This week’s editorial musings
from magpie’s nest
The quote: The good man wins a victory and then stops; he will not go on to acts of violence. Winning, he boasteth not; he will not triumph; he shows no arrogance. He wins because he cannot choose; after his victory he will not be overbearing | Lao Tzu …
Day 13, and no end in sight Nor indeed an endgame. As a result the immediate future is unclear – at one end of the scale NYUAD is effectively running a Covid-era slowdown for now and Jameel Arts Centre is closed until further notice: at the other, Art Dubai is thinking about whether to modify or postpone its 17-19 April schedule (“we will share a clear update on our plans for Art Dubai 2026 shortly”).
Inbetween, life seems to be carrying on. There are no new gallery shows opening as far as we know, but most of the galleries themselves are open. Louvre Abu Dhabi and other venues in Saadiyat’s Cultural District and Yas Island are running normally. Sharjah Art Foundation is still promoting March Meeting 2026 (17-29 March) and Dubai Opera is taking bookings for its two good-looking end-of-March recitals (Theotime Gilot in the Studio on 22 March, Yuja Wang in the main house on 26 March). We think the Abu Dhabi Festival (starts 12 April with Jon Batiste) is also going ahead.
Comedy gigs are happening as usual, and perhaps laughter is indeed the best way to respond. Or maybe try Atlantis Aquaventure World, where free day-pass tickets for the waterpark are on offer from now to 22 March (max four per booking) …
Useful app of the week Do we need another bookmarking tool? Well, Eyeball is an app (iOS and Mac only, sadly) that claims to make saving links better. How? “We automatically add summaries, generate custom filters, find unexpected themes and connections, answer your questions, and we even build a personalised digest for you every Sunday morning”. Try it here …
Something for the weekend Glyph is a slightly different daily find-the-word game: six stylised letters – glyphs, in fact – are stacked on top of each other. You have to figure out what the letters are and the order in which they are stacked to spell a valid word. Try it here …
Things we didn’t know no.94 The longest view on earth (or at least the longest uninterrupted line of sight) runs for 530km between “an unnamed Himalayan ridge near the Indian-Chinese border and Pik Dankova in Kyrgyzstan” …
Earworm of the week Kim Gordon : Play Me
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