This week’s editorial musings from magpie’s nest<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The quote<\/mark><\/strong> We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same\u00a0Carlos Castaneda<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Jazz Abu Dhabi \u2026<\/mark><\/strong> It was\u00a0International Jazz Day<\/strong><\/a> yesterday (30 April), but jazz is big for the next few weeks \u2013 especially in Abu Dhabi, which has been designated ‘Host City’ for 2025. You should be able to stream last night’s sold-out All-Star Concert\u00a0here<\/a>. And mark your diaries for\u00a0the best of the UAE’s new music scene<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0at NYUAD Arts Center on 17 May …<\/p>\n\n\n\n … Art by Abu Dhabi …<\/mark><\/strong> DCT Abu Dhabi is reported to be opening up its “vast”\u00a0Masterpieces Collection<\/strong> of art and artefacts in the coming year with a series of ‘exhibition dossier’ mini-exhibitions<\/strong><\/a>, a load of long-term loans to the Zayed National Museum <\/strong>and the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi<\/strong>, plus smaller collections to Louvre Abu Dhabi, other loans to museums both nationally and internationally, and an online catalogue for research and loan opportunities. First up: Poussin\u2019s Confirmation<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, on show at Louvre AD from this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Incidentally, Louvre Abu Dhabi has extended its Kings and Queens of Africa: Forms and Figures of Power<\/strong><\/em><\/a> exhibition to 8 June 2025 in response to \u201coverwhelming public interest and sustained demand\u201d …<\/p>\n\n\n\n … Pritzker\u00a0Abu Dhabi<\/mark><\/strong>\u00a0Abu Dhabi will host the 2025 Pritzker Prize<\/strong> ceremony, a \u00a0first for the region. The Pritzker honours living architects whose work demonstrates a combination of talent, vision, and commitment.\u00a0Liu Jiakun<\/strong>, the 2025 Pritzker Prize Laureate, will give the Prize lecture<\/strong><\/a> at the Cultural Foundation on 3 May, alongside fellow Laureates Riken Yamamoto (2024), David Chipperfield (2023) and Francis K\u00e9r\u00e9 (2022) …<\/p>\n\n\n\n ToDA’s back<\/mark><\/strong><\/strong> Theatre of Digital Art<\/strong><\/a> in Souk Madinat Jumeirah is open again after a major refurb. Expect even more state-of-the-art digital technology to offer visitors \u201can unparalleled multisensory journey\u201d via a modernised main auditorium plus a foyer area for separate displays\u00a0…<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sculpt on\u00a0<\/mark><\/strong>The Trump administration is seeking sculptures for the president\u2019s ‘National Garden of American Heroes<\/strong>‘ pet project,\u00a0reports the New York Times<\/em><\/a>. Selected artists will get up to $200,000 per sculpture, which must be realistic, life-size, and made of marble, granite, bronze, copper or brass. A total of 250 are planned. It will be paid for in part from cancelled National Endowment for the Humanities funding …\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fewer jobs?<\/mark><\/strong>\u00a0UAE companies seem to have put hiring plans on pause this year, as higher taxes, rising rents, and increased salary demands make them more cautious. The latest Gulf Employment Index<\/strong><\/a> from recruitment agency Cooper Fitch said hiring activity across the Emirates rose just 1.25% in Q1, compared to the final quarter of last year\u00a0…<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jazz hands<\/mark><\/strong> It’s International Jazz Day<\/strong><\/a> on 30 April, with worldwide celebrations on and around that date including some special gigs in the Emirates. The biggie is the official International Jazz Day All-Star Global Concert<\/strong><\/a> at Etihad Arena, organised by and featuring Herbie Hancock; it competes with Blue Note<\/strong><\/a> at Dubai Opera, a celebration of 85 years of classics from Blue Note Records. The day before you can catch a tribute to Quincy Jones from top trumpeter Riley Mulherkar<\/strong><\/a> and his quartet at NYUAD Arts Center …<\/p>\n\n\n\n Something for the weekend<\/mark><\/strong> Random fun for artists You will be assigned an anonymous work of art from somewhere else on earth and you have to represent it in\u00a0your own medium; it then gets passed to another artist somewhere else for them to translate in turn … Try it\u00a0here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Things we didn\u2019t know no.94<\/mark><\/strong> Wasabi<\/strong> is expensive, so most companies use horseradish instead. Real wasabi is actually milder than what you\u2019ve been probably getting with your sushi …<\/p>\n\n\n\n Earworm of the week<\/mark><\/strong> Sault : L.U.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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