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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 [ … ]

This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote Self employment is a never-ending contest between the world’s worst manager and the world’s laziest employee Daniel Akst Phenomenal teamLab Phenomena Abu Dhabi will officially open its elegantly styled doors to the public in [ … ]

This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote This present moment was once the unimaginable future Stewart Brand Today’s the day Happening today (Thursday): Xposure, the region’s biggest and best festival of photography, running till next Wednesday in its hew Aljada home … a [ … ]

This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote If you want new ideas, read old books Shane Parrish Last-minute music The Tamaas Festival is the latest offer from NYUAD’s Arts Center in its perennial quest to bring clever, imaginative, exciting new music to Abu [ … ]