From intimate shows to large-scale productions, the fourth season of Perform Sharjah highlights the diversity and richness of contemporary performing arts through an exciting line-up of local, regional and international artists.
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 infoDrawing from a world of visual and material excess, Brazilian artist Leda Catunda offers a vivid reflection on the sensory saturation of modern-day life. A citation from the artist’s own words, the exhibition title reads as a contemporary confession that captures the complex entanglements of taste, desire and identity.
More infoRestless Circle brings together a selection of works by Afra Al Dhaheri that explore the structural effects of tension, repetition and time. Working with materials such as cotton rope, fabric, cement and hair, the artist emphasises slow gestures, intentional movements and the fatigue that can build from ongoing, repetitive and even invisible labour.
More infoIn 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 infoSharjah Film Platform 8 returns this year with more award-winning films and UAE premieres. Enjoy unlimited access to all films for 10 days and exclusive festival merchandise at Mirage City Cinema screenings for just AED 40.
Director Muhanad Kareem blends cinema and theatre in his adaptation of Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk’s novel, Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead.
Explore the rich history of music within the Arabian Gulf, a region that is constantly modernising and developing.
Delve into the world of Leda Catunda’s playful materiality and pop culture references, and create your own layered, textured Gelli prints.
How many ways can you write about art? Explore different approaches to wordsmithing as you respond to Afra Al Dhaheri’s Restless Circle.
Sharjah Art Foundation invites photographers from around the world to apply for the 13th edition of Vantage Point Sharjah, scheduled to take place in July 2026.
Sharjah Art Foundation is pleased to announce the winners of the inaugural Sharjah Film Platform Feature Fund.