When Art Dubai cancelled its central art fair element, there was an implication that the associated programming – the performance programme, the much-prized Global Art Forum – would go ahead one way or another. Coronavirus precautions (in terms both of [ … ]
Art Dubai is back. The region’s biggest art fair (and the world’s most internationally diverse, according to the organisers) returns to Madinat Jumeirah 20-23 March for its lucky 13th edition; expect works by more than 500 artists exhibited by 90+ [ … ]
Art Week is back for its ninth edition, the region’s largest cultural festival that pivots on the somewhat specialised atmosphere of Art Dubai but extends its reach across three Emirates – Abu and Sharjah as well as Dubai – with [ … ]
Art Dubai has named American artist Sally Curcio as the lead for the seventh edition of the Sheikha Manal Little Artists Program. The Little Artists Program, a frequently underpublicised part of Art Dubai’s public-service commitment to the cultural landscape, offers [ … ]
Art Dubai’s 13th edition features more than 90 galleries from 41 countries across its four sections. By way of contrast, that’s more than double the number of galleries at last week’s Abu Dhabi Art; but it’s down on Art Dubai’s [ … ]
Abu Dhabi Art is back in the capital – or rather just outside it, in the city’s cultural centre of Saadiyat – and while some of the signals are a bit mixed the overall tone is very positive. The main fair [ … ]
Art books generally fall into two categories – books about art and/or artists, in which case the writing is the important characteristic: and books that are intended to be looked at, where its design and the overall quality of the [ … ]
Art Dubai has announced that Chloe Vaitsou will be joining the team as International Director, working alongside the longstanding Artistic Director Pablo del Val. Together they will oversee the direction of the fair, with Vaitsou’s role being the development and [ … ]
Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath have been named curators of the UAE’s National Pavilion at the 2019 Venice Biennale. A curator duo in great demand, Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath are responsible for the fascinating Ways of Seeing show at [ … ]
Sharjah has massive international cultural credibility already, with the Biennial, the museums, the Maraya Arts Centre, and the Sharjah Arts Foundation. But it seems that’s not enough: this December sees the arrival of “Sharjah’s first annual festival of, culture, art, [ … ]
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