Rain Room to quench Sharjah’s thirst for art

An edition of the Rain Room by the design collective Random International is to go on permanent display in Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). A 3,300 sq. ft building for the installation is under construction and is expected to open in autumn 2017. “Rain Room provokes a sense of surprise and wonder in audiences, and that reaction will perhaps be stronger in Sharjah… as the UAE has a predominantly desert landscape,” says Sheikha Hoor Al Qasimi, the president of the Sharjah Art Foundation, which acquired the piece in cooperation with Galerie Brigitte Schenk.