Museum in the Sky Volume II
Experience Collaborater: Emirates Airlines
Experience Sponsor: The Sharjah Entreprenurship Center (Sheraa)
Media Partner: Sekka
Experience Type: Innovative museum experience
Venue: In-flight entertainment
Air Date: May 2023
Participating Artists: Ishaq Madan, Jalal Luqman, Maitha Hamdan, Mohammed Al Attar, and Sumayyah Alsuwaidi.
Curators: Manar and Sharifah Alhinai
Experience Description:
Museum in the Sky is a special experience brought to viewers by the Khaleeji Art Museum that was available on Emirates Airlines, the world’s leading airlines, and Etihad Airways. Showing on Emirates Airlines’ inflight entertainment, Ice. The experienced allowed passengers onboard all Emirates flights to enjoy art of the Arab Gulf States and become more familiar with it. It was also part of the Khaleeji Art Museum’s ongoing effort to present the art of the region in innovative ways to build cultural bridges with millions of people around the world. Passengers met who are from and/or are based in the region, who spoke about their artistic journeys and showcased some of their favorite creations in their individual galleries in the sky.
In its second volume, five Gulf artists– Jalal Luqman, Sumayyah Alsuwaidi, Ishaq Madan, Maitha Hamdan, and Mohammed Al Attar– share their art journeys and works of theirs that hold significance to them. The second volume of Museum in the Sky is sponsored by the Sharjah Entrepreneurship Center (Sheraa), a not-for-profit enterprise with a mandate for developing the entrepreneurship ecosystem in the Emirate of Sharjah and providing technology startups with a launchpad for success. It is also brought with the support of our media partners Sekka, a media brand that is dedicated to exploring art, culture, literature and opinions from the Arab world that is based in London, UK.
Explore the artists’ galleries page.
About the Artist:
Sumayyah Alsuwaidi is multi-award-winning Emirati curator and artist that is known for her digital art and active role in developing the UAE’s art scene further. She has exhibited her work globally, including in the USA, France, Germany, Switzerland, China and UAE. Her work was also auctioned by Christie’s in 2012 as part of The Modern and Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish Art Part II Exhibition and exhibited at Sotheby’s Galleries in London as part of The Three Generations Exhibition in 2013.
In her gallery in the sky, which is available for passengers onboard Emirates Airlines to view through their inflight entertainment, Ice, Alsuwaidi recounted her artistic beginnings and walked viewers through her works She Loved Me, The Deer Snake and A Fishing Hope.
To find out more about Alsuwaidi, please visit this page.