Editorial from Exhibo and official announcements from The Jordan Museum.
Editorial coverage on Exhibo
Busan committee recognises landmarks across Iran, Lebanon, Palestine and beyond, while emergency protocols highlight sites under threat
The latest World Heritage roster features contentious emergency inscriptions from conflict zones alongside cultural and natural landmarks spanning five continents.
How the Liwa desert — the Empty Quarter's northern edge, and the real Arrakis — became one of the most filmed, least understood landscapes on Earth.
Denis Villeneuve filmed Dune in Liwa, on the rim of the Rub' al Khali — the largest sand sea on the planet. A desert that has been an ocean, birthed a nation, and is only now being discovered as a subject for art.
A field guide to collecting Arab and Middle Eastern art — who buys, what it costs, why prices lag cultural significance, and where collectors are looking now.
How the Arab world went from selling its art history to the West to building the fastest-growing market for Middle Eastern art on earth — who buys, why, what it costs, and where the smart money is looking now
Nearly 600 handcrafted garments and cultural objects from the Widad Kawar archive find a permanent home in Toronto
The Royal Ontario Museum has secured one of the world's most significant collections of Arab dress and heritage arts, comprising almost 600 objects spanning fourteen countries across the region.
