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Plans and curators for the third Sharjah Architecture Triennial

4 July 2025

The Sharjah Architecture Triennial has named a heavyweight curator for its third edition and released a commendably lucid curatorial statement. The curator is Vyjayanthi Rao. She’s an anthropologist, writer, artist, and curator based between New York and Mumbai. Currently a [… more]

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Comment: 3 July 2025

2 July 2025

This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote: A classic is a work which relegates the noise of the present to a background hum, without which at the same time the classics cannot exist Italo Calvino Upcoming at The Arts [… more]

Zaha Hadid masterplan for BEEAH’s Khalid Bin Sultan City project

30 June 2025

Zaha Hadid Architects has been publicising its masterplan for Khalid Bin Sultan City, a mixed-use development adjacent to BEEAH’s headquarters in Sharjah. There’s no word yet on how big it will be, how many people and workplaces it will house, [… more]

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Comment: 26 June 2025

30 June 2025

This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote: Sometimes you have to hug people you really don’t like. That way you’ll know how big to dig the hole in the back garden Anon [credit welcome] SB17 curators Sharjah Art Foundationhas named Angela [… more]

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Comment: 19 June 2025

19 June 2025

This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote: Do not topple their idols in anger: pulverize them in play Marquis de Sade DDW 2025 Open Call Dubai Design Week runs 4–9 November at d3, and an open call has just been announced [… more]

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Comment: 12 June 2025

11 June 2025

This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote: If a book is tedious to you, don’t read it; that book was not written for you Jorge Luis Borges Join the club Karama Arts Club has finally got its licence to operate as [… more]

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Comment: 5 June 2025

4 June 2025

This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote: I’m sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It’s just been too intelligent to come here Arthur C Clarke Eid note 1 It’s Eid ad Adha, and we can all celebrate by [… more]

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Comment: 29 May 2025

28 May 2025

This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote All things have been given to us for a purpose, and an artist must feel this more intensely. All that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, all [… more]

Summer in Venice: a trip to the Architecture Biennial

26 May 2025

The Biennale Architettura is probably the hottest event in the architectural calendar. Big ideas and big ambitions, pavilions with national pride at stake, the beautiful and well-heeled in attendance (though it’s not as glitzy as the art biennale), big brand [… more]

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Comment: 22 May 2025

21 May 2025

This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote It is important to use your hands. That is what distinguishes you from a cow or a computer operator Paul Rand Art Basel Gulf Looks like the rumoured $20m deal for Art [… more]