Every autumn, Artprice publishes a report on the global Contemporary Art market – specifically, auction sales for artists born after 1945. This year it has a narrowed focus, on what it calls ‘ultra-contemporary’ artists, defined as those under 40. This [ … ]
So how are the world’s top museums doing in the aftermath of Covid and the ongoing pressures of economic slowdowns, rising inflation and wars around the world? The Art Newspaper runs an annual survey of visitor numbers, and the bottom [ … ]
The seventh edition of The Art Basel and UBS Global Art Market Report has just arrived, still credited to Clare McAndrew, doyen of arts market economists, and still providing the most comprehensive macroeconomic analysis of the state of the global [ … ]
Faraj Abyad is an interesting performer. He’s a Syrian-American composer, singer and a multi-instrumentalist, brought up in the States and living in New York City. He specialises in writing and performing music in a distinctive Arabic tradition – albeit one [ … ]
DCT Abu Dhabi has announced the launch of a major public art imitative for Abu Dhabi, supported by a substantial investment – more than $35 million a year. The aim of Public Art Abu Dhabi: “to support the emirate’s wider [ … ]
It was World Piano Day on 29 March – the 88th day of the year, corresponding to the 88 keys of a full-size piano keyboard – so we took the opportunity to ask Ioannis Potamousis, pianist and educator, about the [ … ]
The 11th edition of the Sharjah Children’s Book Illustration Award received a total of 1,300 submissions from 280 artists – 135 of them from Arab countries – and its jury has selected 235 works from 85 artists to compete for [ … ]
Dubai Culture is collaborating with Alserkal Arts Foundation to deliver a series of three projects under the Dubai Public Art umbrella. This is the third of five such collaborations that aim to bring art to the city’s public spaces; the [ … ]
The Diriyah Biennale Foundation says it is “delighted” to announce the appointment of Ute Meta Bauer, as Artistic Director of the second edition of its Contemporary Art Biennale, scheduled for January 2024 – and well it might be. Ute Meta [ … ]
The Dubai Collection, the loaned collection of modern and contemporary art for the emirate of Dubai, has announced a series of events under the title Dubai Collection Nights. It’s due to become an annual week-long diary date, with its first [ … ]
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