The Sharjah Biennial 16 title, to carry, is a multivocal and open-ended proposition. The ever-expanding list of what to carry, and how to carry it, is an invitation to encounter our different formations and positions and to gather a constellation of resonances.

Ka Awatea, A New Dawn surveys the work of Senior Māori artist Emily Karaka, a descendant of the many iwi [tribes] of Tāmaki Makaurau, the Auckland Isthmus, Waikato-Tainui, Ngāti Kahu and Ngāti Hine.

Between Circles and Constellations attests to Bouchra Khalili's committed enquiry into the hidden histories of solidarities among transnational and stateless communities through a selection of significant projects over the last 15 years.

Amplifying the voices of migrant and disenfranchised communities, Khalili makes manifest micro-histories erased by the nation-state.

Drawing Time: Duets presents new and historical works from the Sharjah Art Foundation Collection, exploring the expanded range and possibilities of drawing as a practice. On view from 4 May to 4 August 2024 at Gallery 4 of Al Mureijah Art Spaces, this exhibition, which grew out of a two-year research project into conserving paper, seeks to re-examine the very nature of drawing as a culturally situated disciplinary practice—one that begins in the mind and extends into myriad material forms.

The 16th edition of Sharjah Art Foundation’s annual March Meeting (MM 2024), running from 1 to 3 March 2024, brings together collectives whose embodied practices consciously intertwine diverse forms of artmaking and community building.

New commissions by artists Lubaina Himid and Magda Stawarska debut at Sharjah Art Foundation

The artists’ first exhibition in the region includes four new commissions—including a collaborative multimedia installation—and recent works spanning painting, sound and more