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Thomas J. Berghuis. Photo: Kris McKay. © Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York.

Thomas J. Berghuis Steps Down as Director of Indonesia’s First International Contemporary Art Museum

Image of Arts and Heritage Area in Sharjah, 2010. Photo by Alfredo Rubio.

Sharjah Biennial 13 To Expand Far Beyond the UAE

MANUEL RABATÉ, newly appointed director of Louvre Abu Dhabi. Courtesy Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority.

Amid controversies, Louvre Abu Dhabi appoints new director Manuel Rabaté

JOSELINA CRUZ will curate an exhibition of works by Manuel Ocampo and Lani Maestro,

Joselina Cruz to Curate The Philippines Pavilion at 2017 Venice Biennale

Emirati artist Hassan Sharif passed away on September 18, 2016. He was 65 years old. Photo by Maaziar Sadr. Courtesy Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde, Dubai, and Alexander Gray Assoc

Hassan Sharif (1951–2016)

Zoe Butt will step down as executive director and curator of Sàn Art, where she has been since 2009, to assume role as artistic director of the new Factory Contemporary Arts Centre

Zoe Butt Moves to the Factory

(Left to right) Sandy Angus (Angus Montgomery), Neha Kirpal (India Art Fair) and Marco Fazzone (MCH–Design and Regional Art Fairs). Copyright Aissa Tripodi, Sara Barth, Basel.

MCH Group Enters India

Apichatpong Weerasethakul at Hong Kong. Courtesy Zicchieri Stefano.

Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul named Principal Prince Claus Laureate

ALFREDO JAAR, (Kindness) of (Strangers), 2015, neon, 290 x 209 cm. Photo by Harry Schnitger. Courtesy Maxim Gorki Theater, Berlin.

Çanakkale Biennial Cancels Upcoming 2016 Edition

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas presenting Jack Persekian, founder and director of al-Ma'mal Foundation for Contemporary Art, with the Palestine Order of Merit for Culture, Sci

Palestine's leading arts advocate Jack Persekian awarded the Order of Culture, Science and Arts

MICHAEL ZAVROS, winner of the 2016 Mosman Art Prize with his painting Flora (2016). Courtesy Mosman Art Gallery.

Michael Zavros Wins 2016 Mosman Art Prize

ZAI KUNING in collaborationwith Mohamad Riduan, Dapunta Hyang – Transmission of Knowledge, 2015, rattan, waxed thread, stones, books, wax, dimensions variable. Commissioned and pre

Zai Kuning to Represent Singapore at 2017 Venice Biennale

HAROLD JOSEPH THOMAS, Tribal Abduction, 2016, synthetic polymer paint on canvas, 134 x 214 cm. Courtesy Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin.

Harold Joseph Thomas Wins 2016 Telstra Art Award

Inti Guerrero, who was named curator of the 2018 EVA International biennial in Ireland. Courtesy Inti Guerrero.

Inti Guerrero Named Curator of 2018 EVA International Biennial in Ireland