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The 2017 Sharjah Biennial roots for crops, earth, water and cooking

Curator Christine Tohmé also takes it to Dakar, Istanbul, Ramallah and Beirut

A Bigger Stage

From Sharjah to Venice, the Indian-born, Dubai-based artist Vikram Divecha’s star is in the ascendant

When will Christo’s 40-year old Mastaba happen?

The artist, known for his monumental sculptural projects, makes major push for his desert project in the UAE

Dubai attracts auction players

Sotheby's advances, Christie's consolidates

Trump wants to axe NEA and other culture agencies

The president’s first federal budget proposal would also eliminate the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Let there be light

The UAE’s first OMA-designed space launches with a survey of Syrian art

Fields of Light and Colour

Rana Begum wins this year’s Abraaj prize with a floating geometric celebration of hues, textures and form

A home for young collectors

The curation, works and prices may be elevated this year, but gallerists have brought artworks that speak to a wide range of collectors.

Art Jameel teams up with Metropolitan Museum of Art

Saudi-based foundation will collaborate with New York museum to acquire Middle Eastern art

Fair opening sales

Sales signal healthy interest in Modern market and some contemporary booths clean up

Modern Renaissance

Demand is growing for 20th century art from MENASA region

Gallery refuses eviction after hosting Israeli veterans’ group

Jerusalem gallery seems to fail culture minister’s “loyalty test”

Rashid Rana: Transfiguring History

The Pakistani artist on shaping historical context and the Lahore Biennale

Why galleries and collectors keep coming back to Art Dubai

Continued dealer participation shows great loyalty to the fair

Art Dubai pays tribute to the late Hassan Sharif

The original provocateur revolutionised the UAE’s art scene.

The search for Franz Marc’s iconic blue horses

A celebrated painting that was denounced as degenerate by the Nazis may have survived the aftermath of war

Rare, newly restored 300-year japanned cabinet on offer at the Bada fair

Original silver revealed after experts painstakingly stripped layers of gold paint from the cresting and stand of William and Mary piece

National Gallery of Art delves into the woods with its next Mellon lectures

Alexander Nemerov will give six talks on representations of the American forest in the 1830s

French museum lifts the veil on Rodin work not previously exhibited

Fragile plaster sculpture, draped in fabric, restored for Anselm Kiefer's show at Musée Rodin

Asia Week broadens its horizons with 50 exhibitors

Contemporary works join ceramics and ink paintings from specialist dealers

Virtual Insanity

Moroccan multimedia artist Meriem Bennani brings quirky narratives to the Art Dubai Bar this year

UAE goes to Venice

Curator reveals big idea behind Biennale pavilion

Art Dubai opens under new directorship

In its eleventh year, a tighter curatorial focus characterises the first edition of the fair with Myrna Ayad at the helm

Russia commemorates 1917 revolution—timidly

Ambivalence towards Soviet history has led to museums taking a cautious approach to tackling the centenary head-on

‘Lost’ Cubist painting found under later work

The granddaughter of Belgian artist René Guiette chances upon concealed composition beneath her grandfather’s Art Brut picture

Performa 17 commissions will investigate Dada's history of performance

This year's projects include work by William Kentridge and a collaboration between Julie Mehretu and Jason Moran

How American museums are celebrating Women's History Month

A number of female-focussed programmes have been planned around the country for March—and the whole year round