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SUMMARY:Legends and Motifs of Feathers
DESCRIPTION:Another of L’ÉCOLE Middle East’s entertaining talks about the art of jewellery – mostly of course from the atelier of the school’s parent\, Van Cleef & Arpels. This one explores how birds and feathers became a major theme in jewellery from antiquity to today\, the myths surrounding them\, and the ways feathers themselves were incorporated into precious and powerful objects. The speakers: \nFaisal Al Rais Emirati artist and photographer\nMay El Hage Art Historian and Lecturer\, L’ÉCOLE\, School of Jewelry Arts\nDr David Usieto Cabrera Art Historian and Lecturer\, L’ÉCOLE\, School of Jewelry Arts
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/legends-and-motifs-of-feathers/
LOCATION:L’ÉCOLE Middle East\, School of Jewelry Arts\, Building 10\, Dubai Design District\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260118T190000
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SUMMARY:School is a City: Prasad Shetty and Rupali Gupte
DESCRIPTION:Prasad Shetty and Rupali Gupte reflect on the motivations and challenges that shaped their commitment to the School of Environment and Architecture in Mumbai which they founded in 2014. Today\, it is a fully accredited architecture school with around 200 students\, 30 faculty members\, and a reputation for a critical and playfully experimental approach. Gupte and Shetty suggest one of the clearest ways architects contribute to a city: by engaging those who will soon be designing it. \nThis is a public event associated with the Jameel’s Night School 2026\, an intensive five-week seminar programme (which itself is now fully subscribed).
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/school-is-a-city-prasad-shetty-and-rupali-gupte/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260126T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260126T193000
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SUMMARY:Museums\, Social Media\, and Public Space
DESCRIPTION:This NYUAD Institute talk considers how artworks operate across different contexts\, from museums and galleries to public spaces and digital circulation. Drawing on over 15 years of experience\, Bahia Shehab reflects on how audience engagement shifts when art is encountered within institutional settings versus when it is publicly displayed and exposed to everyday life. Through examples from projects in cities such as New York\, Istanbul\, Marrakesh\, and Hawaii\, the talk looks at how art travels\, remains relevant across geographies\, and is shaped by social media. \nThe speaker is a practising artist and a professor of practice in design (and founder of the graphic design programme) at The American University in Cairo\, where she developed a full design curriculum mainly focused on the visual culture of the Arab world.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/museums-social-media-and-public-space/
LOCATION:NYUAD Institute\, NYU Abu Dhabi\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Art,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260128T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260128T203000
DTSTAMP:20260515T235531
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SUMMARY:Biographies of a Cairo Neighbourhood: Khaled Adham
DESCRIPTION:Architect and author Khaled Adham traces the personal and familial impulses that have shaped the Mohandiseen district in Cairo. His research focuses on how late capitalism shaped Cairo’s urban and physical transformations\, with particular attention to housing and urbanisation of the middle-class in areas like Mohandiseen. \nThis is a public event associated with the Jameel’s Night School 2026\, an intensive five-week seminar programme (which itself is now fully subscribed).
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/biographies-of-a-cairo-neighbourhood-khaled-adham/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260224T213000
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SUMMARY:Stories of Home\, Memory\, and Shared Humanity
DESCRIPTION:This Ramadan Suhoor talk\, hosted by NYU Abu Dhabi in partnership with the Abrahamic Family House as part of the AFH Dialogue | Ramadan Edition\, will explore themes of belonging\, resilience\, and the power of literature to foster shared humanity across cultures. The speakers: \nAbdulrazak Gurnah Arts Professor of Literature\, NYUAD; Nobel Laureate in Literature (2021)\nIsobel Abulhoul Founder\, Advisor\, and Trustee\, Emirates Literature Foundation\nNYU Abu Dhabi and Abrahamic Family House Host Vice Provost for the Arts; Dean of Arts and Humanities; Professor of Drama\, Social and Cultural Analysis (moderator)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/stories-of-home-memory-and-shared-humanity/
LOCATION:Abrahamic Family House\, Jacques Chirac Street\, Saadiyat Island\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260421T110000
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SUMMARY:Behind the Scenes of Museums: From Conservation to Communication
DESCRIPTION:A lecture by Elsie El Deek Bou Jaoude\, art historian and Director of the USEK Archaeological Museum\, that promises “a rare glimpse into the unseen work of museums\, exploring how conservation\, research\, and collaboration shape collections beyond what is visible to the public”. It draws on case studies from the USEK Museum\, which is something of a hidden gem in Jounieh\, Lebanon\, that showcases the country’s rich heritage.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/behind-the-scenes-of-museums-from-conservation-to-communication/
LOCATION:Bassam Freiha Art Foundation\, Cultural District Saadiyat Island\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Museums,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260516T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260516T210000
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SUMMARY:Human After All: AI\, Creativity & the Future of Connection
DESCRIPTION:Mo Gawdat – entrepreneur\, author\, podcaster\, software engineer\, and one-time Google X exec – talks with former Sky News presenter Sally Lockwood. Expect a conversation exploring creativity\, technology\, optimism\, and what it means to stay human in an increasingly artificial world. \nThis is one of several events being run under the Rooted label\, a collaborative project involving five organisations who successfully applied for one of Alserkal Avenue’s free four-week community-oriented warehouse initiatives – “bringing together artists\, writers\, musicians\, makers and fashion creators to explore ideas of identity\, place\, and belonging in Dubai”. Rooted has events running to 13 June. Most are paid-for workshops\, and none the worse for that; we prefer not to list commercial workshop activities and classes\, however. The full calendar is here.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/human-after-all-ai-creativity-the-future-of-connection/
LOCATION:Warehouse 34\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260518T191500
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260518T200000
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SUMMARY:The Art of Standup / Find the Funny
DESCRIPTION:Dubai comedy heavyweight Miqdaad Dohadwala (main man at Mad Cat Comedy) explores stand-up as a serious creative craft\, has some practical advice to would-be comics\, and offers thoughts about why Dubai’s comedy scene is so strong right now. This chat is followed by a practical demonstration in the form of a AED 200 comedy workshop with Miqdaad at 8.15pm. \nThese are among several events being run under the Rooted label\, a collaborative project involving five organisations who successfully applied for one of Alserkal Avenue’s free four-week community-oriented warehouse initiatives – “bringing together artists\, writers\, musicians\, makers and fashion creators to explore ideas of identity\, place\, and belonging in Dubai”. Rooted has events running to 13 June. Most are paid-for workshops\, and none the worse for that; we prefer not to list commercial workshop activities and classes\, however. The full calendar is here.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/the-art-of-standup-find-the-funny/
LOCATION:Warehouse 34\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Comedy,Talk,Workshop
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