The Farjam foundation, which is completely free to the public, is proud to have presented up to now 26 curated exhibitions with art from every corner of the globe, paintings and videos that will pique your interest, installations, sculptures, and antiquities from Islamic art through the ages, located at the leading financial hub for the Middle East, Africa and South Asia— the Dubai International Financial Center. Since its founding in 2008, our foundation has aspired to be more than a cache of rare and beautiful objects from our private collection. Each day, Islamic and western heritage comes alive at the DIFC through our educational programs, including lectures, panel discussions, workshops, and an annual art camp hosted by local artists, scholars, and curators. Propelled by our values of education for all and philanthropy, we strive to fill the gap between the public and private cultural sectors to shape the future of private art education and outreach in the UAE. Our hands-on work with local universities, colleges, schools, cultural organizations, Islamic art departments of leading institutions, and museums including the British Museum, aims to engage an international community to support, understand, and appreciate Middle Eastern visual arts from antiquity through to the contemporary art of today. Our hope is to surprise, delight, and reveal new ideas and unforeseen connections across time and across cultures.
