• House to House: Articulating a Poetics of Translucence

    NYUAD Institute Building Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi

    Shamma Al Bastaki – poet, writer, interdisciplinary artist and NYUAD alumna – discusses her latest poetry collection, House to House. Drawing on memories spanning the 1940s to the 1980s, Shamma traces the infra-ordinary details of daily life along the Dubai [... more]

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  • Art Appears: Chant Avedissian

    Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    Guggenheim Abu Dhabi is preparing the local audience for its 11 December opening with a series of events at Manarat al Saadiyat “for the public to engage with artists, ideas and conversations that are shaping the new museum”. This one [... more]

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  • Artist Talks: Moza Al Mazrouei – For Purposes Other than Intended

    NYUAD Art Gallery Reading Room أبو ظبي, أبو ظبي, United Arab Emirates

    A conversation moderated by Sarah Almehairi exploring Moza Al Mazrouei's artistic practice across sculpture, film, mixed media, writing, and curation. Moving between research and fiction, observation and participation, the discussion touches on authorship, selfhood, and the structures of power that [... more]

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