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.
Architecture Biennale curated Azza Aboualam, assistant professor at ZU’s College of Arts and Creative Enterprises and a practising architect, is to curate the UAE’s participation in the 19th Venice Architecture Biennale next year 2025. She bested two other finalists with her proposal in response to an open call; she’ll be presenting UAE-based research on food, to be exhibited in Venice with an accompanying publication. Neat fact: Aboualam was a Venice Intern at the National Pavilion UAE’s debut participation in the 14th Architecture Biennale.
Job opp now This looks a good one: NYUAD is looking for an Art Preparator, responsible for the preparation of museum exhibitions (primarily at the Art Gallery) and instructing students and student assistants in art handling, collections management, and formal exhibition presentation. There are three major exhibitions a year at the Art Gallery, plus 15-20 other exhibits in NYUAD and elsewhere inc the Christo Award. You’ll need at least three years’ relevant experience. Apply by 4 November. More details here.
Job opps tomorrow Creative Career Days, the Jameel’s introduction to careers in the creative sector, which is aimed primarily at school and college students, is back this weekend – more than 30 UAE institutions explaining what they can do for you or yours, plus hands-on workshops (craft-making, but also CV-writing), panel discussions, ‘Meet the Creative’ talks, and the valuable ‘career surgery stations’ with one-to-one career consultations. There will also be onsite food stalls, music and entertainment “for all ages”. More info here.
Where the money is Abu Dhabi has been pushing the slogan “capital of capital” for a couple of years now; it looks like it’s justified – Abu Dhabi has overtaken Oslo to become the world’s richest city in terms of assets managed by sovereign wealth funds, managing $1.67 trillion in assets (of a total of $12.5 trillion in SWFs). Only a sixth of investments by Abu Dhabi SWFs have been domestic (one of them, ADQ, is currently investing about $1bn in Sotheby’s and expecting expansion in the Middle East).
Don’t call it gambling Wynn Resorts has been granted a licence to operate a “gaming facility” in RAK. It will be the UAE’s first casino, in fact, though no-one likes to use that word in public. The Qur’an says that games of chance which include money are a “grave sin” and “Satan’s handiwork” but no doubt there’ll be a workaround.
Another reason to love the Dubai 7s Stormzy will headline on Sunday 1 December, the finale of the Dubai 7s festival weekend. Makes the three-day pass (AED 550) look an even better buy. Get revved up here.
Book ahead While you have your diaries open, we’d recommend pencilling in advance tickets for the Merci Charles tribute to the great Charles Aznavour (in Dubai here and Abu Dhabi here); Ardal O’Hanlon’s touring solo show; the LA Dance Project’s Romeo & Juliet Suite (not exactly the full Shakespeare, more an interpretation based on Prokofiev’s music: details here); and The Woman in Black starts its short run at the appropriately scary end of the month.
Brainache soothed We asked you to explain falkun, homem de guerra, kick, lavoro, mood, mosca, raccordement, schafer, stobhach, tre, zevk. Of course they are (in the appropriate language) Maltese falcon, Portuguese man o’war, Swedish chef, Italian job, Dutch courage, Spanish fly, French connection, German shepherd, Irish stew, Norwegian wood, Turkish delight.
Something for the weekend An addictive online game in which you separate coloured liquids until the beakers contain just one colour each or are empty. You can only pour liquids of the same colour on to each other; more beakers and colours are added as you progress through the levels. Try it yourself here.
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