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66 participants from 39 countries in the exhibition"The house is lonely" Ras Al Khaimah

Ras Al Khaimah, April 12, 2017 – The Design Gallery’s collective fine arts exhibition in Al Raffa launched its work yesterday in Ras Al Khaimah, bringing together eminent figures, professionals, and amateurs of fine art in the Emirates in the largest gathering of its kind that included 66 participants from 39 countries in an evening bearing the slogan “The House is United.”

The exhibition was attended by His Excellency Salem Al-Maftul and Sultan bin Yacoub, members of the Federal National Council, and a number of officials.

The opening of a new group art exhibition for fine arts at the Design Gallery is the culmination of the initiatives of the artist Tariq Ibrahim Al-Salman, founder of the gallery, with wide participation from artists from inside and outside the emirate, in a step that reflects the growing cultural movement witnessed by Ras Al Khaimah.

The exhibition includes workshops for Arabic calligraphy, drawing, and Islamic-style engraving on pottery, jewelry, and decorative handicrafts, a plastic bazaar, and musical performances led by Egyptian musician Youssef Alaa El-Din Hussein.

This event comes within a series of artistic activities hosted by Ras Al Khaimah, which aim to support the plastic movement and enhance the presence of art in society, especially with the continuation of organizing previous group exhibitions that also witnessed wide participation by artists from multiple countries, and dozens of works were presented in the fields of drawing, photography, calligraphy and design.

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