Publications

Becoming Van Leo is a study of the life and times of the late Armenian-Egyptian photographer. Born in 1921, Leon Boyadjian would come to be known as Van Leo, one of the most singular twentieth-century studio photographers in the Arab world.

The third iteration of Corniche brings together projects by 34 artists and illustrators from the UAE, who share techniques, themes, books, stories, drawings and experiences that culminate in a comic anthology.

Ma3azef in collaboration with Beirut-based design studio SHFRA, publishes two new ‘mooks’ on Arabic music.

Ahmed Morsi: A Dialogic Imagination discusses the places, people, texts, ideas, and materials that have shaped the unique practice of the New York–based Egyptian artistcd Ahmed Morsi.

Creating Dangerously is a postscript to the discursive qualities biennials provide to artists, curators, thinkers and the broader arts community.

Originally commissioned, published and produced for Sharjah Biennial 9 (2009), Beirut Bereft: The Architecture of the Forsaken and Map of the Derelict is a collaborative publication and exhibition project by Rasha Salti and Ziad Antar.

Xenogenesis is an extensive and comprehensive polyphonic exploration of the work of The Otolith Group which accompanies the exhibition and its international tour.

This monograph accompanies Hrair Sarkissian's touring exhibition The Other Side of Silence, organised by Bonniers Konsthall, the Bonnefanten Museum, and Sharjah Art Foundation.

This publication accompanies the ninth edition of Sharjah Art Foundation’s annual photography exhibition. Vantage Point Sharjah 9 is on view from 18 September to 18 December 2021 at SAF Venue Al Hamriyah Studios, Sharjah.

DAAR, the Palestine-based art and architecture collective, discuss their practice with the late curator, critic and art historian Okwui Enwezor in a conversation published in the Sharjah Biennial 10 catalogue.

March Meeting Papers is a series of essays selected from Sharjah Art Foundation’s March Meeting 2021 Open Call, inviting artists, writers and thinkers to expand on curator Okwui Enwezor’s influential thinking about the Biennial as a platform to engage with history, politics and society.

This guide accompanies Sharjah Art Foundation’s exhibition featuring new acquisitions and rarely seen works from the Foundation's Collection, on view from 12 March to 15 June 2021 at SAF venue The Flying Saucer, Sharjah.

Corniche 2 is the second in the series of a comic anthology that brings together projects by 23 artists and illustrators based in the UAE to pay tribute to the Sharjah Corniche.

Published by Sharjah Art Foundation and Koenig Books, London Hassan Sharif: I Am The Single Work Artist presents an intimate view of Sharif’s diverse and varied work featuring new translations from his writing.

This publication accompanies Sharjah Art Foundation's exhibition of artist Tarek Atoui’s work, on view from 19 September to 10 April 2020 at SAF venue Bait Al Serkal in Arts Square, Sharjah.