Amman Design Week looks like a commendably ambitious first time out for a nine-day week of exhibitions, workshops for both adults and children, a talk series, guided tours, “culinary experiences” and independent events in creative spaces around the city. The [ … ]
CARBON 12 Alserkal Avenue Language is one of the things that distinguish humanity, and Carbon 12’s autumn show raises questions about communication that play with the idea of just what language is (or might be) and what it’s for. The [ … ]
The upcoming art season in the UAE is looking like a humdinger, and the Fall exhibition at the NYUAD Art Gallery on Saadiyat sets a high standard. It’s not quite a blockbuster, but it’s still pretty impressive. Under the title [ … ]
“Dubai is set to further establish its status as a cutting-edge, vibrant global design hub,” says the somewhat breathless press release, pillaging the buzzword bingo kit. In practice what’s happened is that the programme for this year’s Dubai Design Week [ … ]
The Abu Dhabi arts scene is gaining international traction, thanks to the big Saadiyat projects and government investment. What it lacks, however, is the infrastructure for individual artists – smaller community based galleries and accessible studios. The Zawiyah Studio & [ … ]
GALLERY ISABELLE VAN DEN EYNDE Alserkal Avenue Domestic Affairs is a real pleasure – a quiet, intimate, affectionate show based on the domesticity of everyday life exemplified by textiles, the human body, and those essential objects that make a home [ … ]
MEEM GALLERY Al Quoz Back in 2008, Meem put together an influential show of print works by Arab artists. Now it returns to the theme, with an exhibition that brings together work by Dia Azzawi, Kamal Boullata, Marwan, Mohammad Omar [ … ]
CUSTOT GALLERY DUBAI Alserkal Avenue After featuring Bernar Venet’s work in its inaugural exhibition The World Meets Here, Custot has followed up with a full solo show for the influential French artist – his first in the region. Venet is [ … ]
GREY NOISE Alserkal Avenue Grey Noise is in a run of strong shows right now, and this one keeps up the standard. Fahd Burki uses a characteristic vocabulary of symbols, forms and shapes, but the new work does mark a [ … ]
CARBON 12 Alserkal Avenue Carbon 12 has come up with another interesting show, one that “puts the materiality back on the map and chops the meta from the physics” as the bumf puts it. New works from the gallery’s artists [ … ]
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