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Coming soon: Dubai Design Week, bigger, better, and more sustainable?

18 October 2023

Dubai Design Week (8-12 November) is back for its ninth edition, promising its most diverse programme yet of events and activities. There are still several gaps in the published programme on the website, but already it looks a very strong [ … ]

Abdullah Al Saadi to exhibit for UAE at 2024 Venice Biennale Arte 2024

9 October 2023

The UAE will be represented by the eminent Emirati artist Abdullah Al Saadi at the 60th Venice Biennale in 2024. Currently in planning, Abdullah’s solo exhibition will be curated by Tarek Abou El Fetouh. Considered a key figure in the [ … ]

Culture Summit Abu Dhabi comes round again

3 October 2023

The sixth edition of Culture Summit Abu Dhabi, organised as usual by DCT Abu Dhabi as a three-day event at Manarat Al Saadiyat, takes place this year from 29 to 31 October. The theme is A Matter of Time, and [ … ]

Adel Abidin unveils Ithra Art Prize winning work

2 October 2023

Adel Abidin, the Helsinki-based Iraqi-Finnish artist who was named as the winner of the Ithra Art Prize’s 5th edition, has unveiled the winning piece in the great Hall of Ithra (the King Abdulaziz Centre for World Culture) – a large-scale [ … ]

DIDI students to pitch projects for the Terra Carta Design Lab

1 October 2023

Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation has joined the Sustainable Markets Initiative’s Terra Carta Design Lab contest to find student-led, high-impact, marketable solutions to sustainability issues and the climate crisis. Alongside DIDI this year are India’s National Institute of Design [ … ]

Mubadala investing in Abu Dhabi’s cultural sector?

29 September 2023

DCT Abu Dhabi and Mubadala Foundation have signed an agreement for the latter to pump AED 50 million (around $13.6m) into the emirate’s cultural sector over the next five years. This is described as “a first-of-its-kind agreement” and “a step [ … ]

The right time for specialist PR in arts and culture?

27 September 2023

We wouldn’t normally flag the arrival of a PR agency in the region, not least because Dubai and Abu Dubai are awash with them, but in this case we think it’s worth paying attention: Pelham Communications has opened an office [ … ]

Louvre AD’s Art Here 2023: the shortlisted artists

27 September 2023

The seven artists shortlisted for the third edition of Louvre Abu Dhabi Art Here have been announced. From this group one winner will be selected to receive the Richard Mille Art Prize (and its $60,000 cash award). The theme for [ … ]

Commissions and projects for Sharjah Architecture Triennial

27 September 2023

Sharjah Architecture Triennial has outlined the new commissions and site-specific projects for its 2023 edition, due to open 11 November. Under the title The Beauty of Impermanence: An Architecture of Adaptability and curated by architect Tosin Oshinowo, the Triennial will [ … ]

Next Sharjah Biennial curators announced

16 September 2023

We’re only just done with Sharjah Biennial 15 – and very good it was, too – but already Sharjah Art Foundation is announcing the curators for the Biennial’s next edition, which runs from February through June 2025. As is becoming [ … ]