The imminent World Cup in Qatar probably isn’t intended to fill the country with culture-hungry art lovers, but it has provided a mass boost to infrastructure that includes a series of cultural initiatives for this autumn – a programme that [ … ]
teamLab, the interdisciplinary group of artists, programmers, engineers, CGI animators, mathematicians and architects who refer to themselves as ‘ultratechnologists’, is to create a new “home for infinite curiosity” on Saadiyat. If it’s anything like teamLab’s existing portfolio, it should be [ … ]
UPDATED Stephanie Rosenthal has been named as the new project director for the long-awaited Guggenheim Abu Dhabi. She joins on 1 September and will take charge of the institution’s much delayed opening – currently forecast for 2025. This is apparently [ … ]
Sharjah Art Museum doesn’t always get the attention it deserves, so it’s a pleasure to mark its 25th birthday this month. The museum as an institution has actually been going since 1995, housed originally in Bait Al Serkal (currently an [ … ]
Louvre Abu Dhabi launched its online collection some months ago with an initial selection of 118 works. Now it’s been beefed up to more than 600 high-resolution images and accompanying texts in three languages (English, Arabic, French). It’s generally a [ … ]
Louvre Abu Dhabi’s Children’s Museum reopens on 18 June with Emotions!: The New Art Adventure, an exhibition of 10 artworks and multiple interactive stations. The aim is to familiarise children with identifying emotions – an essential milestone in a child’s [ … ]
Louvre Abu Dhabi has signed a one-year agreement that names Accenture as “Official Digital Partner” to help deliver “the transformation and integration of the museum’s digital ecosystem”. This includes the development and implementation of an Extended Reality (XR) strategy, more [ … ]
The pandemic has inevitably focussed the mind at many public institutions. Established in the expectation of a world where travel, mass access and interpersonal contact the norm, they are having to adapt their systems, practices and infrastructure to cope with [ … ]
The Rifat Chadirji Prize for 2019, for the design of a new art museum in Sharjah, has gone to Rolando Rodriguez Leal and Natalia Wrzask from Aidia Studio in Mexico City. The winners will receive the Rifat Chadirji Prize Statuette, [ … ]
Could there be a better exhibition for the UAE? The Louvre Abu Dhabi’s big winter show is 10,000 Years of Luxury, a title which manages to press all the right buttons – heritage and tradition (which is what you expect [ … ]
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