This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Art Fair beat<\/mark><\/strong> Takeaways from last month\u2019s London-Paris art fairs: Frieze London \/ Frieze Masters and Art Basel Paris are different enough, they both have really good satellites like 1:54 at Somerset House and NADA in Paris, the short turnaround is exhausting (for dealers, shoppers, and journalists), and sales seemed pretty decent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We\u2019re currently ploughing through The Art Basel and UBS Survey of Global Collecting 2024<\/strong><\/a> to find out what HNWIs are doing with their money, and that might have implications for the art fair business \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n More parochially, Abu Dhabi Art<\/strong><\/a> is coming up; it\u2019s the biggest edition yet (102 galleries) and has some interesting extras (like a section for non-art collectables).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Away with wrinkles<\/mark><\/strong> Hooray! Today is National Retinol Day, established to celebrate the 25th anniversary of\u00a0RoC Skincare’s breakthrough in stabilising retinol for skincare use. They have lots of advice about how you might mark National Retinol Day: try a (retinol-based) skincare product, host a Skincare Night featuring retinol-based treatments, take some selfies to document your skin\u2019s progress, and\/or treat yourself to a luxury retinol product. Enjoy!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n ADQ gets into Sotheby\u2019s<\/mark><\/strong> Sotheby\u2019s has closed the previously-announced deal for the Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund ADQ to acquire a minority stake in the auction house for $1 billion.\u00a0Sotheby\u2019s said that $800 million of the cash\u00a0has been earmarked for reducing long-term debt, the rest is for expansion plans \u2013 including \u201can even stronger presence in the Middle East, as Abu Dhabi continues to strengthen its arts and culture offerings domestically\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dance on<\/mark><\/strong> Cinema Akil\u2019s outpost in 25H Hotel is reopening for a new season with some of the screenings from the\u00a0Move On Screen<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0programme of dance-related film \u2013\u00a0two\u00a0Pina Bausch<\/strong>\u00a0documentaries, Nabil Ayouch\u2019s\u00a0Casablanca Beats<\/strong><\/a>, the Jacques Demy classic\u00a0Les demoiselles de Rochefort<\/strong><\/a>, the sunny\u00a0feminist comedy romance\u00a0Fragile<\/strong>, and Stefan Westerwelle\u2019s cool\u00a0Into The Beat<\/strong><\/a>. All screenings are free but require prior reservation, which you can do\u00a0here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Where to next<\/mark><\/strong> Numbeo<\/strong><\/a>, which does cost-of-living data, has been analysing search logs to see which countries users are most interested in. The top search overall is USA (5.3%) then UK (4.4%); the UAE comes in seventh at 2.6%. The UAE is however the top destination for people in Pakistan, Oman and Egypt, where it rates around 10% of searches. It\u2019s also popular in Kuwait, Jordan, and Algeria.\u00a0Here’s the link<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Good luck with that<\/mark><\/strong> A Russian court\u00a0has ordered Google to pay a fine<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0of $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 for banning 17 propaganda channels from YouTube. That\u2019s more than the GDP of the whole world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Book ahead<\/mark><\/strong> Martin Garrix<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is at Atlantis The Palm with what looks like a characteristically OTT show: but he really\u00a0is<\/em>\u00a0good …\u00a0Singin\u2019 in the Rain<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is coming to Dubai Opera for a good long run …\u00a0Mezzotono<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0are bringing amazing ways with the voicebox to Abu Dhabi …<\/p>\n\n\n\n Overheard<\/mark><\/strong> \u201cI made a graph of all my past relationships. It has an ex axis and a why axis.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Something for the weekend<\/mark><\/strong> Pacman, but\u00a0you control\u00a0the action by munching at your webcam or phone camera. Play it\u00a0here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Things we didn\u2019t know no.94<\/mark><\/strong> You can\u2019t fold a piece of A4 paper more than eight times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Oh, America<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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