The Abu Dhabi government is planning to invest a further $6bn in the cultural and creative industries over the next five years as the emirate uses the need for a post-pandemic stimulus to continue its diversification away from its economic […]
Louvre Abu Dhabi’s Children’s Museum reopens on 18 June with Emotions!: The New Art Adventure, an exhibition of 10 artworks and multiple interactive stations. The aim is to familiarise children with identifying emotions – an essential milestone in a child’s […]
There’s something about a Master of Fine Arts course. Unlike most other masters degrees, it’s practice-based rather than focussed on academic theory and analysis; an MFA is intended to develop advanced creative skills. So an institution that offers the course […]
Sharjah Art Foundation has postponed the 15th edition of the Sharjah Biennial again. Already delayed from 2021, SB15 had been rescheduled for March 2022; it will now open in February 2023. Hoor Al Qasimi, director of both SAF and the […]
Dubai Future Foundation’s Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution UAE (C4IR UAE) has named LuxAI the winner of its Smart Toys Competition. LuxAI, a spinoff from the University of Luxembourg, has a kid-sized bot named QTrobot that initially allows children […]
Abu Dhabi Art is taking works by Emirati artists Hind Mezaina, Afra Al Dhaheri and Afra Al Suwaidi to London, with a show running at Cromwell Place from 2 to 13 June. The pieces on show were created for last […]
When writers dream of getting published, initial fantasies usually take the form of massive advances from an international publishing house plus hints about a tidy little film deal. Tilda Swinton and Keanu Reeves for the leads? Samuel L Jackson in […]
An Arts Centre owes as much to the people it involves as the projects it runs. Last week we looked at the work Art Jameel’s exhibitions curator, Rahul Gudipudi. To set against that, we’re considering one of the more unusual […]
The UNESCO Executive Board has adopted the first draft decision that the UAE has proposed to it. The subject was ‘A Framework for Culture and Art Education’, and frankly there was little danger that it would not be accepted – […]
Arabic typography is to be featured as a new category in the Al Burda Award 2021. The competition for the Award – postponed last year because of the pandemic, and misleadingly singular (there are awards in several categories) – is […]
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