Art

Sharjah Biennial Prize winners

Sharjah Art Foundation announced Aziz Hazara, Pallavi Paul and Pratchaya Phinthong as winners of the Sharjah Biennial Prize during the opening gala dinner of the Biennial’s 16th edition last week (no, we weren’t invited, since you asked). The winners were selected by architect/curator Paula Nascimento, co-curator [ … ]

Architecture

Under pressure: food security in Venice

The Pavilion of the United Arab Emirates has outlined its plans for the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale. Curated by Azza Aboualam, architect and Assistant Professor at Zayed University’s College of Arts and Creative Enterprises, it has the [ … ]

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Comment: 13 February 2025

This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote If you want new ideas, read old books Shane Parrish Last-minute music The Tamaas Festival is the latest offer from NYUAD’s Arts Center in its perennial quest to bring clever, imaginative, exciting new music to Abu [ … ]

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Comment: 6 February 2025

This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote Labels are for jam jars Richard Flanagan Today’s the day Happening today (thursday): the first day – of three – for the Sharjah Biennial opening programme. Pritzker prizewinner Riken Yamamoto talks about the transformative power of [ … ]

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Comment: 30 January 2025

This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote Keep your eye on the donut, not the hole David Lynch Biennial bit The opening events of Sharjah Biennial 16 run from 6 to 9 February, mostly in and around the galleries of Arts Square but [ … ]

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Comment: 12 December 2024

This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote It took me 15 years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn’t give up because by that time I was too famous Peter Benchley Musical notes Dubai [ … ]

Sculpture

Sculpture in Dubai

Sculpture seems to be having a moment in the UAE, especially if you define it broadly enough to include 3D works like the genuinely impressive installations that make up much of the current Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial. But then [ … ]