住所: Al-Jahili Fort, Sultan Bin Zayed Al Awwal St. Al Mutawaa, Al Ain
Discovered in the second half of the XX Century, the cultural sites of Al Ain, declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco in 2011, celebrate ten years of this important recognition. These are historic archeological sites and six oases which are a witness to the sedentary human inhabitation of a desert region from the neolithic period. On the top of Gharn bint Saud, a huge stratified rock sticking out of the desert floor, stone tombs were found, most of which date back to the Bronze and Iron Ages. In the same area, a falaj was found, an ancient irrigation system from 3000 years ago which allowed water to be taken from beneath the surface. And from 3000 B.C., the site of Hili which provided the first proof of agricultural settlements in the United Arab Emirates. Many of the buildings found in this area date back to the Bronze Age and, today, are part of an archeological park opened to the public. Among the discoveries to be admired are also a rich variety of fossils dating back thousands of years ago when the area was covered by the sea. Among the most ancient remains are those of Jebel Hafit, tombs which date back 5000 years, discovered by a team of Danish archeologists in 1959.
Revealed to the public for the first time, El Anatsui's personal collection of records offers an exclusive look at the cultural influences that played a significant role in shaping his extraordinary career.
This is the first major exhibition of Lala Rukh's work, reflecting on three decades of drawing, printmaking, photography and video, produced against the backdrop of political unrest and feminist movements in Pakistan.
Photographer Gauri Gill is the curator of this exhibition which - reflecting on the intertwined relationship between dynamic cities, the natural environment and the inseparable sacred - features twelve artists and collectives working in different contexts of urban, rural, domestic, community, public and immaterial spaces.
Short Circuits is Vikram Divecha's first retrospective exhibition, tracing the Dubai-based artist's practice since 2013. Divecha is interested in the otherwise invisible structures of planning, construction, demolition and maintenance that shape the cities of the United Arab Emirates and beyond.