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ADMAF Design Fund winners

8 November 2022

Two young Emirati jewellery designers, Asma Almarri and Media Alfalasi, have jointly been awarded the ADMAF Design Fund. They each get AED 50,000 to develop their careers with the support of partnership with L’ÉCOLE des Arts Joailliers, the Van Cleef [ … ]

Making money from youth

3 November 2022

Every autumn, Artprice.com publishes a report based on its monitoring of the global Contemporary Art market – which in practice means the publicly reported sales of such works (paintings, sculptures, drawings, photographs, prints, videos, installations, art NFTs, and of course [ … ]

Art here / art now: artists for the Richard Mille Art Prize

2 November 2022

Louvre Abu Dhabi and Richard Mille have announced the 10 artists shortlisted for the 2022 Richard Mille Art Prize. They will take part in the second edition of the Art Here exhibition, running from 18 November to 19 February in [ … ]

A cool gig for the cooler evenings: Raul Midon and Alex Cuba

26 October 2022

The weather’s getting more pleasant for long outdoor evenings, which means it’s time for The Arts Center at NYUAD to move some of its performance outside into the East Plaza. The first such al fresco event this season features two [ … ]

Emergent Designer Prize goes to Sharjah student

25 October 2022

The 9th edition of the Middle East Emergent Designer Prize has been won by a novel bookstand design called Ascension. It’s by 20-year-old Moufida Mohideen, currently studying for a BA in Interior Architecture and Design at the University of Sharjah. [ … ]

John the Baptist moves from Louvre to Louvre

19 October 2022

The Musée du Louvre is to loan Leonardo da Vinci’s Saint John the Baptist to Louvre Abu Dhabi. The painting will be on show in the permanent galleries of the UAE museum from 8 November, and it will be with [ … ]

Artists for cross-border virtual residency programme

19 October 2022

Exit 11 Performing Arts Company has selected nine artists, including four in the UAE, for the second edition of its cross-border, cross-disciplinary virtual residency programme for emerging artists. The three-month residency, the Virtual Collaborative Program for Emerging Artists (VICE), is [ … ]