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magpie Weekly, our free email newsletter, is an essential read for anyone interested in the same kind of things that engage us at magpie. It’s mailed on Thursdays throughout the year (we do take short breaks in the summer and at the turn of the year). In it you’ll find …

  • From the nest – key news for our community summarised, with the editor’s (usually opinionated) commentary
  • Five ‘not to be missed’ upcoming events selected from the full Agenda listings
  • Three of the latest open calls and other opportunities for artists and other creatives from our Opportunities page
  • As a bonus, we include a quote for the week (inspirational, entertaining or apposite, or sometimes all three); and our Earworm of the week, the tune that is currently doing it for us in magpie’s offices.

Here are the most recent From the nest sections:

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magpie Weekly issue 7.19 / 19 Feb 2026

19 February 2026
The quote: Think without words Gwen John … RAK job op The National Museum of Ras Al Khaimah is looking for a Senior Museum Curator – needs a Master’s Degree, understanding of the collection management principles, excellent English, creativity and writing [… more]
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magpie Weekly issue 7.18 / 12 Feb 2026

12 February 2026
The quote: From such crooked timber as humankind is made of nothing entirely straight can be made Immanuel Kant … No worries Not in the Gulf, anyway. That’s according to a Gallup survey which asked people in 107 countries what they thought was the world’s [… more]
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magpie Weekly issue 7.17 / 5 Feb 2026

5 February 2026
The quote: Playful doesn’t mean trivial any more than solemn means serious Stephen Sondheim … Louvre legacy Manuel Rabaté is leaving Louvre Abu Dhabi, where since 2016 he has been its first and so far only director. He’s moving to New Delhi to become [… more]
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magpie Weekly issue 7.16 / 29 Jan 2026

29 January 2026
The quote: Just remember: what you’re seeing and what you’re reading is not what’s happening Donald Trump … What’s a Tamaas Festival? It’s happening this evening in NYUAD’s East Plaza, it features three terrific acts (Yasmeen Hamdan, Maruja LimĂłn, Al-Qasar), and it looks a bargain [… more]
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magpie Weekly issue 7.15 / 22 Jan 2026

22 January 2026
The quote: You only go around once, but if you play your cards right, once is enough Frank Sinatra … Festival time (contd) The Sikka Art and DesignFestival (Al Shindagha, to 1 Feb) is one you can largely take on trust – you’ll probably [… more]
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magpie Weekly issue 7.11 / 27 Nov 2025

27 November 2025
The quote: Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Huxley … Art Dubai intro info Art Dubai’s 20th anniversary edition (17–19 Apr) – the first under new Fair Director Dunja Gottweis – gets two new curatorial sections (Zamaniyyat for Modernism, Bawwaba [… more]

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