The Third Line is a Dubai-based art gallery that represents contemporary Middle Eastern artists locally, regionally and internationally, also hosting non-profit, alternative programs to increase interest and dialogue in the region. Sahand Hesamiyan was ...full story

The Asian Art in London festival kicks off this week, and one of the more unusual features will be a display at the Aktis Gallery in St James's of watercolours and a film by 74-year-old Chinese artist Gao Xingjian. Gao was an avant-garde playwright in ...full story

Canvassing artworks from artists at a minimal cost is a new art gallery in the township of Navi Mumbai from November 1. Slated to be called, Shaurya Arts, the gallery is an initiative of Belapur resident Bhavesh Navinchandra Parekh who hopes that Navi ...full story

With previous festivals held in London and Kuala Lumpur, the organiser Najmia Zulkarnain says Dubai is the best location yet, with its intersection of arts, culture and business. “The UAE hosts so many different nationalities and is the melting point ...full story

Middle Eastern artwork sold for more than $14 million this week in Dubai, exceeding the $8.5 million estimate set by auction house Christie's. The auction of modern and contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish art amassed the highest sales in its ...full story

Four Filipinos explore the theme of “Diaspora” at the forthcoming Asian Art in London 2014, from Oct. 30 to Nov. 9. They are Andres Barrioquinto, Mark Lewis Higgins, Renato Orara and Mark Valenzuela. The special exhibit of modern and contemporary ...full story

... Akira Kurosawa's films from Oct. 25 to Nov. 19, a section of Japanese and Hollywood silent-era classics and the presentation of “Daimajin,” a classic 1966 monster pic, together with the display of a 16-foot-tall statue of the film's giant samurai ...full story

That is one of the reasons that Works on Paper: Hikayat, an exhibition that brings together more than 50 works on paper by modern Arab artists at Green Art Gallery in Dubai, is so significant. “People tend to underestimate the significance of drawing ...full story

Dubai: Indian contemporary artist Gigi Scaria was the star of the latest interactive session at Artry Dubai on Friday, where he presented his video project 'City Unclaimed.' The installation, which included a large photo-based mural of an imaginary New ...full story

The show, (BMGg) + (XVAg) = WOW GREAT, with its algebraic title that combines Bait Muzna's initials with visiting XVA Gallery, is the result of Gallery Director Christine O'Donnell's vision for the arts in Muscat. She wants to promote Omani artists and ...full story