This interview is an excerpt from issue #75 Being Wael Shawky. In this chapter, we explore how Shawky engages myth, not as a retreat from reality, but as an alternative system of knowledge. The layered, echoing voices that surface throughout…
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On January 30, 2026, the Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale returned for its highly anticipated third edition, transforming the industrial JAX District into a vibrant nexus of global discourse. Titled In Interludes and Transitions (في الحِلّ والترحال), the Biennale runs through May…
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QATAR This week, Doha becomes the gravitational centre of regional attention. Art Basel Qatar (5–7 Feb), curated by Wael Shawky, brings together 87 galleries from 31 countries in an open-format presentation across the city. Shawky described the fair as a…
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This interview is an excerpt from issue #73 Being Manal AlDowayan. A monographic issue exploring the artist’s journey from the Aramco compound to the global stage. The issue maps the personal, social, and political landscapes that continue to inform AlDowayan’s…
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Wael Shawky’s work often unfolds like a story told across borders, belief systems, and eras. Born in Alexandria in 1971, he spent much of his childhood in Mecca, where his father, an architect, had moved the family in the 1970s…
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The Bulletin bringing you the latest highlights in the art world FEBRUARY 2026 FROMM.Lab Announces 12 Finalists Ahead of Design Doha Biennale 2026 Following its debut at Milan Design Week 2025, FROMM.Lab has announced the 12 finalists of its first…
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Manal AlDowayan’s artistic journey did not begin with childhood sketches or early declarations of vocation. It emerged gradually, shaped by lived experience, observation, and a sustained negotiation between parallel worlds. Raised in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia within the…
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To mark its 15th anniversary, Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art presents two exhibitions that reflect on its institutional legacy while engaging urgently with the present. Together, Resolutions: Celebrating 15 Years of Mathaf and we refuse_d frame the museum as both…
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This monograph arrives at a decisive moment. In 2024, Shawky represented Egypt at the Venice Biennale with Drama 1882, a film and operatic installation revisiting the Urabi Revolution and the complexities of colonial modernity. His forthcoming role in curating the inaugural Art Basel Doha further situates him at the centre of a transforming regional and international art ecology. Recent institutional presentations — from I Am Hymns of the New Temples at LUMA Arles to exhibitions in South Korea and Seoul — alongside sustained collaborations with leading cultural platforms, confirm a practice that moves with quiet authority between history and the present, scholarship and imagination, and continues to shape contemporary discourse.
Dubai Collection Nights Returns for 2026 Edition
Dubai Collection Nights 2026 unfolds from 24 February to 8 March, activating multiple venues across the city, with Al Safa Art and Design Library as its central hub. The programme opens on 24 February with the launch of In Attunement…
Eight Artists Join Sharjah Art Foundation Residency 2025–2026
Sharjah Art Foundation has announced the second cohort of its 2025–2026 Residency Programme, taking place from 2 February to 30 March 2026 across Bait Obaid Al Shamsi in Arts Square and the Kalba Ice Factory. Selected through an open call, the participating artists are Richi Bhatia, Rai, Monya Riachi, Azzah Salwaa, Zenaéca Singh, Joar Songcuya, Gian Spina and Abdullah Tabaza…
Make. Act. Play: Spring Arts Camp for Young Creatives by Jameel Arts Centre
This March (16 until 27), Jameel Arts Centre hosts a two-week daytime programme inviting children aged six to twelve into a hands-on exploration of art and performance. Structured around observation, movement and making, the camp introduces participants to different ways of…
Lebanese design duo David/Nicolas have been commissioned to design to Equestrian Library and Saddle Workshop for ADREA
Abu Dhabi Royal Equestrian Arts (ADREA) forms part of a wider cultural initiative dedicated to classical horsemanship, grounded in the Arab tradition of Furusiyya. As the first institution of its kind outside Europe, ADREA combines performance, study, and hands-on learning…
This monograph is both a celebration of an artist’s career and a portrait of endurance, curiosity, and joy. To enter Ibrahim’s world is to remember that art does not need to be loud to be radical, nor complex to be profound. Sometimes, happiness itself is the bravest gesture. We are deeply honoured to have worked so closely with Mohamad Ahmad Ibrahim for this issue. It would not have been possible without the generosity of Kaph Books in providing archival material, nor without Mohamad himself, his family, and of course, the cat. Above all, we thank the artist who reminds us that repetition can be freedom, colour can be memory, and joy can be a lifelong discipline.
