The Qasr Al Hosn cultural centre reopens on 7 December in Abu Dhabi as a museum commemorating the history of the structure and city’s development around it. The much-anticipated opening comes with a week of performances and demonstrations, the start [ … ]
The UAE government has announced the establishment of a “Creative Industries Contributions Index” to be created and managed by the Ministry of Culture and Knowledge Development. That sounds like a really pragmatic solution to finding out what creativity is worth [ … ]
For a long while the Manarat Al Saadiyat was a somewhat lonely beacon of culture in the development zone that is Saadiyat Island. It certainly looked the part; international architect/design firm Aedas, also responsible for many notable local projects including [ … ]
After two busy and successful years, the team at NYU Abu Dhabi’s Arts Center is really getting into its stride. Another confident programme has been announced for the season that starts in September, broadening the geographical range (performances by artists [ … ]
The Bait al Oud in Abu Dhabi has long been a centre of practice and theory for the oud, attracting the best teachers and researchers and regularly producing the finest talent in oud musicians. Since being established in 2008 it [ … ]
The organisers of CultureSummit 2017, the “global cultural leadership forum” which began yesterday in Abu Dhabi, have announced winners to be honoured at the five-day event. They come in two categories – artists-in-residence and ‘Cultural Diplomat’ Awards – and neither [ … ]
CultureSummit 2017, described as “the world’s first truly global cultural leadership forum”, kick offs in Abu Dhabi on 9 April. Around 300 delegates from more than 80 countries will spend a week at Manarat Al Saadiyat on Saadiyat Island discussing [ … ]
The international conference on Safeguarding Endangered Cultural Heritage, organised by the governments of the UAE and France under the auspices of UNESCO and held in Abu Dhabi at the start of the month, has confirmed the creation of a $100 [ … ]
The UAE’s official new agency WAM used the occasion of National Day to produce a series of reports on the state’s achievements over the past year – including one on the UAE’s Culture and Heritage. We’ll have our own roundup [ … ]
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