FEATURES

The quote: Theatre is a verb before it is a noun, an act before it is a place | Martha Graham … Gone, won’t be forgotten “It’s a big day today, as I close the chapter on 14 years at Alserkal” [… more]

The quote: I became a journalist partly so that I wouldn’t ever have to rely on the press for my information | Christopher Hitchens … Abu Dhabi dates The Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial 2026-27, titled Home: A Glossary for a Communal Sense [… more]

The quote: If you’re not playful you’re not alive | David Hockney … Creative spaces Sharjah Art Foundation (a regular in these pages!) is inviting applications for workspaces in Al Hamriyah Studios. There are three sizes from 32 to 110m², discounted rents from [… more]

The quote: Admire more, most people don’t admire enough   | Vincent Van Gogh … Aaaand … we’re back  after two weeks of unpicking stuff the bad folk did to our website and then patching up the patches that inadvertently muddied [… more]

The quote: When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls. What is to happen next will take place within the four walls of the story. And this is [… more]

The quote: Broken gets fixed. Shoddy lasts forever | Jack Moffett … Art Dubai reinvented It’s Art Dubai time – the art fair runs this weekend (15-17 May) in its repurposed format, with fewer galleries in the selling section but a lot more [… more]

The quote: The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas | Linus Pauling … AED 1bn for Dubai creatives … sort of Dubai Culture has produced a ‘Creative Sector Resilience Portfolio’, described as a new [… more]