In its inaugural exhibition, the Photography Gallery presents a panorama of artistic experimentation and engagement through the medium of photography. Drawn from the Sharjah Art Foundation Collection, the works navigate the sociopolitical terrain of the last six decades against a backdrop of the compressed, and often fissured, processes of modernisation and decolonisation.
More infoComprising 165 photographs and archival documents from the collection of His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Member of the Federal Supreme Council of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Sharjah, this exhibition serves as a starting point for research into how photography translates and interprets history.
More infoOf Land and Water: Works from the Sharjah Art Foundation Collection brings together selections that offer different perspectives on our association with and relationship to land, water and homeland.
More infoComprising 165 photographs and archival documents from the collection of His Highness Sheikh Dr Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Member of the Federal Supreme Council of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Sharjah, this exhibition serves as a starting point for research into how photography translates and interprets history.
Ever wondered what it means to become a film critic? Find out how the act of watching a film can transform from passive viewing into a practice of reflection — a way of seeing beyond the screen.
Put your structural design skills into action as you create abstract 3D fabric portraits inspired by Leda Catunda’s tactile paintings.
Work with your children to depict the superheroes in their lives: themselves, mum, dad or another special person.
Consider how Afra Al Dhaheri uses rope and fabric in her work, and fashion your own piece using natural fibres
Discuss how photography can become a literary medium in SAF Book Club’s November gathering.
Sharjah Art Foundation is pleased to announce the winners of the inaugural Sharjah Film Platform Feature Fund.