The fifth edition of Perform Sharjah considers how we move, remember, work and play through a curated season of performances. Treating the body as a site of artistic inquiry, the programme shifts fluidly between intimate reflection and collective experience. As such, this iteration includes performances by a diverse set of international artists who create spaces for both active participation and quiet observation.
More infoThe ninth edition of Sharjah Film Platform (SFP9) features award-winning films and UAE premieres. Enjoy unlimited access to all films and exclusive festival merchandise at Mirage City Cinema screenings for 40 AED with the Early Bird Festival Pass.
More infoOur present is troubled by what remains of unlived pasts, of the defeated yet undead projects of a modernity premised on universal emancipation. Rather than passive and dormant, these remainders continue to animate the present with their restive rhythms, shaping the politics of time and space. Histories resurface and endure, not as pure recurrence but as residues and morphed processes actively informing the now. Grounded in this common theme, Sharjah Biennial 17: What remains, sits restive brings together two different approaches, each articulated by one of the two curators: Angela Harutyunyan and Paula Nascimento.
More infoVantage Point 13 brings together newly commissioned works that reflect on the evolving possibilities of documentary photography. Developed through sustained curatorial dialogue with six artists across different geographies and contexts, the exhibition unfolds through a series of distinct yet interconnected approaches.
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 infoSharjah Art Foundation’s Music and Sound Club is a community-building project centred around collective learning.
One handpicked album, played in rotation on SAF Radio, from Monday to Sunday, morning to night.
This is a show about work.
But the worker isn’t here, so it’s down to you.
You’ll clock in at the beginning.
You’ll work in a team, and under your own initiative.
You will be your own boss. You will be free.
This is a play about a person in an unnamed city who has stopped working. The viewers must work together to figure out why. Performed entirely by the audience, work.txt—a sell-out show staged in nine countries in 11 languages—puts the spotlight on urban, contemporary work culture.
This session invites you to explore the building blocks of theatre and dramaturgy through a series of creative exercises designed to help you develop ideas for the stage.
Can architecture be reduced to the buildings you see in countless social media posts or the photorealistic renderings generated to sell projects? Or do we actually experience buildings in different ways?
Step into Guanyu Xu’s layered worlds in Resident Aliens (2026). Printed images are photographed inside real spaces, blending different places into a single scene.
Turn fallen leaves into clay art with your little ones. Collect leaves in The Urban Garden, and study their textures, forms and shapes.
Draw inspiration from Maheder Haileselassie’s series ‘Endinastawis Anirsa (Lest We Forget)’ (2026), which tells hidden stories by building large collages from many small photographs.
Take a closer look at the exhibition Body Quotidian, and discover the stories it might inspire.
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