Month: November 2025

This week’s editorial musingsfrom magpie’s nest The quote: Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Huxley … Art Dubai intro info Art Dubai’s 20th anniversary edition (17–19 Apr) – the first under new Fair Director Dunja Gottweis – gets [ … ]

This week’s editorial musingsfrom magpie’s nest The quote: I wonder if a single thought that has helped forward the human spirit has ever been conceived or written down in an enormous room Kenneth Clark … The place to be No apologies for [ … ]

This week’s editorial musingsfrom magpie’s nest The quote: Architecture is a dangerous mix of power and importance Rem Koolhaas … Abu Dhabi art week? Abu Dhabi seems to be acquiring an art week, possibly a whole art festival. There’s Abu Dhabi Art (plus its [ … ]

This week’s editorial musingsfrom magpie’s nest The quote: Literature has the same impact as a match lit in the middle of a field in the middle of the night. The match illuminates relatively little, but it enables us to see [ … ]