Yuko Hasegawa Chief Curator for the 11th Sharjah Biennial
“I am extremely fortunate to be able to curate a Biennial in a place that is so diverse and dynamic with so many people from varying cultures represented in a beautiful and historic site.”
Anna LeandaThackray
"Bahrain is a diamond in the rough and I am privileged enough to watch the art scene in Bahrain grow!"
Philadelphia Museum of Art
February 1 - May 6, 2012
Van Gogh Up Close
This Will have Been: Art, Love, & Politics in the 1980s
Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Chicago February 11 - June 3, 2012
TREASURES FROM THE KHALILI COLLECTION Major Loans to the Exhibition
Hajj: journey to the heart of Islam ON VIEW AT BRITISH MUSEUM London 26 January to 15 April 2012
Cindy Sherman
Museum of Modern Art, New York The Joan and Preston Robert Tisch Exhibition Gallery, sixth floor February 26-June 11, 2012
Picasso and Modern British Art
Tate Britain
15 February - 15 July
Selected works from the 38th Annual Fine Arts Exhibition
WITNESS by
WAEL DARWESH
ArtSawa, Dubai until 23 February
Nazif Topcuoglu Innerscapes
Green Art Gallery Dubai until 5 March
38th Annual Fine Arts Exhibition Bahrain National Museum 10 January
REFLECTION New Work by Rashid Al Khalifa Bahrain Financial Harbour Fine Arts Gallery 30 January
Ayad Alkadhi Umbilical
Leila Heller Gallery, Chelsea 2-25 February
The Indiscipline of Painting International abstraction from the 1960s to now
Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre, until 10 Mar 2012
Pierre Alechinsky Litografi Galleri Hornan, Falun 19 January
Modhir Ahmed: 35 years Retrospective Dalarnas Museum, Falun 21 January
ARTISTS ANNOUNCED FOR WHITNEY BIENNIAL 2012 1 March - 27 May
ABU DHABI FESTIVAL STELLAR LINE-UP OF INTERNATIONAL TALENT FOR 2012 11 March- 6 April
The 38th Annual Fine Arts Exhibition: Winners and promising newcomers
VIP 2.0 3-8 February International Contemporary Art Fair Exclusively Online
Courtauld Gallery, London 16 February - 20 May
Review
Permanent Ground Zero
Christa Paulain an interview with Hanna Malallah
"It is the element of fire and its ability to create a random language - shapes, signs, text, if you will and I enjoy reading it. It’s just another system."
Laura Stewart in conversation with
Nazar Yahya: Yusuf Albareh Art Gallery, Bahrain 10 January
"I think in Bahrain we will see a shift in the Art scene. I say that because every artistic expression is stirred from emotions and feelings and I believe we will see a deeper connection from the Bahraini artists towards our society."
artBahrain in conversation with
REFLECTION the kind of art that asks us to involve ourselves