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SUMMARY:Candlelight: From Mozart to Chopin
DESCRIPTION:Aldo Dotti plays a 65 minute programme of piano favourites\, outdoors at the Jumeriah Al Qasr’s Céleste poolside restuarant. The programme: \nMozart: Rondo alla Turca from Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major\, K 331\nMozart: Piano Sonata No. 12 in F Major\, K.332 – I. Allegro\nMozart: “Queen of the Night” Aria (Der Hölle Rache) from The Magic Flute\, K.620\nBeethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor\, Op.67 – I. Allegro con brio\nBeethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor\, Op.27 No.2 (“Moonlight Sonata”) – I. Adagio sostenuto\nBeethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor\, Op.13 (“Pathétique”) – III. Rondo: Allegro\nLiszt: Liebestraum No. 3 in A-flat Major\, S.541\nChopin: Nocturne in E-flat Major\, Op.9 No.2\nChopin: Waltz in C-sharp Minor\, Op.64 No.2\nChopin: Scherzo in B-flat Minor\, Op.31 No.2 \nThe ticket includes a 20% discount on several of the hotel’s bars and restaurants on the same day; and for AED 530 you can include a three-course dinner at Pierchic too\, which itself is a pretty romantic location …
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/candlelight-from-mozart-to-chopin-2/
LOCATION:Jumeirah Al Qasr\, Madinat Jumeirah\, Umm Suqeim\, Dubai
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SUMMARY:Bluewaters Art Festival
DESCRIPTION:The inaugural Bluewaters Art Festival runs 4pm to midnight from 12 to 20 April\, featuring a theme (“Re:Connect”) and “designed to transform the island into a vibrant open-air gallery”. Expect murals\,  installations\, large-scale inflatable art\, outdoor sculptures\, and indoor exhibits via collaborations with Firetti Gallery\, Studio 13 and Kanvas Room\, plus live music\, art talks and hands-on workshops (mainlky for kids). \nThere’s a schedule on the website\, but for real-time info follow @BluewatersDubai on Instagram.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/bluewaters-art-festival/
LOCATION:Bluewaters\, Dubai
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250416
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250417
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SUMMARY:Asunción Molinos Gordo: The Peasant\, the Scholar and the Engineer
DESCRIPTION:Asunción Molinos Gordo’s second major collaboration with Art Jameel – following her 2019 Artist’s Garden\, In Transit (Botany of a Journey) – is her first retrospective exhibition in West Asia. This show spans 15 years of Molinos Gordo’s work\, tracing her journey from foundational artwork on food systems and agriculture in Egypt and the Arab world to recent investigations of Arab and Muslim heritage in her native Spain. \nCentral to her work is the concept of pensamiento campesino (peasant knowledge)—the accumulated wisdom and expertise of small farmers over centuries\, often overlooked by agronomic science and prevailing notions of progress. Molinos Gordo aims to reclaim this knowledge to foster more sustainable relationships with land\, resources\, and social harmony. For the artist\, this perspective is vital to achieving food sovereignty\, sustainability and the long-term stability of the global food supply. \nThe exhibition brings together key works that defined Molinos Gordo’s engagement with histories of food production and agriculture. They include the 2015 Sharjah Biennial Prize winner WAM (World Agriculture Museum) (2010). Emblematic of the latest developments of her practice\, Como solíamos (As we used to) (2020) is a large-scale rammed-earth installation that evokes the vernacular irrigation systems of Al-Andalus and reflects on the transformations of agricultural land over time. \nTo 21 September.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/asuncion-molinos-gordo-the-peasant-the-scholar-and-the-engineer/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250416
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250417
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SUMMARY:Calder / Hiquily: Balancing Act
DESCRIPTION:A clever juxtaposition of works by two masters of the poetry of balance and movement that reveals unexpected harmonies between the artistic languages of Alexander Calder and Philippe Hiquily. Calder’s gouaches on paper\, with their bold colours and rhythmic compositions\, provide a visual counterpoint to Hiquily’s sculptural explorations of balance\, weightlessness\, and abstraction. These works\, essential to Calder’s creative process\, exhibit the same principles that animate his mobiles\, two of which are included in this exhibition – New Old Universe (1953)\, an elegant example of his ‘constellations’\, and Caged Stone on Yellow Stalk (1966)\, a rare standing mobile. With these works are four of Hiquily’s Girouette mobiles\, each representing a different season. \nTo 4 May. \nAbove left: Alexander Calder\, Bunny Eared Horse (1971). Right: Philippe Hiquily\, La Reorneadora (2006)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/calder-hiquily-balancing-act/
LOCATION:Opera Gallery\, DIFC\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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SUMMARY:Kojo Marfo: HOME Heart Of My Existence
DESCRIPTION:The inaugural exhibition in the Emirates for the Ghanaian artist explores the concept of ‘home’ through the lens of Afro-Surrealism. This series marks an introspective shift in his practice\, reflecting his evolving sense of place in the world; HOME: Heart of My Existence consists of 13 large-scale works that reimagine home not as a fixed location\, but as something carried within\, “a space shaped by memory\, emotion\, and personal understanding” … To 31 May. \nAbove: Kojo Marfo\, Elegance in Unity (2024)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/kojo-marfo-home-heart-of-my-existence/
LOCATION:JD Malat Gallery\, ACT 2 Tower\, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Blvd 13A \,Downtown Dubai\, Dubai
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SUMMARY:Diamanti: dir Ferzan Özpetek (2024)
DESCRIPTION:A dazzling film set in n 1970s Rome in a dressmaking atelier for film and theatre. The atelier is directed by two very different sisters\, one determined and slightly despotic\, the other more fragile and tormented. An important order comes in for a huge film set in the eighteenth century: the costume designer is an Oscar winner\, the director is equally demanding. The dressmakers get to work; they don’t have much time\, but plenty to contend with\, including a rivalry between two prima donnas who should be prevented from crossing paths when trying on their costumes. And each of the dressmakers has their own problems at home too … \nThere’s a little bit of everything in the film: humour and drama\, sisterhood and competition\, grave losses\, loves that might have been\, secret relationships. The outfits are dazzling\, and the sets and lighting do them justice. The result is a genuine crowd-pleaser\, deploying a big cast of well-known Italian actresses (18\, in all) and set in its entirety in this most glamorous of locales. \nThe film is in Italian\, with English subtitles. It screens in the NAAS: She Reel series\, which is labelled ‘Women in Society: Stories That Inspire\, Change That Empowers’ and features films that are dedicated to highlighting women’s stories and raising awareness about the realities and roles of women in our lives. \nHighly recommended.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/diamanti-dir-ferzan-ozpetek-2024/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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SUMMARY:Katia and Marielle Labèque
DESCRIPTION:We’re promised “an original and innovative musical programme” from the Labèque sisters\, and they never disappoint. Noted for their impeccable synchronicity\, electrifying energy\, and deftness of interpretation\, the sisters “have transformed the piano duo” (New York Times) and “their musical line always sounds as if it’s being woven for the very first time” (The Times). For this Abu Dhabi Festival recital\, the programme begins and ends with music from two Philip Glass opera inspired by Jean Cocteau – La Belle et la Bête and Les Enfants Terribles – which bookend Ravel’s Ma Mère l’Oye (Mother Goose) piano duet.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/katia-and-marielle-labeque/
LOCATION:The Arts Center @ NYUAD\, NYUAD Campus\, Saadiyat Island\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Recital
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