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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260918
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SUMMARY:On Photography: The Shortest Shadow
DESCRIPTION:A three-day discussion-based practical seminar (evenings\, 6-9pm) investigating photography’s seeming constraint – its ‘short shadow’\, edging in on what already exists – and how that makes it a radical driver of modern art and thought. The seminar leader is Rohit Goel\, Director of the Bombay Institute for Critical Analysis and Research (BICAR). \nThis course is free\, and all necessary materials are provided by Sharjah Art Foundation.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/on-photography-the-shortest-shadow/
LOCATION:Sharjah Art Foundation\, Flying Saucer\, Sharjah\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Photography,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260920T160000
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SUMMARY:Portfolio Reviews for Illustrators
DESCRIPTION:An opportunity for feedback from a successful UAE-based illustrator – Ibrahem Swaid (Noobovich)\, whose work spans comics\, games and visual development. This session is suitable for intermediate-level illustrators or comic artists working in character design\, digital painting and concept art; you are encouraged to come to the session with a clear goal or specific questions you would like addressed. \nIt’s free\, but you must apply in advance to community@sharjahart.org with a minimum of five artworks (or a link to a website containing five of your works).
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/portfolio-reviews-for-illustrators/
LOCATION:Sharjah Art Foundation\, Flying Saucer\, Sharjah\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Comic art,Illustration,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260924T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260924T200000
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SUMMARY:Maktaba: Theater Solidarities with Maitha Ali
DESCRIPTION:Maktaba is 421’s monthly gathering dedicated to collective reading\, viewing\, and discussion across disciplines. This session discusses theatre-making as a practice of solidarity\, exploring how performance builds connections across geographies\, identities\, and movements. Facilitated by artist and theatre-maker Maitha Ali\, participants will explore the theoretical frameworks that position performance not only as art form but as political practice.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/maktaba-theater-solidarities-with-maitha-ali/
LOCATION:421 Arts Campus\, Mina Zayed\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Theatre,Workshop
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260925
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260928
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SUMMARY:Art Appears: Chant Avedissian
DESCRIPTION: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 has three days on Chant Avedissian\, an artist in the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Collection\, that will explore the influences that shaped Avedissian’s distinctive visual language which reinterpreted Egypt’s cultural icons\, histories and collective memory through a contemporary artistic lens. \nWe’re not sure of the timings\, but the programme is … \n25 Sept Talks\n26 Sept Workshops\n27 Sept Quiz \nYou’re invited to preregister for one or more of these here. \nRight: Chant Avedissian\, Hind Rostom\, from the Icons of the Nile series (c.1991)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/art-appears-chant-avedissian/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Talk,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260929T183000
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SUMMARY:object for body / Body as an Object: A Laboratory of Transformation
DESCRIPTION:A performance workshop with Youness Atbane in advance of the UAE premiere of his work Untitled 14km on 1 and 2 October: “through collective experimentation\, participants will explore how everyday objects can be displaced from their usual functions to generate new associations through movement\, memory\, and imagination”. \nThe workshop is open to participants aged 16 and above with prior performance experience.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/object-for-body-body-as-an-object-a-laboratory-of-transformation/
LOCATION:The Arts Center @ NYUAD\, NYUAD Campus\, Saadiyat Island\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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