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SAT03: redefining architecture?

29 July 2026
The theme and participants for the third Sharjah Architectural Triennial (14 November 2026 to 14 April 2027) have been published, and they both look a meaty counterpoint to the more usual design/technology-led architectural get-together. That theme for SAT03 is ‘Architecture [… more]
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magpie Weekly issue 7.38 / 16 July 2026

16 July 2026
This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote: If you resolve to give up smoking, drinking and loving, you don’t actually live longer; it just seems longer | Clement Freud … More books for Sharjah Pushing ahead with its image-building in [… more]
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magpie Weekly issue 7.37 / 9 July 2026

9 July 2026
This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote: Art galleries should hang terrible paintings from the same period as their masterpieces so that visitors can realise quite how amazing the good paintings are | James Marriott … Dubai’s cultural sector [… more]
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Abu Dhabi to get its performing arts centre

30 June 2026
Some official information has been announced for the long-rumoured performing arts centre for Saadiyat Island. Designed by the late Frank Gehry (and nothing like his Guggenheim, now nearing completion on another part of the island), Dar al Funoon – literally, [… more]
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magpie Weekly issue 7.35 / 25 June 2026

25 June 2026
This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest 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 [… more]
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magpie Weekly issue 7.34 / 18 June 2026

18 June 2026
This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest 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 [… more]