The 2023 Christo and Jeanne-Claude Award was presented at Abu Dhabi Art last week to the artists responsible for Shaheeq – an interesting installation made from rammed earth that one day will return to the earth. Produced annually since 2013 [ … ]
The fourth edition of Tuwaiq Sculpture began at the start of this week, featuring 30 artists from around the world producing large-scale sculptures that will become permanent public art installations in Riyadh’s urban landscape. Themed ‘Energy of Harmony’, this edition [ … ]
The Tuwaiq International Sculpture Symposium has named the winners of its 2021 edition. First prize goes to New Zealander Anna Korver; Haider Alawi Al-Alawi and Kim De Ruysscher are the runners up. A total of 20 new works were unveiled in Riyadh’s [ … ]
Riyadh Art’s open call for submissions for the third edition of the Tuwaiq International Sculpture Symposium (TISS) produced proposals from more than 400 sculptors in 71 countries. Twenty have now been selected. They will be creating work in marble in [ … ]
The Bulgari Contemporary Art Award is a new addition to the roster of opportuniites available to UAE-based artists. It’s not an open call, however, despite the promises that it will “support and inspire talents and empower them to be globally [ … ]
What looks like the biggest and best yet of Monira Al Qadiri’s outsized sculptures of iridescent oilwell drill bits has launched Expo 2020 Dubai’s Public Art Programme. A Kuwaiti now living and working in Belrin, Monira Al Qadiri is known [ … ]
The Ras Al Khaimah Fine Arts Festival is back for its ninth annual edition, running 6 February to 3 April at three RAK locations and carrying the theme of Hope. As Festival Director Suqrat bin Bisher put it: “As we [ … ]
Abu Dhabi’s Department of Municipalities and Transport has an AED 8 million programme named ‘For Abu Dhabi’ with a brief to “enhance the Emirates’ urban spaces and nature sites in order to improve the quality of life for residents and visitors” by [ … ]
The magpie team is once again putting together its annual list of the 50 most exciting, innovative and stimulating people in the UAE who are making a difference to the cultural and creative life of the Emirates. And we want [ … ]
Here it is: the 2019 edition of magpie’s 50 To Follow. Like most retrospective lists, it’s intended as a conversation piece. We fully expect you to disagree with our inclusions, and with the (admittedly pretty arbitrary) ranking that we’ve given [ … ]
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