The International Women Photographers Association has listed the 11 photographers who have been selected from the total of 785 applications received from 84 countries to take part in the IWPA exhibition at La Galerie at Alliance Française Dubai. The standard [ … ]
The New York Times Art for Tomorrow conference, which takes place from 10-13 March at the W Doha Hotel & Residences, has become one of the most interesting events on the arts calendar, with more than 200 “art and cultural influencers” arriving from [ … ]
Dubai as the home of illusion? There’s plenty of mileage in finding analogies for the Dubai Canvas 3D Art Festival, co-sponsored by Brand Dubai (“the creative arm of the Government of Dubai Media Office”) and developer Meeras. Still, this is a [ … ]
The eleventh edition of Art Dubai promises to be the most international to date, welcoming new galleries and some new countries to the fair for the first time, alongside some ambitious new elements to the programming. Highlights of the fair’s growing [ … ]
The six novels shortlisted for the tenth International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) showcase what’s expected to be the best in contemporary Arabic literature, celebrating a rich heritage while addressing topical issues and/or issues. Here’s the 2016 shortlist, with authors [ … ]
Last year’s success for this quick-choir format – groups of four or more singers, performances no longer than 10 minutes – means this should be a great weekend. Short+Sweet Voices aims to stretch the boundaries of choral performance and will reward [ … ]
The Art Dubai Group has announced something of a coup with the appointment of William Knight to run its design interests. It’s also real statement of intent; Art Dubai is clearly serious about developing its design portfolio, perhaps because the [ … ]
The Dubai Jazz Festival dropped its previous attempt at showing genuine regional jazz in small venues after just one year, but it has just announced a collaboration with music app Anghami and sponsorship by Yamaha which will at least broaden [ … ]
The region’s only annual fair dedicated to collectible modern and contemporary design returns for its sixth edition – now at a new location in Dubai Design District, and featuring the largest number of exhibitors to date (50). Design Days Dubai is [ … ]
The A’ Design Award is one of the top marks of international design excellence; and the deadline is fast approaching for applications – you need to get products, projects, services, concepts and offerings in for award consideration before 28 February. Applications [ … ]
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