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SUMMARY:Ever-Present
DESCRIPTION:A group show by six African artists presenting “a captivating and thought-provoking collection of artworks that highlight the diverse landscapes and thematic intersections of African art across generations … The exhibition offers a glimpse into the complex histories\, traditions\, and values that have shaped the artists and the communities they represent. The selected artists and artworks delve into profound themes and challenge conventional thinking in their respective works\, exploring the connections between past and present\, investigating how personal and collective histories continue to shape our understanding of the world …” An interesting-sounding attempt to capture the essence of Africa through “an exploration of the interplay between cultural heritage and the forces of globalisation”. \nThe artists: \n\nJ.K. Bruce-Vanderpuije (1899–1989)\nEl Anatsui (b.1944)\nVictor Ekpuk (b.1964)\nBetty Acquah (b.1965)\nMaggie Otieno (b.1974)\nYaw Owusu (b.1992)\n\nTo 1 July. \nAbove: El Anatsui\, Ancient text (2021)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/ever-present/
LOCATION:Efiɛ Gallery\, 2 Al Khayat Art Avenue\, First Al Khail Street\, Dubai
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SUMMARY:Talal Al Najjar\, Ziad Al Najjar: Symbiotic Hyperreal
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition marks the first duo show for Emirati brothers Talal Al Najjar and Ziad Al Najjar. They each maintain a distinct individual artistic practice\, but developed in close proximity to one another; and both draw upon their relationship to their surroundings\, particularly Dubai\, where they grew up. \nViewed together\, the works of Talal and Ziad create a quality of simulation\, unrealness\, or hyperreality (the inability to distinguish from a simulation of reality). From the moment that the viewer enters the space\, they are watching\, but there is also a sense of being watched. \nTo 14 June. \nThis exhibition is curated by Tala Nassar; it marks Nassar’s final project at The NYUAD Art Gallery\, before departing to pursue graduate study at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/talal-al-najjar-ziad-al-najjar-symbiotic-hyperreal/
LOCATION:NYUAD Project Space\, NYUAD Campus\, Saadiyat Island\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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SUMMARY:Connecting Minds Book Club: Ben Okri
DESCRIPTION:“Books alone can’t save the world\,” says the blurb for this new book club. “But passionate readers can.” At the opening event of what we’re told will be a regular LitFest-style session with “renowned authors from around the world”\, the Booker Prize-winning novelist and poet Ben Okri will launch his new book\, Tiger Work\, a series of essays on climate\, the environment and wildlife. He’ll be in conversation with Emirates Literature Foundation CEO Ahlam Bolooki; there will be a Q&A to follow and a book signing session.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/connecting-minds-book-club-ben-okri/
LOCATION:Terra Auditorium\, Terra – The Sustainability Pavilion\, Expo City\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Words
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SUMMARY:CineMAS – 19B / White Building
DESCRIPTION:7pm 19B dir Ahmad Abdalla (2022) \nThe richly-layered narrative centres on the elderly caretaker of an abandoned Cairo villa known as 19B. The owners have been absent for so long that no one even knows how to contact them\, and the building is falling apart. Still\, the caretaker is happy with his life … but then things change when the old man is threatened by an aggressive ex-con\, the leader of a street gang. It’s a situation that will mark a turning point in his life. Arabic with English subtitles. \n9pm White Building dir Kavich Neang (2021) \nA tale of gentrification and community displacement in Cambodia\, a fictional story about the real-life White Building\, an iconic modernist apartment block in the centre of Phnom Penh which was demolished in 2017. The film’s director\, Kavich Neang\, grew up in the White Building; in his film the White Building itself\, The White Building is crumbling and not fit for habitation\, but it’s still home to a vibrant diverse community getting along happily. The story is about 20-year-old Samnang and two of his friends who live there and the way the stable environment they have always called home is to be pulled down … Khmer with English subtitles. \nThe CineMAS contemporary Arab cinema series is a mini-festival of independent films curated by Hind Mezaina and presented by the NYUAD Film and New Media Program in partnership with the NYUAD Arts Center. Day tickets are AED 30\, weekend (Saturday & Sunday) tickets are AED 50\, a full-week pass is AED 150..
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/cinemas-19b/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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SUMMARY:Monty Python's Spamalot
DESCRIPTION:A second performance of this highly irreverent musical parody of Arthurian legend\, based on the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail with lyrics and book by Python’s Eric Idle and a score by Idle and John Du Prez. It’s funny and clever\, and it’s brought to us by the Abu Dhabi Choral Group\, the UAE’s longest established amateur music group – now in its 45th season\, and with more than 75 shows in its back catalogue. Recommended. \nThere are further shows at 7.30pm on 2 and 3 June\, with a 2pm matinée on 3 June too.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/monty-pythons-spamalot-2/
LOCATION:The Arts Center @ NYUAD\, NYUAD Campus\, Saadiyat Island\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Musical
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SUMMARY:The Addams Family – A New Musical
DESCRIPTION:MTDXB (Musical Theatre Dubai) is – as far as we know – the first and only adult theatre group in Dubai to specialise in musicals. Formed in 2021\, they have done four performances to date\, and they tend to be best-of cabaret-type shows like this one; but the team has managed to gather an impressive addressbook of once-pro and semi-pro performers\, mostly from Britain\, who between them can boast of a wealth of experience. \nSo this full-scale exercise should be good. It’s an original story (book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice\, music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa) that provides a sequel to the original Addams Family story. Wednesday Addams\, the ultimate princess of darkness\, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet\, smart young man from a respectable family– a man her parents have never met. And if that wasn’t upsetting enough\, Wednesday confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother. Now\, Gomez Addams must do something he’s never done before: keep a secret from his beloved wife\, Morticia. Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night they host a dinner for Wednesday’s “normal” boyfriend and his parents … \nClaire Bennett directs\, the musical director is Adam Laird. The production has a cast of 50\, a live 12-piece band\, and a “stunning” professionally built set. We’re promised “a number of showstopper songs” (when we saw a version of the show a while ago we counted around 20 of them\, and particularly liked the Move Towards the Darkness finale) “and elaborate dance routines”. Sounds like a load of fun … \nThere are further performances at 7.30pm on 2 and 3 June\, with a 2.30 matinée on the Saturday too.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/the-addams-family-a-new-musical/
LOCATION:Sunmarke School\, Jumeirah Village Triangle\, Dubai
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