Overview
Saturday, 24 February 2024
The Casablanca Art School: Platforms and Patterns for a Postcolonial Avant-Garde (1962–1987)
Al Hamriyah Studios and Old Al Diwan Al Amiri, Al Hamriyah
4:30 pm–4:35 pm
Welcome remarks
Al Hamriyah Studios Courtyard
4:35 pm–5:50 pm
The Casablanca Art School, Past and Present: Reimagining Art and Pedagogy
Curator’s talk with Morad Montazami (curator, publisher and director, Zamân Books & Curating), moderated by May Alqaydi (Assistant Curator, Sharjah Art Foundation)
Al Hamriyah Studios Courtyard
6:00 pm–6:30 pm
Reception
Al Hamriyah Studios Courtyard
6:30 pm–7:40 pm
Exhibition tour
Al Hamriyah Studios and Old Al Diwan Al Amiri, Al Hamriyah
Sunday, 25 February 2024
Henok Melkamzer: Telsem Symbols and Imagery
Lala Rukh: In the Round
Sharjah Art Museum and Al Mureijah Art Spaces, Sharjah
4:00 pm–4:05 pm
Welcome remarks
Sharjah Art Museum – East Wing
4:05 pm–5:00 pm
Ancient Roots to Contemporary Canvas: Telsem Art in Ethiopia
Artist talk by Henok Melkamzer, moderated by exhibition curator Elizabeth Giorgis (Associate Professor of Art History, Theory and Criticism, The Africa Institute, Sharjah)
Sharjah Art Museum
5:00 pm–5:30 pm
Exhibition tour
Sharjah Art Museum
Shuttles from Sharjah Art Museum to Al Mureijah Square will be available from 5:30 pm.
6:00 pm–6:40 pm
Reception
Galleries 1 and 2 Courtyard, Al Mureijah Square
6:40 pm–7:40 pm
Life, Legacy and Activism: The Temporal Art of Lala Rukh
Conversation between Sarah Zaman (singer and musicologist), Maryam Rahman (artist, The Estate of Lala Rukh) and exhibition curator Natasha Ginwala (co-curator of Sharjah Biennial 16 (2025), Artistic Director, COLOMBOSCOPE, Colombo)
Al Hamdan bin Mousa Courtyard, Al Mureijah Square
8:00 pm–8:30 pm
Exhibition tour
Galleries 1, 2 and 3, Al Mureijah Art Spaces
8:30 pm–9:00 pm
Performance by Sarah Zaman
Al Hamdan bin Mousa Courtyard, Al Mureijah Square