Publications

This publication accompanies Sharjah Art Foundation's exhibition of artist Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian’s work, on view from 12 October to 28 December 2019 at SAF venue Al Hamriyah Studio, Sharjah.

This publication accompanies Sharjah Art Foundation's exhibition of artist Bani Abidi’s work, on view from 12 October 2019 to 12 January 2020 at SAF venue Bait Al Serkal in Arts Square, Sharjah.

This publication accompanies Sharjah Art Foundation's exhibition of artist Akram Zaatari’s work, on view from 27 September 2019 to 10 January 2020 at SAF venues Galleries 3 and 4 in Al Mureijah Square, Sharjah.

This publication accompanies Sharjah Art Foundation's exhibition of artist Adam Henein’s work, on view from 21 September to 16 November 2019 at Sharjah Art Museum, Arts Area, Sharjah.

Sharjah Art Foundation conducts investigative architectural and urban research in order to incorporate the physical character, stories and historical significance into the repurposing of old structures and their reactivation into hosts of contemporary art. This essay discusses the architectural features of a kindergarten in Kalba that belongs to a prototype designed by acclaimed Arab architects in the 1970s.

Read Tarek El-Ariss’ essay Holding Time: On Aesthetics of Survival, part of the forthcoming Sharjah Art Foundation publication Creating Dangerously. The essay is available for download.

This publication is a guide for visitors to Sharjah Biennial 14: Leaving the Echo Chamber Guidebook on view at Sharjah Art Foundation 7 March – 10 June 2019.

The publication is the first in a series of monographs that the Sharjah Art Foundation will be producing on the practices, processes and conceptual contributions of influential artists from around the world.
Monograph: Zineb Sedira, includes documentation of over two-decades of her work, as well as specially commissioned scholarly essays that narrate and interpret Sedira’s practice.

This Arabic Edition, of Ibrahim El-Salahi’s Prison Notebook, published by the Sharjah Art Foundation and the Museum of Modern Art, comprises a facsimile of the Prison Notebook; excerpts of Ibrahim El-Salahi’s personal memoirs; a contextualizing essay by art historian Salah Hassan that addresses the social and political milieu in which it was produced; and a contemporary commentary by the artist.

This English Edition, of Ibrahim El-Salahi’s Prison Notebook, published by The Museum of Modern Art and the Sharjah Art Foundation, comprises a facsimile of the Prison Notebook; an English translation of its prose; a contextualizing essay by art historian Salah Hassan that addresses the social and political milieu in which it was produced; and contemporary commentary by the artist.

This publication accompanies Sharjapan: The Poetics of Space exhibition by Sharjah Art Foundation, on view from 21 November 2018 to 15 January 2019 at Al Hamriyah Studios in Al Hamriyah, Sharjah.

This publication accompanies Sharjah Art Foundation's exhibition of artist Amal Kenawy’s work, on view from 3 November 2018 to 19 January 2019 at SAF venue Bait Al Serkal, Arts Square, Sharjah.

This publication accompanies Sharjah Art Foundation's exhibition of artist Frank Bowling’s work, on view from 29 September 2018 to 12 January 2019 at SAF venues Galleries 4 and 5 in Al Mureijah Square, Sharjah.

This publication accompanies Sharjah Art Foundation's exhibition Ten Years of Production Programme, on view from 29 September 2018 to 10 November 2018 at SAF venues Gallery 1, Al Mureijah Square and Al Hamriyah Studios, Al Hamriyah.

This publication accompanies Sharjah Art Foundation's exhibition of artist Ala Younis’ work, on view from 29 September 2018 to 5 January 2019 at SAF venue Gallery 6, Al Mureijah Square, Sharjah.