Artists at this venue:
Rushdi Anwar, Kader Attia, Dana Awartani, Asma Belhamar, Ali Eyal, Gabriela Golder, Tracey Moffat, Michael Rakowitz
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Artists at this venue:
Rushdi Anwar, Kader Attia, Dana Awartani, Asma Belhamar, Ali Eyal, Gabriela Golder, Tracey Moffat, Michael Rakowitz
Activated for the Biennial, is the newly restored palace with a swimming pool and adjacent date palm orchard. It was built in the early twentieth century by Sheikh Saqr bin Sultan Al Qasimi and was completed in the 1960s by his successor Sheikh Khalid Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, ruler of Sharjah from 1965–1972. Prior to its renovation by the Foundation, the palace served as accommodation for personnel working at the Al Dhaid Clinic.
Situated on the desert plain to the east of coastal Sharjah, Al Dhaid is an oasis town at the centre of the emirate’s hinterland that served as an important caravan crossroads in the past. Sustained by underground aquifers, seasonal wadis and mountain streams, the area is known today as an agricultural hub.
(Texts from the SB15 Guidebook)
Sharjah Biennial 15, 2023
Thinking Historically in the Present
7 February - 11 June 2023
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Curated by Hoor Al Qasimi,
based on the concept of Okwui Enwezor who was invited to curate SB15 before his untimely passing in 2019
List of artists
Over 150 participants from more than 70 countries
SB15 Working Group, Enwezor’s longtime collaborators:
Tarek Abou El Fetouh, Ute Meta Bauer, Salah M. Hassan, Chika Okeke-Agulu, Octavio Zaya
SB15 Advisory Committee:
Sir David Adjaye OBE, Christine Tohmé
