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This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote The precise role of the artist, then, is to illuminate that darkness, blaze roads through that vast forest, so that we will not, in all our doing, lose sight of its [ … ]

This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same Carlos Castaneda Jazz Abu Dhabi … It was International Jazz Day yesterday (30 April), but jazz [ … ]

This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote Advice to writers: sometimes you just have to stop writing. Even before you begin Stanisław Jerzy Lec Hatta tip Get yourself to Leem Lake in Hatta to see Deliberate Pauses, an al fresco installation by Shaikha [ … ]

This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote Try to stay passionate, leave your cool to constellations. Passion, above all, is a remedy against boredom Joseph Brodsky Dubai’s the place to be That’s because it’s Art Dubai time, of course, and much [ … ]

This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote There is an art, or rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss Douglas Adams Buy the numbers The global art market in [ … ]

This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote We are never definitely right; we can only be sure we are definitely wrong Richard Feynman See me, feel me We’ve been watching DXB Unheard, basically so that you don’t have to. It’s [ … ]

This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote Toys are really not as innocent as they look. Toys and games are the preludes to serious ideas Charles Eames Design for performance World Stage Design is a pretty special event, a quadrennial [ … ]

This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote The world is a museum of other people’s passion projects John Collison Jazz Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi, UNESCO-designated City of Music, is hosting the All-Star International Jazz Day concert on 30 April (featuring Herbie [ … ]

This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote Poetry is everywhere; it just needs editing James Tate Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale Nora Razian, head of exhibitions and programs at Art Jameel in Dubai and Jeddah, and Sabih Ahmed, project [ … ]

This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote The things you do badly are as much part of your style as the things you do well Martin Scorsese Art Dubai detailed The Art Dubai people have been outlining more of the programming for [ … ]