Gareth Harris

1 week ago | theartnewspaper.com | Gareth Harris |Laura Gilbert |Brook Mason |Riah Pryor

Sheikh Hamad Bin Abdullah al-Thani of Qatar has won a court case against the New York- and Geneva-based Phoenix Ancient Art gallery over an allegedly forged statuette of the goddess Nike purportedly dating from the fourth century AD. The gallery tells The Art Newspaper that it is appealing the ruling.

1 week ago | theartnewspaper.com | Lee Cheshire |Gareth Harris |Carlie Porterfield |Jason Foumberg

Kings and Queens of Africa: Forms and Figures of PowerThis exhibition claims to be the first major show of Sub-Saharan African art in the Middle East. With more than 300 objects, it is certainly wide in scope, covering multiple cultures and a millennium of history. All the exhibits are connected to the continent’s rulers, including royal attire, royal portraits, sculptures and ceremonial objects.

1 week ago | theartnewspaper.com | Gareth Harris |Tim Cornwell |José Da Silva

Saeb Eigner’s ambitious, timely overview of Middle Eastern art from 1900 to today features more than 250 prominent and lesser-known artists, spanning Morocco in North Africa to Iran in the East. It includes detailed biographies focusing on key Modern artists such as Shafic Abboud and Bahman Mohassess as well as contemporary trailblazers such as Nabil Nahas and Shirin Neshat. Eigner tells us how he approached this complex book. The Art Newspaper: Why was it important to write this book?

1 week ago | theartnewspaper.com | Gareth Harris |Georgina Adam |Rahel Aima |Anna Brady

A new fund managed by Art Dubai and overseen by the UAE government aims to boost the Emirate’s presence in the global art market by offering homegrown galleries a cash incentive to participate in international art fairs. The new International Art Fairs Grant was launched earlier this year by the government’s Dubai Culture and Arts Authority. Under the scheme, eligible galleries in Dubai can apply for the grant to support up to 50% of stand costs at an international art fair.

1 week ago | theartnewspaper.com | Lee Cheshire |Aimee Dawson |Alexander Morrison |Gareth Harris

Meaning “gateway” in Arabic, the Bawwaba section of Art Dubai offers artists an entry point to the fair. It is made up of ten solo presentations of artists both established and less well-known. All of the works were made either in the past year, or especially for the fair. This year the section has been curated by Mirjam Varadinis, the curator-at-large at the Kunsthaus Zurich. “I felt this would be a good moment to reflect on the idea of co-existence,” she says.