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This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest Going public DCT Abu Dhabi has announced some details of the upcoming Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial (which will be alternating with the Manar Abu Dhabi light art festival, inaugurated last year). The Biennial will run [ … ]

This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest Spoiled for choice As usual there’s a lot going on this weekend, but we’ll be making time for The Ice Hole (best play of the year so far?) and Mute on stage, Kes and Dancing Pina on screen, and Rand Abdul JabbarandFariba [ … ]

This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest Give for Lebanon The UAE public raised AED 110 million in the first week of the aid-for-Lebanon campaign, says The National. You can still do your bit via this link.  Urban gems DCT Abu [ … ]

This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest Give for Lebanon The official ‘UAE stands with Lebanon’ campaign has launched. There are lots of opportunities to contribute, but perhaps the simplest is a donation to the Emirates Red Crescent via this link.  [ … ]

This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest Open here NYUAD Art Gallery’s Fall show Between the Tides: A Gulf Quinquennial is now open, and it’s every bit as impressive as we expected. Featuring a variety of work by 21 artists, [ … ]

This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest Tonight’s busy Lots of good things happening today (thursday): Candice Lin’s installation opens at the Jameel, there’s an open mike night at the Fridge (spot Dubai’s next big thing?) and a PowerPointless at [ … ]

This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest Pitch perfect? The deadline for the Al Quoz Creative Entrepreneurship Competition for start-up entrepreneurs (must be less than two years from launch) has been extended by a month to 30 September. If you [ … ]

This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest Move in the right direction The Junction is launching an eight-month Director’s Programme to train, mentor, and develop emerging directors, culminating in the opportunity to direct a full-length play in any language. It’s [ … ]

This week’s editorial musings 421 funding artists 421 Arts Campus in Abu Dhabi has named the seven artists selected for its 2024-25 capacity-building programmes – Alla Abdunabi, Ana Escobar and Juma Alhaj in the Artistic Development Program; Shama Al Hamed, Adrian [ … ]

This week’s editorial musings Capital jazz Abu Dhabi has been selected as ‘Global Host’ for the 2025 edition of International Jazz Day (run by UNESCO, celebrated each year on 30 April). We’re promised that “the celebration in this cosmopolitan city [ … ]