Can we listen to the past? Can places and objects retain something of the audio landscapes that once surrounded them? What does the absence of sound sound like? Is it the same as silence? Umashankar Manthravadi used to be a [ … ]
An artist’s residency looks like a win-win: the organising institution gets the kudos and probably some of the resulting art, the artist gets time and space to work without the distractions of needing to make a living. On the other [ … ]
The winners of LitFest’s competition to discover unpublished novelists were announced during the festival’s first week. Recognised as one of the most successful writing competitions in the region, albeit in the face of not very much competition, the Emirates LitFest [ … ]
The winners of HIPA’s World’s Coolest Winter Photography Competition have been announced. There were more than 2,800 submissions from the 2,176 participants, who hailed from a total of 89 countries – mostly from the UAE (428) or India (424) with [ … ]
Ten local writers have been named as the first winners of First Chapter, the new mentorship programme established by the Emirates Literature Foundation with Seddiqi Holding. The winners – announced at a ceremony at LitFest a couple of days ago [ … ]
Tashkeel has selected its largest cohorts yet for its two key professional development programmes. For the the sixth iteration of its Critical Practice Programme, for early-career visual artists in the UAE, it received 75 applications. Six artists have been selected [ … ]
It looks as though Art Dubai has weathered the pandemic – and the same seems to apply to its participant galleries (and hopefully the buyers too). The 15th edition of Art Dubai, which is back at Madinat Jumeirah from 11-13 [ … ]
Sharjah Art Foundation’s Spring 2022 programme has been unveiled, featuring a packed schedule of exhibitions alongside the 14th edition of the Foundation’s annual March Meeting. There will be major solo shows of work by Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Khalil Rabah, CAMP, Aref [ … ]
The NYUAD Art Gallery usually runs no more than two or three major exhibitions each season, and it has just announced two for Spring and Fall this year. The team there is keeping busy on other fronts this year, too, [ … ]
The Ras Al Khaimah Fine Arts Festival – which opens on Friday 4 February and runs to 31 March – has come a long way in 10 years, to the point where it’s now becoming established as a solid contributor [ … ]
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