What is the role of a collector? Is Saudi the right place to start buying art? Article featuring co-founder of Athr Gallery Hamza Serafi and independent curator Munira Al Sayegh sharing their expert insights on the massive role of collectors in the contemporary art world, both in Saudi Arabia and internationally.
Read MoreFrom more than 100 March Meeting Open Call applications, eleven essays were chosen for publication by Sharjah Art Foundation in a series of individual booklets in Arabic and English.
The paper selected for publication explored the challenges associated with the art world’s tendency of categorizing artists by accessible characteristics and how these themes of identity and classification impact their market value. The paper details how the arts have become avenues of commodifying cultural identities and how a new polycentric approach to art that is focussed on embracing non-Western cultural referential practices can help challenge and dismantle hegemonic power and bring the “margins” into the centre for a more inclusive and equitable art sector.
Read MoreThis three-part series published on VoCA tackles how the coronavirus pandemic has presented an unparalleled opportunity for museum leaders to implement decisive and necessary change to the arts sector through the use of digital engagement, and considers how the digital sphere can better serve broader audiences every day, rather than just during a crisis.
This three-part series published on VoCA tackles how the coronavirus pandemic has presented an unparalleled opportunity for museum leaders to implement decisive and necessary change to the arts sector through the use of digital engagement, and considers how the digital sphere can better serve broader audiences every day, rather than just during a crisis.
This three-part series published on VoCA tackles how the coronavirus pandemic has presented an unparalleled opportunity for museum leaders to implement decisive and necessary change to the arts sector through the use of digital engagement, and considers how the digital sphere can better serve broader audiences every day, rather than just during a crisis.
