18 April 2024

A Reflection on The Outreach

421 Arts Campus Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

In this conversation, Kuwaiti artist Mo Reda will lead a discussion with emerging practitioners on the ins and outs of professional art practice, their challenges in developing their career and the necessary skills they find themselves relying on. This talk [ ... ]

Free

A Reflection on The Outreach

Online

In this Zoom conversation, Kuwaiti artist Mo Reda will lead a discussion with emerging practitioners on the ins and outs of professional art practice, their challenges in developing their career and the necessary skills they find themselves relying on. This [ ... ]

Free

Afikra Salon

421 Arts Campus Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

"A semi-monthly salon-style event where members of the community present on cultural and historical topics they are curious about. The purpose of each evening is to bring together a community of like-minded individuals and have a fruitful conversation about things [ ... ]

Free

Between Skylines and Deserts: Space in Photography Series

NYUAD Conference Centre NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

The UAE is often reduced to images of urban skylines or desert oases; a narrative of rapid development erases everything in between. This discussion brings together Ammar Al Attar and Hussain AlMoosawi, whose photography prompts discussion on how spaces have [ ... ]

Free, but pre-register

The Evolution of Architecture in the UAE

NYUAD Conference Centre NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

This NYUAD Institute talk by Rashad Bukhash, Chairman of the Architectural Heritage Society and of ICOM UAE, explores the development of architecture in the Emirates from 6000 BCE to the present. The presentation compares the key architectural periods: prehistory, 1700-1960, [ ... ]

Free, but pre-register

The Artist is an Author is an Artist

Alserkal Foundation Warehouse 50/51, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai

The fourth event of the ongoing series The Artist is an Author is an Artist, in which Filipino artist and photographer Augustine Paredes explores the balance between text and images in his artistic practices. This time he's talking with artist [ ... ]

Free

Afikra Salon Abu Dhabi Vol.4

421 Arts Campus Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Afikra Salon is a semi-monthly salon-style event for members of the community to present on cultural and historical topics they are curious about: "the purpose of each evening is to bring together a community of like-minded individuals and have a [ ... ]

Free, but pre-register

“But is it Street Art” : Culture vs Commerce

House 45 Al Fahidi Historical District, Dubai

A Karama Arts Club open discussion followed by music till midnight, on the rooftop of House 45 in Al Fahidi in partnership with TheWorkshopDXB. There's a great panel with working urban artists Morph, Fatspatrol, Fink22 and Melancholoy, plus Rabab Tantawy [ ... ]

Free

“Art is dead, dude”: Art & AI

House 45 Al Fahidi Historical District, Dubai

A Karama Arts Club open discussion followed by music till midnight, on the rooftop of House 45 in Al Fahidi in partnership with TheWorkshopDXB. The quote in the title comes from Jason Allen, who won the Colorado State Art Fair [ ... ]

Free

Karthika Naïr & Deepak Unnikrishnan: Can Be(come) Anything

NYUAD Art Gallery Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Collaborations require a shared readiness to adapt, openness to each other’s intuitions and experiences, as well as the constant awareness the project can (and, usually, does) shape-shift at various points. Hear from Karthika Naïr, poet, playwright, fabulist, and Deepak Unnikrishnan, [ ... ]

Free, but pre-register