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Three more UAE intangibles for the UNESCO list

8 December 2022

UNESCO’s ever-expanding ‘Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity’ has acquired three new entries from the UAE at its last meeting, in Rabat at the end of November. Noura Al Kaabi, UAE Minister of Culture, said she was [ … more]

Anticipating LitFest

7 December 2022

We’ve been browsing the newly released schedule for the upcoming Emirates Airlines Festival of Literature, and as always there are some major attractions. First impressions: the Arabic programme looks great, broader than in past years. There’s a lot of accessible [ … more]

Making more of Art Dubai

6 December 2022

Art Dubai has unveiled details of the programme and partnerships for its 16th edition, which runs 3 to 5 March 2023. It’s an impressively expanded portfolio that sits alongside the core art fair – “one of our strongest ever gallery [ … more]

SAF’s publishing grant winners

30 November 2022

Sharjah Art Foundation announced the winners of the 2022 Publishing Grant during this year’s Focal Point Art Book Fair last week – LIBERATION RADIO by Chimurenga; Between the Brush and the Archive by Abdullah Al-Mutairi; and The Spectre of Ancestors [ … more]

Art retains its appeal (and so does Venice): Biennale visitors set records

30 November 2022

The 2022 Venice Biennale always looked like it was going to be a success – in terms of numbers, let alone the art – and so it proved: Covid restrictions and Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine couldn’t prevent a record [ … more]

Arcual: Art Basel’s parent joins the web3 digital ledger wave

25 November 2022

Art Basel and its parent MCH Group have announced the launch of Arcual, “a new blockchain ecosystem offering smart contract solutions for the art community”. Arcual’s raison d‘être is a digital ledger which offers artists, galleries, institutions, and collectors a [ … more]

No more Warehouse in Warehouse421

23 November 2022

Abu Dhabi’s Warehouse421 has a new name (farewell Warehouse421, hello 421) and a new brand identity. Originally it aimed to provide “a dynamic space that could be home to exhibitions and events that our community sorely needed at the time”; [ … more]

Art Here here now

22 November 2022

The works by the 10 artists shortlisted for the $60,0000 Richard Mille Art Prize (winner to be announced early next year) are on show in the Louvre Abu Dhabi’s Art Here 2022 exhibition until 19 February 2023. The exhibition is [ … more]

Dyson Award winners: “the brilliance of simple design”

19 November 2022

The James Dyson Award might feel like naked self-promotion (why is the first name necessary?) but it does encourage young designers to come up with practical solutions to real problems – and as well as providing some cash for the [ … more]

Alserkal Arts Foundation adds a new selection committee, awards research grants

16 November 2022

Alserkal Arts Foundation has launched its new season with the introduction of a new Selection Committee that will serve as advisors to the Foundation and mentors to residents and grantees. The committee members for the first two-year tenure are artist [ … more]