One of five artists leading contemporary art in the UAE in the 1990s, Ibrahim’s retrospective is showing at the Sharjah Art Foundation

Finally there is going to be an independent arthouse cinema in the Gulf as Cinema Akil puts down roots in a purpose-built space in Alserkal Avenue

It is 50 years since Binzagr’s trailblazing exhibition in Jeddah – and she’s still going strong

The museum transformation is one of the finest examples of early Gulf architecture

The artist's life work is currently subject of a retrospective exhibition in Sharjah

Jeddah architects Abdulrahman and Turki Gazzaz tell us about their work on shifting urban landscapes that will be shown at the debut Saudi pavilion

At last, the public has a chance to see – and revisit – key moments in Arab Modernism, in a five-year exhibition of the works of the Barjeel Art Foundation at Sharjah Art Museum

Western and Arab artists were judged differently on their travels, say curators Mandy Merzaban and Karim Sultan

Over the course of almost five decades, Boullata has created his own abstract language that addresses formal questions of space, colour and transparency

The Sharjah Architecture Triennial has announced the curator for its inaugural event

As Sharjah Art Foundation exhibits a retrospective of the striking images, the Iraqi photographer reflects on his work

'I no longer wanted to follow the model of a festival or a touring exhibition in presenting work,' she says

Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi's buyer claims they asked Sotheby's to refund them but the auction house "threw it back in our faces"

The artwork has now come to Sharjah – in a bespoke building where rain gushes down and motion sensors detect bodily movement, so the rain stops wherever you are.

The Najar FoundationFour of the American artist’s irregular works are now on show at the Jean-Paul Najar Foundation, but to get them in place the museum had to use a forklift gives weight to the late US sculptor