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A painting by the Egyptian artist George Bahgory from the series “Love and Football”.
George Bahgoury via Facebook

Football and art: fusing a popular sport with culture

Artists use paintings, sculpture, murals, and digital designs to iconise, idolise, and mythologise football culture in a language understood by all

Mimoza Al-Arrawi 23 June 2026
Lina Jaradat

How art therapy helps Gaza's children process trauma

After almost three years of brutal war, fear and anxiety grip most kids in the Strip. But these artists are offering them a creative outlet to cope.

Houssam Marouf 09 June 2026
A scene from the film 'Sirat' by French director Oliver Laxe

Walking 'The Path' with Oliver Laxe and Abdulnasser Gharem

A shared idea of passage links the themes of two films, where the road becomes a metaphor for trial shaped by survival and the risk of collapse

Abdullah Al-Oqaibi 04 April 2026
RAFAEL LOZANO-HEMMER  Pulse Canopy, 2025 CULTURE AND TOURISM ABU DHABI

Manar Abu Dhabi: a dance between light and nature

The second edition of the public art exhibition titled 'Suhail Is Your Guide' runs until 4 January, with pop-ups sprouting in Al Ain for the first time

Abeer Younis 31 December 2025
A visitor takes a picture of the painting La Chambre de Van Gogh a Arles, 1888 (Van Gogh's Bedroom in Arles) at the Musee d'Orsay in Paris, France. Stephane Mahe/Reuters

Three artists whose names became entwined with places

Vincent van Gogh painted sunflowers and starry nights from Arles, Paul Gauguin painted landscapes and Polynesian women from Tahiti, while in Tangier, Henri Matisse enhanced his palette.

Ismail Ghazaly 12 December 2025
A work from Syrian artist Shadi Abu Saada's latest exhibition, 'Migrants'. Mark Hachem Gallery

Shadi Abu Saada’s take on the migrant experience

The Syrian artist's works on display in Beirut consider the hopes and dreams of migrants, the walls they face, and their eventual arrival in a safe harbour

Mimoza Al-Arrawi 02 December 2025
Jo Underhill, Barbican Art Gallery

Mona Hatoum meets Giacometti in London exhibition

A contemporary Palestinian artist grapples with the same existential questions that Italian sculptor Alberto Giacometti once posed

Farouk Yousif 19 November 2025
A guest walks in front of a work entitled 'Out of Chaos XIII' by artist Daniel Crews-Chubb at the Frieze London 2025 exhibition in London on 15 October 2025. HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP

Frieze London 2025: art as algorithm

Digital art is rewriting the rules of the field, revising the meaning of authenticity, and recalibrating the boundary between virtual and physical. Have we lost something here?

Fai Nasser 08 November 2025
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Morocco's influence on Matisse

The famed painter (1869-1954) found both himself and the inspiration he needed in two visits to Tangier in the early 20th century, the effects of which are still very evident.

Azeddine Bourkia 07 October 2025
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Palestinian artist breathes life and meaning into Jaffa’s shoreline shards

Mohammad Qundus uses the fragments of former lives in his latest exhibition that seeks to reaffirm the Palestinian presence of today and its connection to the past

Houssam Marouf 05 October 2025
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A painting by the Egyptian artist George Bahgory from the series “Love and Football”.
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Football and art: fusing a popular sport with culture

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Artists use paintings, sculpture, murals, and digital designs to iconise, idolise, and mythologise football culture in a language understood by all

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