{"id":60517,"date":"2025-02-11T19:53:04","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T15:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/?p=60517"},"modified":"2025-02-11T19:57:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T15:57:27","slug":"public-art-abu-dhabi-biennial-phase-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/public-art-abu-dhabi-biennial-phase-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial: phase two"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial kicked off its second phase this week with nine new works for locations across the emirate.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There were unveilings by Anga Art Collective, Arquitectura Expandida, Ayesha Hadhir, L\u00facia Koch, Nnenna Okore, Sophia Balagamwala, Tarik Kiswanson, and Rand Abdul Jabbar (above: it&#8217;s on Corniche Street, <a href=\"https:\/\/paad.ae\/biennial?map=4722&amp;city=abu-dhabi#map-view\">here<\/a>); the ongoing piece by Atelier Aziz Al Qatami continues to take shape at the Abu Dhabi Bus Terminal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coming soon: new installations by Hussein Sharif, Emily Jacir, Rami Kashou x Emirati Artisans, Alia Farid and Latifa Saeed. A participatory performance by Mobile Akademie Berlin will round out the Biennial celebrations in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of the second phase, a further public programme including talks, tours, workshops, and performances will activate the various Biennial sites \u2013 including this time the Abu Dhabi Bus Terminal, which gets several events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Biennial runs to 30 April, and we feel it\u2019s been quite dramatically successful in its scale, variety, and relevance. The works have been good, and the Emirate&#8217;s reputation has been enhanced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are site-specific installations by more than 70 artists in the downtown areas of Abu Dhabi and Al Ain, 40 new commissions among them. Cl\u00e9mence Bergal, who\u2019s Public Art Abu Dhabi Director at DCT Abu Dhabi, is commendably bullish: \u201cWith every installation, we are harnessing the power of public art to advance the creative legacy, cultural infrastructure and quality of life within Abu Dhabi through placemaking and collective memory.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Details, including maps, locations and event timings, are at <a href=\"https:\/\/paad.ae\/biennial\">paad.ae<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image60517_4fe712-d5 size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"828\" src=\"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Atelier-Aziz-Alqatami-1024x828.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-60518\"\/><figcaption>Al Mahatta, by the Kuwait-based architecture studio Atelier Aziz Alqatami, is transforming the former wedding hall in  the Abu Dhabi Bus Terminal mezzanine into a vibrant space for talks, exhibitions, dining, and gathering<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">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, L\u00facia Koch, Nnenna Okore, Sophia Balagamwala, Tarik <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/public-art-abu-dhabi-biennial-phase-two\/\" title=\"Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial: phase two\"> [&#8230; more]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[204,234],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-biennial","category-public-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}