Publications

Bait Al Hurma: Stories of Parallel Worlds and Mysterious Secrets celebrates a Sharjah Art Foundation venue in the vibrant neighbourhood of Al Mureijah through five mythical women-centric stories.

This publication was published on the occasion of Bouchra Khalili’s Between Circles and Constellations, an exhibition co-produced by MACBA and Sharjah Art Foundation .

The man who runs for the world is the Arabic edition of an augmented reality story inspired by Ahmet H. Uysal, an athlete who runs marathons around the world to support children’s charities.

Gavin Jantjes: To Be Free! A Retrospective 1970–2023 accompanied the eponymous retrospective at Sharjah Art Foundation, which was on view from 18 November to 10 March 2024.

Lubaina Himid and Magda Stawarska: Plaited Time / Deep Water accompanied the eponymous exhibition at Sharjah Art Foundation, which was on view from 29 October 2023 to 28 January 2024.

Vantage Point Sharjah 11 accompanied the 11th edition of Sharjah Art Foundation’s annual photography exhibition, which was held from 14 October 2023 to 14 January 2024 at Old Al Diwan Al Amiri, Al Hamriyah, Sharjah.

Organised by Sharjah Art Foundation and Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, In the Heart of Another Country: The Diasporic Imagination Rises accompanied the eponymous exhibition, which was on view from 15 July to 24 September 2023 in Galleries 1 to 6 at the Foundation’s Al Mureijah Art space.

This publication accompanies the 15th edition of March Meeting that took place from 9 to 12 March 2023 at Africa Hall, Sharjah. The talks, panels and lectures are available online on the Sharjah Art Foundation YouTube channel.

Sharjah Biennial 15: Thinking Historically in the Present served as a guide for visitors to the eponymous Sharjah Biennial 15, which was held from 7 February to 11 June 2023 across various venues in the Emirate of Sharjah.

Khalil Rabah: Falling Forward / Works (1995–2025) offers a comprehensive selection of exhibition materials, previously unseen archival documents and detailed background notes on how Rabah’s methods relate to the broader themes in his work.

State of Cinema is a translation project by Bakhita Al Ameri, a translator and writer from Al Ain, UAE, who was the recipient of Sharjah Art Foundation’s annual publishing grant (2021).

Landwalks: Across Palestine and South Africa is an ongoing creative research collaboration between the Palestinian Museum and the School of Architecture at the University of Cape Town, which was produced as part of Sharjah Art Foundation’s annual Publishing Grant (2021).

‘(Fine) Arts Dissertation Series’ looks at the dissertations submitted by artists as part of their master's study at the Faculty of Fine Arts, the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, and was produced as part of Sharjah Art Foundation’s annual Publishing Grant (2021).

How to Not Build a Nation is an eight-part experimental and research-oriented zine publication from artists and collaborators across south and southeast Asia on the ways in which nation states reproduce colonial and pre-colonial violences, and was produced as part of Sharjah Art Foundation’s annual Publishing Grant (2021).

Corniche 4 expanded upon the previous editions by including new talent and voices through a UAE-focused open call. It 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.