Visiting lecturer Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi discussed and analyzed Middle Eastern Art during a lecture on Wednesday, April 3 and an intimate breakfast with students on Thursday, April 4. Al Qassemi presented dozens of works of Middle Eastern art, using them to teach about political movements in the Middle East. Read more »
Arts & Culture
Uncovering a lost Sudanese masterpiece
The groundbreaking 2001 exhibition The Short Century: Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa, 1945-1994 finally introduced non-Western modernities on a larger scale into leading Western museums. The exhibition included works by 50 or so artists, including El Salahi, a native of Sudan who was born in 1930 during the Anglo-Egyptian colonial era. Read more »
Finjan Podcast: Arab Art & Colonialism
Watch Sultan’s first podcast from the Finjan series. In this premier episode, Sultan discusses Arab art within the context of colonialism, cultural wars and the use of art by nation states as a means of soft power. Read more »
Emirati loans 100 artworks to museum
Over 100 artworks that showcase the rich Arab art history will find a place at the Sharjah Art Museum, thanks to an Emirati art collector, who believes in sharing the traditions of the region to enhance cultural exchange. Read more »
In defence of Abraaj, a champion of art
Over the past few months, a steady drip of devastating news emanated from Abraaj Capital, the once venerated regional financial giant that is now in liquidation. In this article, Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi discusses how the regional art industry is left poorer by the departure of an institution that collected works and commissioned new ones. Read more »
An Emirati collector leaves his art behind
In this feature, Asia TImes speaks to Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi, profiled as the daring Gulf Arab commentator that goes West, leaving behind his thought-provoking collection of modern Arab art for the public to contemplate. Read more »