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Jazz

Reflective jazz: Naïssam Jalal and Hazem Shaheen

The Arts Center at NYUAD likes to give us the unexpected. The UAE debut of Naïssam Jalal and Hazem Shaheen promises just that – an intimate, meditative evening of taqsim and jazz improvisation from two masters of their instruments. The [… more]

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Art galleries

What matters to galleries

5 October 2026
Artlogic’s Gallery Reports (the third has just been published) poll a selection of art galleries to assess the state of the business, or at least the mood of the people who run them. For the 2026 report some 521 galleries [… more]
Art Fair

Frieze unveils some curation

5 October 2026
The curated (aka non-commercial) programme for the inaugural edition of Frieze Abu Dhabi has been announced. It looks good, as you’d expect; and there are some instructive pointers on the evolution from the Abu Dhabi Art model. At the centre [… more]
Diary

Diary dates

26 September 2026
For our own benefit we maintain a calendar of key upcoming events in the region. It’s updated regularly with new entries as we hear about them, so bookmark this page and check back regularly. Here are the highlights for the [… more]
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Sustainability

How to be a green artist

25 September 2026
The Green Manifesto for Artists was launched in July by Artists Now, the UK’s largest artists’ membership organisation (more than 36,000 members). The ‘manifesto’ isn’t a polemic so much as a practical guide, aiming to help artists take active steps [… more]

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