Throughout the Sharjah Biennial, works are described using overwrought, often politicized language, and the grandiloquent framing can, cumulatively, have a flattening effect.

These trompe l’oeil wax creations look so delicious you might not even want to light them, from hyperrealistic fried chicken ...

When interior designer Natasha Landers bought this house 24 years ago, it was dated and had had a lot of the "original ...

However, after the glow fades and the last wisps of smoke disappear, you may notice something far less charming: soot marks ...