Ishara Art Foundation
Founded in 2019, Ishara Art Foundation is dedicated to sharing and showcasing contemporary art from South Asia. Located within Dubai’s Alserkal Avenue art district, the foundation supports emerging and established practices with the aim of advancing critical dialogue and exploring global interconnections. Ishara realises its mission through exhibitions, onsite and online programmes, education initiatives and collaborations in the UAE and internationally.
- Organisation type Foundation
- Year founded 2019
- Headquartered Dubai
- Registration United Arab Emirates
- Website https://www.ishara.org/
Focus areas
Focus sectors
Arts
- Visual arts
- Museums
- Art museums
- Arts services
- Public arts
- Cultural awareness
- Humanities
- Art history
Focus populations
- Artists and performers
Focus geographies
Middle East
- United Arab Emirates
South Asia
- Pakistan
- India
Programmes
- Collaborations
- Educational outreach and Collection-building
- Exhibitions
- Programmes
Financials
Funding model
- Foundation-administered programme awards
Primary funders
- Smita Prabhaker
Operations
Key staff
- Associate Director and Curator, Sabih Ahmed
- Founder and Chairperson, Smita Prabhakar
Board members
- Chair: Abdelmonem Alserkal, Board of Trustees
- Colm Timothy Mcloughlin, Colm Timothy Mcloughlin
- Hoda Taysir Barakat, Hoda Taysir Barakat
- Myrna Ayad, Myrna Ayad
- Sayed Abdulfattah Sayed Mansoor Sharaf, Sayed Abdulfattah Sayed Mansoor Sharaf
- Sayed Mustafa Sayed Mohd. Naim Alhashmi, Sayed Mustafa Sayed Mohd. Naim Alhashmi
- Smita Prabhakar, Founder and Chairperson
Contact details
- +971 4 223 3001
- info@ishara.org
- https://www.ishara.org/
- A3, Alserkal Avenue, Street 17, Al Quoz 1, Dubai, UAE. PO Box 181992