Changing the face of any biennial is no simple matter. Recently Jack Persekian, artistic director of the Sharjah Biennial, spoke with Asian Art News’s Jonathan Thompson about new directions for the Biennial.
Jonathan Thompson: Were there any problems that you inherited with the Sharjah Biennial that were difficult to solve?
Jack Persekian: ...
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By Jonathan Thompson
The Abraaj Capital Prize is awarded not on the basis of an exhibition or an existing work of art, but for a project proposal and its potential. The application is not made by an artist, but by a curator who makes the application with the consent of an ...
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An established editor and respected filmmaker, Tirdad Zolghadr is the official curator for the UAE national pavilion at the world’s most prestigious contemporary art event, the Venice Biennale. In its much publicized debut showing, the pavilion will combine the work of several UAE artists alongside thought-provoking video installations and paradoxical ‘world ...
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On a recent trip to Dubai, for Christie’s latest sale of international modern and contemporary art, ChinarTree met with the insightful Dr. Amin Jaffer.
Previously a senior curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Dr. Jaffer has authored volumes such as ‘Furniture from British India and Ceylon,’ ‘Made for Maharajas: ...
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PinkTank
Established in July 2008, PinkTank is the brainchild of Mitra Khoubrou and Daniel Camara, cultural consultants based in the UAE. Although many of us may remember the pair as responsible for the Creek Art Fair 2008 (last year’s rendition of the Bastakiya Art Fair), the twosome originally met whilst ...
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