July 2025 – magpie

Alla Abdunabi (left) and Maktoum Marwan Al Maktoum from Abu Dhabi Art's Beyond Emerging Artists programme

Abu Dhabi Art’s three emerging artists for the Beyond programme

17 July 2025

Abu Dhabi Art has named Alla Abdunabi, Salmah Almansoori, and Maktoum Marwan Al Maktoum for its Beyond Emerging Artists commissions programme. They’ll be mentored by Issam Kourbaj and will show their new work at Abu Dhabi Art this November; the [ … ]

Comment: 17 July 2025

16 July 2025

This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote: If you are like most people, then like most people, you don’t know you’re like most people Daniel Gilbert ZNM to open this year December 2025 has been confirmed for the opening of [ … ]

Comment: 10 July 2025

10 July 2025

This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote: Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it, and above all, accurately so they will be guided [ … ]

Plans and curators for the third Sharjah Architecture Triennial

4 July 2025

The Sharjah Architecture Triennial has named a heavyweight curator for its third edition and released a commendably lucid curatorial statement. The curator is Vyjayanthi Rao. She’s an anthropologist, writer, artist, and curator based between New York and Mumbai. Currently a [ … ]

Comment: 3 July 2025

2 July 2025

This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote: A classic is a work which relegates the noise of the present to a background hum, without which at the same time the classics cannot exist Italo Calvino Upcoming at The Arts [ … ]