Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi will speak on The Politics of Arab Art
27 Aug 2016Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi will speak on The Politics of Arab Art
Tuesday 6 September 11.00am -12.30pm
Green Auditorium: Ground Floor Library Building AUH (LIB-0-041F)
Refreshments provided.
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi is a writer on Arab affairs, patron of contemporary and modern Arab Art and founder of the Barjeel Foundation.
Barjeel Art Foundation is an independent, United Arab Emirates-based initiative established to manage, preserve and exhibit the personal art collection of Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi. The foundation’s guiding principle is to contribute to the intellectual development of the art scene in the Arab region by building a prominent, publicly accessible art collection in the UAE. Part of this objective involves developing a public platform to foster critical dialogue around contemporary art practices with a focus on artists with Arab heritage internationally.
http://www.barjeelartfoundation.org