Japanese architect Tadao Ando poses in front of a public toilet designed by him used in the Wim Wenders film, Perfect Days. AFP

Meet the Japanese architect behind the floating Dubai Museum of Art

Pritzker Prize-winning Japanese creative was originally linked to the planned Maritime Museum on Saadiyat Island

Art & Design

Al Ain was booming Iron Age town, new discoveries from 2,000-year-old tomb show

Culture

Elias Izoli's clowns and acrobats embody the weight and silence of Assad's Syria

Art & Design

How visitors will see, hear and smell history at Zayed National Museum

Art & Design

Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi announces November opening date

Culture

Marwan show coming to Dubai charts remarkable career of late Syrian painter

Culture

Depicting Dubai's transformation – '20 years here is like 80 anywhere else'

Culture
The Louvre Museum in Paris closed for the day after thieves stole jewellery from the Napoleon and Empress Josephine collection. AFP

Priceless jewels stolen in heist at Louvre Museum in Paris

Crown of Napoleon III's wife found damaged after display cases smashed in raid during opening hours

Art & Design

Light exhibition Manar Abu Dhabi to illuminate emirate with glowing sculptures

Culture

Art at Louvre Abu Dhabi sheds light on shadows, from mashrabiya to shoji screens

Culture

Abu Dhabi Art to become Frieze Abu Dhabi in 2026 under new partnership

Art & Design

Dia Al Azzawi on working in exile: 'Everything I offer is part of Arab culture'

Art & Design

Inside Zayed National Museum and its gallery of the region's origins

Art & Design

Egyptian goddess 'with nose job' is ancient masterpiece worth $2m

UK
As part of his masterclass at Museum of the Future in Dubai, Iraqi artist Dia Azzawi will discuss the history of Arab art. Antonie Robertson / The National

Dia Al Azzawi on working in exile: 'Everything I offer is part of Arab culture'

Iraqi artist continues to create paintings shaped by the history and struggles of his people

Art & Design

Inside Zayed National Museum and its gallery of the region's origins

Art & Design

Egyptian goddess 'with nose job' is ancient masterpiece worth $2m

UK

Global figures behind Love is Resistance, the art book for Palestine

Culture

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