Month: December 2024

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Comment: 12 December 2024

12 December 2024
This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote It took me 15 years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn’t give up because by that time I was too famous Peter Benchley Musical notes Dubai [ … ]
Sculpture

Sculpture in Dubai

10 December 2024
Sculpture seems to be having a moment in the UAE, especially if you define it broadly enough to include 3D works like the genuinely impressive installations that make up much of the current Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial. But then [ … ]
Dance

At the Frontiers of movement

10 December 2024
As an art form, contemporary dance is mercifully free of constraints. Unlike theatre or poetry, it doesn’t depend on a particular language. Unlike music, it doesn’t utilise a particular form or structure based on scales or tempos. Dance has the [ … ]
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Comment: 5 December 2024

5 December 2024
This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote Life is like a 10-speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use Charles M Schulz Gaza Mon Amour A group of 50+ Palestinian artists is trying to set up [ … ]