Month: July 2026

Architecture

SAT03: redefining architecture?

29 July 2026
The theme and participants for the third Sharjah Architectural Triennial (14 November 2026 to 14 April 2027) have been published, and they both look a meaty counterpoint to the more usual design/technology-led architectural get-together. That theme for SAT03 is ‘Architecture [ … ]
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magpie Weekly issue 7.39 / 23 July 2026

23 July 2026
This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote: It’s only words – unless they’re true | David Mamet … Frieze filling out Frieze Abu Dhabi (19-22 Nov at Manarat Al Saadiyat) will have two new curated sections – Frieze Masters Abu Dhabi, [ … ]
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magpie Weekly issue 7.38 / 16 July 2026

16 July 2026
This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote: If you resolve to give up smoking, drinking and loving, you don’t actually live longer; it just seems longer | Clement Freud … More books for Sharjah Pushing ahead with its image-building in [ … ]
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magpie Weekly issue 7.37 / 9 July 2026

9 July 2026
This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote: Art galleries should hang terrible paintings from the same period as their masterpieces so that visitors can realise quite how amazing the good paintings are | James Marriott … Dubai’s cultural sector [ … ]