Festival

Theatre of war?

8 April 2026
It might not have escaped your notice that Dubai is about to witness two short play festivals. You might think the world of 10-minute theatre is a bit too circumscribed for this kind of arm-wrestling, but it is happening – [ … ]
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magpie Weekly issue 7.25 / 2 Apr 2026

2 April 2026
This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote: We hardly ever realise that we can cut anything out of our lives, anytime, in the blink of an eye | Carlos Castaneda … Update Five weeks and counting, and maybe a second [ … ]
Art market

The art market inches back to growth

16 March 2026
In 2025, global art sales hit $59.6 billion – and that’s up by 4 percent year-on-year. The modest increase follows two successive years of decline, though the 2025 total is still well short of the post-Covid 2022 peak of $70.4 billion. So says the tenth annual Art Basel [ … ]
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magpie Weekly issue 7.21 / 5 Mar 2026

5 March 2026
This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote: Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you | Pericles … What’s going on We’re only five days into a war [ … ]
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magpie Weekly issue 7.20 / 26 Feb 2026

26 February 2026
This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote: If you don’t call it art, you’re likely to get a better result Brian Eno … Public art direction The appointment of Elvira Dyangani Ose as director of the forthcoming Abu Dhabi Public Art Biennial looked an [ … ]