This Autumn, Sharjah Art Foundation presents major exhibitions and other annual programmes
Emily Karaka: Ka Awatea, A New Dawn
Dates: 7 September–1 December 2024
This first major international survey of Māori artist Emily Karaka presents work from across her 47-year practice as well as new work commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation.
Bouchra Khalili: Between Circles and Constellations
Dates: 7 September–1 December 2024
Venues: Galleries 4, 5 and 6, Al Mureijah Art Spaces and Bait Habib Yousef, Al Mureijah Square, Sharjah
Following its first presentation in MACBA, Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona in 2023, Bouchra Khalili: Between Circles and Constellations unfolds opens in Sharjah.
The exhibition is organised by Sharjah Art Foundation and MACBA.
William Kentridge: A Shadow of a Shadow
Dates: 28 September–8 December 2024
The first exhibition to focus on Willliam Kentridge’s theatre practice, this presentation surveys 23 performances, from the late 1980s to the present.
Antonio Dias: The Search for an Open Enigma
Dates: 28 September–8 December 2024
The exhibition explores five decades of Antonio Dias’ versatile practice, from the 1960s to the 2000s.
Vantage Point Sharjah 12
Dates: 28 September–8 December 2024
Vantage Point Sharjah, the Foundation’s annual photography open call and exhibition, returns with its 12th iteration under the theme If I Were Another.
Perform Sharjah
Dates: October 2024–January 2025
Venues: Across Sharjah
The Foundation's performing arts season returns, continuing its engagement with Sharjah's public spaces, heritage houses and theatres.
The programme interweaves the creations of contemporary artists with the city's urban fabric.
Sharjah Film Platform 7
Dates: 15–24 November 2024
The Foundation’s annual festival of independent cinema and experimental filmmaking returns for its 7th edition. A selection of recent films, all UAE premieres, nominated by an international committee, competes for the Sharjah Film Platform Awards.
In addition, the programme includes various invited films as well as a Director in Focus section.
Focal Point Art Book Fair
Dates: 22–24 November 2024
The seventh edition of the Foundation’s annual art book fair offers a compelling selection of printed materials by independent publishers from the region and around the world.
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