A New Global Art History: The Impact of Art Institutions and Contemporary Art in Arabia and the Extended MENASA Region

Gabriel Orozco, Sand on Table as Model of “Self-Organising Criticality”, , Table, sand and diagrams. Produced by Sharjah Art Foundation. Installation view

Imran Qureshi, Blessings Upon the Land of My Love, 2011, acrylic and emulsion paint on interlocking brick pavement, site-specific installation, commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation, Installation view, photo by Alfredo Rubio

As presented at Art Dubai, 2009 Nazgol Ansarinia, Rhyme and Reason, Handwoven wool, cotton, silk, 360 x 252 cm

Spectral Imprints, Abraaj Group Art Prize exhibition, 2012 (in conjunction with Art Dubai) Courtesy : Abraaj Group Art Prize

Global Art Forum 8 Artist : Farah Al-Nakib, Kristine Khouri, Ala Younis, Sulayman Al Bassam Date : 2014 Courtesy : Art Dubai 2014

Rayyane Tabet Home on Neutral Ground, 2011 Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation

Home on Neutral Ground Project in three parts On the photograph: One day of uninterrupted footage of the Sharjah Cricket Stadium (which in 2010 was donated to the national cricket team of Afghanistan and named their home ground), shot in September 2010, projected onto two opposite screens with a floor drawing of a cricket pitch

Global Art Forum 8 Artist : Adam Szymczyk Date : 2014 Courtesy : Art Dubai 2014

Global Art Forum 8 Artist : Adam Szymczyk Date : 2014 Courtesy : Art Dubai 2014

Nera Jambruk, Papu New Guinea Men’s House, 1988 Natural and synthetic pigments on bark 25, 10 x 5 m. the largest element: 197 x 56 cm

Title : Yarat Contemporary Art Space, Marker Project, 2014 Courtesy : Art Dubai 2014