Art Jameel is ramping up its presence in Dubai ahead of the much-anticipated 11 November opening of the Jameel Arts Centre on Dubai Creek. One example is the appointment of a communications team in the form of Ciara Phillips as [ … ]
DUCTAC, the theatre and arts centre on top of Mall of the Emirates, has closed. Hopefully it’s a temporary suspension; a statement on the website (actually, it’s the only thing on the website at the moment) says DUCTAC has been [ … ]
Architectural academic and practitioner Amin Alsaden (right) has been appointed the director of the Sharjah Architecture Triennial, the first major platform dedicated to architecture and urbanism in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia. As well as contributing to [ … ]
The Art Gallery at NYU Abu Dhabi – now well established as an essential part of the UAE’s art ecosystem – opens its fall 2018 exhibition on 3 September. Under the somewhat provocative title Ways of Seeing, it’s a group [ … ]
The Fikra Graphic Design Biennial will launch its inaugural edition on 9 November under the label ‘Ministry of Graphic Design’. It will run to the end of the month. The theme is apparently intended to propose “an exploration of graphic [ … ]
In what looks like another official move to foster the development of a vibrant local arts scene – and then to show it to the rest of the world – the UAE’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC) [ … ]
Myrna Ayad is stepping down from her role as director of Art Dubai after just two years in the job. No replacement has been named, which is quite surprising – you might have expected that a seamless transition would have [ … ]
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