In the Heart of Another Country: The Diasporic Imagination Rises 2023 Installation view: Al Mureijah Art Spaces, Sharjah

Overview

Sharjah Art Foundation invites art scholars and museum leaders to a three-part symposium focusing on key questions around representation and exhibition-making, sustainability and accessibility, and the significance of public collections. The three-part symposium is held in tandem with the exhibition In the Heart of Another Country: The Diasporic Imagination Rises, on view until 24 September 2023.

The most extensive presentation of works from the Sharjah Art Foundation Collection to date, the exhibition explores the concept of home, of longing and belonging, drawing inspiration from the late artist and author Etel Adnan’s landmark memoir, In the Heart of Another Country (2004). The exhibition brings together more than 150 artworks by over 60 artists that unfold across borders, both real and imagined.

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Programme

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Venue

Gallery 3, Al Mureijah Art Spaces, Sharjah

  • Schedule
    Schedule

    12:00 pm
    Registration

    12:30 pm
    Introduction

    12:30 pm–1:00 pm
    Conversation – The Journey of an Exhibition
    Speakers
    Nawar Al Qassimi (Vice President, Sharjah Art Foundation)
    Omar Kholeif (Director of Collections and Senior Curator, Sharjah Art Foundation)

    1:00 pm–2:00 pm
    Panel – What is Representation?
    Speakers
    Anuar Khalifi (artist)
    Tina Sherwell (Director, MFA in Art and Media, NYUAD)
    Omar Kholeif (Director of Collections and Senior Curator, Sharjah Art Foundation)

    2:00 pm–2:30 pm
    Coffee Break

    2:30 pm–3:30 pm
    Conversation – Curating Words: How Do We Narrate Our Own Art History?
    Speakers
    Manal Ataya (Advisor, Sharjah Museums Authority)
    Nora Razian (Deputy Director, Arts, Art Jameel)
    Moderator
    Christianna Bonin (Assistant Professor, Department of Art and Design, American University of Sharjah)


    3:30 pm
    Closing Remarks