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Comment: 20 March 2025

20 March 2025
This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote The world is a museum of other people’s passion projects John Collison Jazz Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi, UNESCO-designated City of Music, is hosting the All-Star International Jazz Day concert on 30 April (featuring Herbie [ … ]
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Comment: 13 March 2025

13 March 2025
This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote Poetry is everywhere; it just needs editing James Tate Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale Nora Razian, head of exhibitions and programs at Art Jameel in Dubai and Jeddah, and Sabih Ahmed, project [ … ]
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Comment: 6 March 2025

6 March 2025
This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote The things you do badly are as much part of your style as the things you do well Martin Scorsese Art Dubai detailed The Art Dubai people have been outlining more of the programming for [ … ]
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Comment: 27 February 2025

27 February 2025
This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote Self employment is a never-ending contest between the world’s worst manager and the world’s laziest employee Daniel Akst Phenomenal teamLab Phenomena Abu Dhabi will officially open its elegantly styled doors to the public in [ … ]
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Comment: 20 February 2025

19 February 2025
This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest The quote This present moment was once the unimaginable future Stewart Brand Today’s the day Happening today (Thursday): Xposure, the region’s biggest and best festival of photography, running till next Wednesday in its hew Aljada home … a [ … ]
Biennial

Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial: phase two

11 February 2025
The Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial kicked off its second phase this week with nine new works for locations across the emirate. There were unveilings by Anga Art Collective, Arquitectura Expandida, Ayesha Hadhir, Lúcia Koch, Nnenna Okore, Sophia Balagamwala, Tarik [ … ]
Festival

Making contact: the Tamaaas Festival

9 February 2025
Tamaas means ‘contact’ in Arabic (and Farsi too, as it happens). That’s a neat summary of what we should expect from an arts centre – contact as communication and connection, but also contact as collision. Maybe we’ll get all three [ … ]
Art

Sharjah Biennial Prize winners

9 February 2025
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

8 February 2025
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 [ … ]