DCT Abu Dhabi and Mubadala Foundation have signed an agreement for the latter to pump AED 50 million (around $13.6m) into the emirate’s cultural sector over the next five years. This is described as “a first-of-its-kind agreement” and “a step [ … ]
We wouldn’t normally flag the arrival of a PR agency in the region, not least because Dubai and Abu Dubai are awash with them, but in this case we think it’s worth paying attention: Pelham Communications has opened an office [ … ]
The seven artists shortlisted for the third edition of Louvre Abu Dhabi Art Here have been announced. From this group one winner will be selected to receive the Richard Mille Art Prize (and its $60,000 cash award). The theme for [ … ]
Sharjah Architecture Triennial has outlined the new commissions and site-specific projects for its 2023 edition, due to open 11 November. Under the title The Beauty of Impermanence: An Architecture of Adaptability and curated by architect Tosin Oshinowo, the Triennial will [ … ]
We’re only just done with Sharjah Biennial 15 – and very good it was, too – but already Sharjah Art Foundation is announcing the curators for the Biennial’s next edition, which runs from February through June 2025. As is becoming [ … ]
“The problems of the future will be solved by today’s bright young engineers and scientists. But they need inspiration and encouragement.” That’s the ethos behind the James Dyson Award; and whatever your views about Mr Dyson himself, the award has [ … ]
Sharjah Art Foundation’s annual photography exhibition Vantage Point Sharjah returns for its 11th edition from 14 October to 14 January, featuring artists “whose work challenges established notions of photographic practices” – four individuals and one collective, chosen through an international [ … ]
So what were you doing seven years ago? Bill Bragin was opening the pilot season of his arts centre at NYU Abu Dhabi. It probably was the only multi-disciplinary arts and performance space in the country at the time, and [ … ]
Arts AlUla riffed off the buzz around Paris Design Week to announce the five winners of the AlUla Design Award there. The Award invited designers to develop retail items across six categories inspired by the heritage, landscape and artistic legacies [ … ]
If you only do three exhibitions a year, there’s an unavoidable imperative to make sure that they are good exhibitions – relevant, accessible and of the very best quality. It looks as though The NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery will [ … ]
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