Barjeel Art Foundation

Barjeel Art Foundation logo
Established2010
HeadquartersSharjah, United Arab Emirates
CuratorSuheyla Takesh
FounderSultan Sooud Al-Qassemi
CollectionModern and Contemporary Arab art
WebsiteOfficial Website

Barjeel Art Foundation is a non-profit arts organisation based in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. The foundation was established in 2010 by Emirati commentator Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi to manage and exhibit his personal art collection.[1] There are over 1,000 pieces of modern and contemporary art in the foundation's art collection.[2] The organisation primarily focuses on artwork produced by Arab artists worldwide and includes paintings, sculptures and installations.[3]

Between 2013 and 2018, the foundation mounted 23 exhibitions in countries including Egypt, UK, Jordan, United States, Kuwait, Singapore, and Iran.[4][5][6][7][8][9] In May 2018, a semi-permanent exhibition of the key artworks opened in the Sharjah Art Museum.[4] From 2018 through 2022, the exhibition Taking Shape: Abstraction From the Arab World, 1950s-1980 was hosted at museums and galleries in the states of New York, Massachusetts, Florida, and Illinois in the US.[10][11][12][13][14]

Barjeel's 'Imperfect Chronology' exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery in London
Barjeel's installation at the Yale University Art Gallery
Barjeel's Taking Shape Exhibition at the Grey Art Gallery
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  3. ^ Mejcher-Atassi, Sonja; Schwartz, John (2016). Archives, Museums and Collecting Practices in the Modern Arab World. Routledge. p. 190. ISBN 9781317178842. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
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  5. ^ "Barjeel Art Foundation opens a key exhibition in Alexandria". The National. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
  6. ^ "Barjeel Art Foundation Collection". Whitechapel Gallery. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
  7. ^ "Key exhibition from the Barjeel Art Foundation collection now open in Jordan". The National. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
  8. ^ "Al Seef: Works from the Collection of Barjeel Art Foundation | My Art Guides". myartguides.com. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
  9. ^ Kamali Dehghan, Saeed (2016-11-18). "Tehran museum hosts exhibition of modern Arab art". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2018-12-09.
  10. ^ "Quest for the Essence: Arab Abstraction from the Barjeel Art Foundation, 1940s–1980sJanuary 14–April 4, 2020 - Grey Gallery". greyartgallery.nyu.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-09-28.
  11. ^ "McMullen Museum: Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s–1980s". www.bc.edu. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
  12. ^ "Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s–1980s". Tampa Museum of Art. 2021-09-30. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
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  14. ^ "Taking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s – 1980s: Block Museum - Northwestern University". www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2023-05-09.