The organisers of Abu Dhabi Art chose 23 March to announce that Monira Al Qadiri “has been commissioned to provide works for the visual campaign of Abu Dhabi Art 2018”. Surely this couldn’t have been timed to compete for the [ … ]
Art Jameel has announced that its purpose-built contemporary arts institution Jameel Arts Centre will open its doors on 11 November. It’s also been announced that the Arts Centre will become home to the collection of the Abraaj Group Art Prize. [ … ]
The week before Art Dubai opened, Art Basel and UBS launched the second edition of the Global Art Market Report. This is widely regarded as the most thorough and most accurate analysis of the art market, since it’s written by [ … ]
The Sharjah-based design hub Fikra, founded and directed by Salem al-Qassimi, has been assiduously building a presence as one of the UAE’s guiding lights in graphic design. In addition to its commercial design studio, it runs a co-working space, a [ … ]
Art Dubai’s success in the face of the sheer number of competitors it now has in the art fair business prompted us to put some pre-fair questions to Myrna Ayad. Her appointment as Director of Art Dubai was announced just [ … ]
So, Design Days Dubai is no more. After six years of showcasing collectable design in a Downtown location during March, the event is to be subsumed into Downtown Design (which is held in d3 rather than Downtown) in November. It [ … ]
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