The fifth edition of Dubai Design Week, which is describing itself with justification as “the largest creative festival in the Middle East”, will run 11-16 November with its most substantial programme yet – over 200 events, among them the inaugural [ … ]
Wael Al Awar and Kenichi Teramoto, Principal Architects of Dubai’s Ibda design, have been appointed as the curators for the National Pavilion UAE at the 2020 Mostra di Architettura di Venezia, the architecture section of the Venice Biennale. They were [ … ]
UPDATED 29 Sep 19 The Hay Festival organisers have announced that an edition of the eponymous literature festival will be coming to Abu Dhabi next February. Peter Florence, founder, director, and main man in the Hay Festival multiverse, declared that [ … ]
Now in its fifth season, The Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi has built up an impressive reputation for its programming – and especially for finding eclectic pairings that don’t immediately seem obvious but do work well. Award-winning Egyptian jazz [ … ]
Art Basel, the dominant organisers of art fairs around the world, is “further expanding its engagement beyond the core art world” with “a multi-faceted cultural experience” in Abu Dhabi next February. Art Basel Inside is a three-day conference and “immersive [ … ]
The winner of this year’s Land Art Generator Initiative competition has been announced at the 24th World Energy Congress in Abu Dhabi. The first prize – $40,000 and the possibility that the structure will be built on a new public [ … ]
Alserkal Arts Foundation is bringing the much-lauded Whitechapel Gallery Is This Tomorrow? group show to Dubai this November. You shouldn’t miss it. The exhibition, curated by Whitechapel Gallery’s chief curator Lydia Yee, is a response to the gallery’s landmark 1956 [ … ]
The winners of the 2019 Aga Khan Award for Architecture have been announced, and among them is the Wasit Wetland Centre in Sharjah. The winners share $1 million. The Aga Khan Award for Architecture was established in 1977 “to identify [ … ]
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