Watch this short documentary film that explores Arab art, featuring an interview with Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi, a prominent art collector based in Sharjah, UAE. Read more »
Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi’s mission to celebrate Sharjah’s unsung architecture
‘I want to show people that there was a history between the arish houses and the glass towers,’ Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi says of his new architecture history project called Building Sharjah, in this press article about his work. Read more »
Barjeel wing opening at Sharjah Art Museum
In this news report published on Sharjah Television, viewers get an inside look at Barjeel’s marquee exhibition, A Century in Flux. Read more »
Sharjah Art Museum: new exhibition sheds light on Arab Modernism
At last, the public has a chance to see – and revisit – key moments in Arab Modernism, in a five-year exhibition of the works of the Barjeel Art Foundation at Sharjah Art Museum, The National reports. Read more »
10@10 podcast: The UAE arts scene with Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi
An avid art collector, curator and founder of the Burjeel Art Foundation, Al Qassemi has a comprehensive appreciation for the strides the UAE has made to cement its place in the wider arts world. He sat with The National’s Melissa Gronlund to share that appreciation in this podcast. Read more »
Charting Paul Guiragossian’s journey
UAE-based Barjeel Art Foundation is presenting Paul Guiragossian: Testimonies of Existence, an exhibition that celebrates the life and work of one of the most renowned modern masters from this region and commemorates his 25th death anniversary. It is Barjeel’s last show at their space in the Maraya Art Centre, which they have occupied for the last eight years. Read more »