Art Dubai has announced the programme and gallery line-up for its eleventh edition, taking place 15-18 March 2017 at its usual sprawling Madinat Jumeirah location. This is the fair’s first edition under new director Myrna Ayad, and while much of […]
As widely trailed, the UAE and France have plans for a new international partnership aimed at protecting cultural heritage during armed conflicts; and the initiative will be launched at a Safeguarding Endangered Cultural Heritage conference, to be held on 2 […]
Louvre Abu Dhabi has been describing two of the specially commissioned site-specific artworks that will be displayed in the museum when it finally opens sometime next year; Giuseppe Penone and Jenny Holzer have worked closely with the Louvre Abu Dhabi […]
Just before the 2016 edition of Abu Dhabi Art gets under way, a new Fair Director has been appointed to look after the event from 2017 on. Dyala Nusseibeh has been given the job. Dyala Nusseibeh is one of the […]
Five Attempts to Speak to An Alien is a powerful participatory public performance designed to draw audience members closer to both places and people by reimagining the city through a different and uniquely tailored perspective. It’s a site-specific piece by […]
The Emergent Designer Prize, sponsored by Van Cleef & Arpels in collaboration with Tashkeel and Design Days Dubai, is now in its fifth edition (that happened quickly!) and there’s an open call for entries to submit design proposals for 2017 […]
ADMAF, the Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation, has unveiled its programme for next March’s Abu Dhabi Festival. There are some real standouts, no dance or opera, and less emphasis than in previous years on parachuting in medium-sized foreign names […]
Late last week Reuters reported that the official opening of the Louvre Abu Dhabi had been postponed again because of delays in the construction work. Originally scheduled to open in 2012, the most recent suggestion had been a soft opening […]
For its third edition, Urban Commissions invites all creatives residing in the UAE to propose and design a communal table that will be installed in the urban landscape of Dubai Design District (d3). Urban Commissions is a design initiative by […]
Applications are open for the National Pavilion UAE’s 2017 Venice Internship. This is a great opportunity for emerging arts professionals to spend a month in Venice staffing the UAE’s art exhibition at the Venice Biennale (13 May to 26 Nov […]
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