Tashkeel is pleased to announce the five UAE-based visual artists selected for the 2024 Critical Practice Programme (CPP). Over the course of a comprehensive one-year program, this cohort will receive...
Posters
Poster, Art Print or Original Artwork? The Differences Explained
What separates a poster from an art print, giclΓ©e or canvas print, and an original artwork, and what you actually own when you buy one.
Where to Buy Art Prints and Posters in Dubai
Silkscreen posters, risograph prints, digital prints on cotton paper, calligraphy prints and photographs at Tashkeel in Dubai: how each is made, sizes, prices and framing.
How to Choose Art for Your Home: Size, Colour, Framing and Budget
A practical way to choose wall art: measure, size, hang, colour, framing and budget, with worked examples in real sizes and advice for buying your...
Art and Design Gifts Under AED 250
Gift ideas under AED 250 from the Tashkeel shop, grouped by price: cards, pins and bookmarks under AED 50, sketchbooks and mugs to AED 100,...
Silkscreen, Archival Matte or Cotton Rag? How to Choose, Frame and Care for Art Prints in the UAE
Not all posters are the same. A practical guide to the three main print types at the Tashkeel shop, silkscreen, archival matte digital and HahnemΓΌhle...
What Does It Say? A Translation Guide to Arabic Calligraphy and Typography Posters
Arabic letters are beautiful even if you cannot read them, but knowing what a work says changes how you live with it. How Arabic calligraphy...
The King and Queen of Hearts: How Playing Cards Travelled From the Islamic World to Our Walls
Playing cards are thought to have reached Europe through the Islamic world, via Mamluk decks with suits of cups, coins, swords and polo sticks. Tasmeem...
How to Decorate a Room With Posters: A Room-by-Room Guide (With Heights, Sizes and Layouts)
Posters are the fastest way to change a room. How high to hang them, which size suits which wall, how to plan a gallery wall,...
Five Voices That Shaped Arab Music: Mouza Al Hamrani's Posters of Umm Kulthum, Fairuz, Abdel Halim, Warda and Talal Maddah
Emirati illustrator Mouza Al Hamrani turns five legends of Arab music, Umm Kulthum, Fairuz, Abdel Halim Hafez, Warda Al-Jazairia and Talal Maddah, into bold pop-art...