FEATURES

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]

The quote: We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light Plato … And … we’re back Belated new year greetings to all readers old and new … [… more]

The quote: What I like about Christmas is that you can make people forget the past with the present Don Marquis … It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas … It’s the gifting season, apparently, but if you want an alternative [… more]

The quote: I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means, what I want and what I fear Joan Didion … Art Dubai intro info Design Miami (“the global forum for collectible [… more]

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]

The quote: I wonder if a single thought that has helped forward the human spirit has ever been conceived or written down in an enormous room Kenneth Clark … The place to be No apologies for majoring on Abu Dhabi: it seems [… more]

The quote: Architecture is a dangerous mix of power and importance Rem Koolhaas … Abu Dhabi art week? Abu Dhabi seems to be acquiring an art week, possibly a whole art festival. There’s Abu Dhabi Art (plus its beyond-the-art-fair manifestations) and the Manar Abu Dhabi public [… more]