Ramadan used to be a quiet time. Now, not so much – especially not in Abu Dhabi, where NYUAD is hosting the inaugural Ramadaniyyat, a week-long program of events to mark Ramadan that has been put together by NYUAD’s three [ … ]
It looks as though Qatar is keen to rival Abu Dhabi as the region’s de facto leader in high-end arts and culture, at least in terms of infrastructure – it has announced plans for three more museums in Doha. All [ … ]
The shortlisted works for the 15th International Prize for Arabic Fiction have been announced, with the winner due to be named at a ceremony in Abu Dhabi on 22 May. Each of the shortlisted authors gets $10,000 as well as [ … ]
The commissions for Abu Dhabi Art’s 2021 Beyond: Emerging Artists initiative are to be shown at Palazzo Franchetti in Venice from 20 April to 22 May 2022. That’s the first month of the Venice Biennale (which actually opens to the [ … ]
Does the art world need a code for ethical collecting? It is after a massive business – worth $50.1 billion in 2021, according to Clare McAndrew’s Art Basel and UBS Global Art Market Report. That was a fifth lower than [ … ]
Abu Dhabi Music and Arts Foundation (ADMAF) announced the winners of its 2020 awards. The winners are artists Aisha Khalfan Al Mehairi and Maitha Al Omaira, writer Reem Almenhali, and designer Noura Al Serkal. Huda Ibrahim Alkhamis, ADMAF’s founder, declared [ … ]
It looks as though the post-pandemic Art Dubai is indeed back on track – the 15th edition of the art fair closed on Sunday with record attendances (more than 30,000 visitors across the five days) and strong sales reported across [ … ]
Mawaheb, Dubai’s nonprofit art studio for people of determination, was forced to close its long-established Al Fahidi base 18 months ago because of the pandemic. Now it’s back, with a new location in the GC Avenue development on Al Quoz’s [ … ]
Nasser Alzayani has won the inaugural $50,000 Richard Mille Art Prize. The Bahraini-American artist was one of the seven shortlisted for the award back in October 2021 and currently showing at the Louvre Abu Dhabi in the Art Here exhibition [ … ]
The Nigerian architect and designer Tosin Oshinowo has been appointed curator of the second Sharjah Architecture Triennial, opening in 2023. Noted for her socially responsive approaches to architecture, design and urbanism, Oshinowo is the principal of cmDesign Atelier (cmD+A), the [ … ]
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