Alserkal Art Week returns from 26 February to 5 March with what looks to us like its best programme yet as a taster for Art Dubai and the Sikka Festival. Most of the happenings are concentrated at the start of [ … ]
The Ras Al Khaimah Fine Arts Festival is growing into its role. About to get under way is the eleventh edition, running from 3 to 26 February; it’s developed from early days as a somewhat ad hoc celebration of tradition [ … ]
The fourth edition of Tuwaiq Sculpture began at the start of this week, featuring 30 artists from around the world producing large-scale sculptures that will become permanent public art installations in Riyadh’s urban landscape. Themed ‘Energy of Harmony’, this edition [ … ]
One of the Jameel’s clever ideas has been to find a group of bright young artists, creators and other arts activists and hand over the arts centre’s programming to them for a while. This project – the Youth Takeover – [ … ]
Ramadan used to be a quiet time. Now, not so much – especially not in Abu Dhabi, where NYUAD is hosting the inaugural Ramadaniyyat, a week-long program of events to mark Ramadan that has been put together by NYUAD’s three [ … ]
March is the month for the UAE’s art lovers, gallerists, speculators and general aficionados of creativity. It all pivots around Art Dubai, which attracts buyers (always acceptable) and the world’s opinion formers (ditto). But it isn’t the only game in [ … ]
The Ras Al Khaimah Fine Arts Festival – which opens on Friday 4 February and runs to 31 March – has come a long way in 10 years, to the point where it’s now becoming established as a solid contributor [ … ]
It’s starting to look as though an arts festival of some kind is a must-have for the image-conscious emirate – even the smallest. Ajman Tourism Development Department is to run the Al Murabbaa Arts Festival for ten days from the [ … ]
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