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Cricket - Shakib Al Hassan
Ranked as one of the world s most famous athletes by ESPN in 2019, Shakib has come a long way since his debut back in 2004 at the National Domestic League as a 17-year-old cricketer.
In 2015, the sports star of Bangladesh became the first and only cricketer in history to be marked as the top ranker in all three formats of the game.
In November 2020, after a ban of a full year by the International Cricket Council, Shakib returned to his passion – cricket, and continued his presence through taking part in the Bangabandhu T20 Cup 2020, as a selected team member for Gemcon Khulna.
Photo: Mike Pickles for Tatler Hong Kong
The Huge Mountain (2011) by Lam Tung-pang and 54:10: Artist’s table (2011) by William Lim
The Lims have been fans of Hong Kong painter Lam Tung-pang for years. This piece,
The Huge Mountain, is one of the largest works in their donation to M+ it’s more than five metres long. “I’ve always liked how his work crosses between Chinese classical painting and contemporary art,” says William. “We bought this work from Hanart TZ Gallery, I think in 2012. One thing that really struck me was that there was a moon on the top of the mountain. I don’t know why, but I’ve always thought that moon was very beautiful.”
Last December, culture360 launched a new series of articles on
how the arts are adapting to the New Normal . One year into the global pandemic, this series will present
experiences and stories of resilience, adaptation, and success from the arts sector to the Covid-19 pandemic, with particular focus on differently disabled artists and arts organisations, artists residencies and arts funding.
A library, a study room, and a hangout spot,
Reading Room is a public space where friends gather to read, discuss, meditate and imagine. Launched by HB Station in Guangzhou, China during the pandemic, it is an
offline project that aims to connect with friends through the medium of publications.
Sharjah Art Foundation announces winners of the Focal Point 2020 Publishing Grant
Focal Point art book fair, 2019. Bait Obaid Al Shamsi. Photo: Sharjah Art Foundation.
SHARJAH
.-Sharjah Art Foundation today announced the recipients of the second Focal Point Publishing Grant, an annual fund supporting artistic and research-driven publishing practices that advance scholarly examination of art history in the region and the wider world. Grant recipients Ali Essafi, Ridha Moumni, Gabriella Nugent and hākārā were announced on the opening day of the third Focal Point Art Book Fair in the Foundations heritage venue Bait Obaid Al Shamsi. Selected from more than 100 submissions received after an international open call, the winners will share a total of 27,000 USD to support research projects in the Long-Form Essay and Publication Reprint categories. To be completed over the course of the next year, the projects will be published by Sharjah Art Foundation and presented at future editi
The Sharjah Art Foundation has announced four recipients of its second Focal Point Publishing Grant.
Selected from more than 100 submissions following an international open call, the winners - Ali Essafi, Ridha Moumni, Gabriella Nugent and hakara - will share a total of $27,000 to support research projects in the Long-Form Essay and Publication Reprint categories. To be completed over the course of the coming year, the projects will be published by Sharjah Art Foundation and presented at future editions of the art book fair Focal Point.
In line with the overarching theme of Sharjah Biennial 15 (due to open in spring 2022), which is highlighted in its title Thinking Historically in the Present the grant’s open call was directed towards supporting art historical research focusing on global modernism in the Measa (Middle East, Africa and South Asia) region.