For curator Hoor Al Qasimi, art is a powerful tool for transformation. Recently topping ArtReview’s Power 100, Al Qasimi has spent over two decades reimagining Sharjah’s cultural landscape. Through her work developing pioneering institutions like the Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah Architecture Triennial, and the Africa Institute, she’s championed both local and global artists, revitalized heritage areas, and turned neglected spaces across Sharjah into hubs of artistic innovation and dialogue.
Visiting creatives in the places that inspire them, this episode of ‘Inner Worlds’ invites Art Basel into Al Qasimi’s world, against some of Sharjah’s most distinctive spaces, including Old Al Jubail – once a bustling market now reimagined as exhibition halls – and The Flying Saucer, a striking 1970s Brutalist building reborn as a community hub. …read more at nowness.com
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