The organisers of Downtown Design have confirmed dates and location for its 2021 edition. As expected, the major B2B element of Dubai Design Week will be returning to its purpose-built venue at the d3 Waterfront; the November slot is retained, [ … ]
Art Dubai has bowed to the inevitable and announced changes to its plans for this year’s art fair – new dates, new location, reduced scale – to accommodate the persistent pandemic and concerns about attendance by visitors (transmission risks) and [ … ]
The newly launched Thrive in Abu Dhabi programme is the Emirate’s promotion for long-term Golden Visas (and in theory a pathway to citizenship too) for expat talent working, studying, and/or investing in key sectors in Abu Dhabi. This adds a [ … ]
Louvre Abu Dhabi is opening its third season with a major collaboration with the Centre Pompidou under the title Abstraction and Calligraphy – Towards a Universal Language. The exhibition sits well with the Louvre AD’s positioning as a ‘world museum’; [ … ]
Discipline and formality are key to classical dance from the Indian subcontinent. But to the outsider, that discipline can be conveyed as a celebration of rhythm, space and the movement of the body; those dances can be expressive, elegant, or [ … ]
Nearly a year of pandemic-related restrictions has necessarily persuaded many of us to remodel the way we live, work and socialise. One of the obvious changes is the increased focus on online communication – Covid-safe, free from geographical or horological [ … ]
The Ras Al Khaimah Fine Arts Festival is back for its ninth annual edition, running 6 February to 3 April at three RAK locations and carrying the theme of Hope. As Festival Director Suqrat bin Bisher put it: “As we [ … ]
Would you buy more art if it was easy? If it was easy to find something you like, easy to specify the size and frame, easy to hang it? That’s the idea behind a customised photo-print service called inkopia which [ … ]
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