Calendar

Upcoming: 2024’s music festivals

31 January 2024
A calendar of events in and around the cultural life of magpie Click on the event name and its website will open in a new tab. You can look for specific events from the search bar at the top, or [ … ]
Arts Centre

The arts centre and the scent of love

31 January 2024
What’s an arts centre for? Arguably there are three key functions: to deliver artistic work that its audience might not otherwise experience, to test the boundaries of the art form by fostering new thinking, and to promote excellence – maybe [ … ]
Art

Festival time in RAK

24 January 2024
Ras Al Khaimah Art, the new incarnation of the Ras Al Khaimah Fine Art Festival, opens to the public at 9pm on Friday 2 February. As ever, it’s at the Al Jazeera Al Hamra Heritage Village, which has increasingly been [ … ]
Art Fair

Art Dubai 2024: more extras, wider regionality

9 January 2024
Art Dubai is promising a significantly expanded public programme for its 2024 edition (1-3 March) including what’s described as “the most extensive education, talks and thought-leadership programme of any international art fair”. The organisers said much the same last year, [ … ]