Summer events at 421 Arts Campus Abu Dhabi’s independent creative platform 421 Arts Campus has unveiled its summer programmes and exhibitions. The season that runs from July 8th to September 26th, 2024, will feature a series of writers’ workshops, children’s summer club, film screenings, panel discussions and the continuation of two major exhibitions. Located in Abu Dhabi’s […]
‘Dubai’s so-called superficial spaces are personal cultural sites:’ says Dr Rana AlMutawa Emirati professor and researcher Dr Rana AlMutawa grew up in Dubai in the nineties. A significant chunk of her childhood memories centered around visits with family and friends to shopping malls. As someone who saw the city evolve into a megapolis, Rana’s own […]
From teaching to art: Shoma Banerjee on etching a new career path On a warm June afternoon, artist Shoma Banerjee, is busy outlining a canvas, inside her home studio in Dubai. With bold brushstrokes, she paints tapered limbs and pointed faces of women, recreating an iconic Kalighat painting, The artist says, she has been steadily honing […]
Vintage Royal Letters and Documents Exhibition in Kalba Bait Sheikh Saeed bin Hamad Al Qasimi Museum in Kalba has unveiled its latest exhibition — Letters Exchanged, historic correspondence from the era of former ruler Sheikh Saeed. Displayed in the ruler’s landmark 125-year-old heritage house, the exhibition covers personal correspondence and manuscripts exchanged between family, friends and […]
Curators’ Take on World Art Dubai 2024 In its 10th year, World Art Dubai (WAD), one of Middle East’s largest contemporary art fairs, will showcase more than 4,000 artworks through 12 international pavilions. To be held at Dubai World Trade Centre from May 2nd to 5th 2024, the art fair will see artists participating from over 65 countries. […]
Sotheby’s Auction is a Love Letter to Beirut Beirut, once called the Paris of the Middle East, is a thriving epicenter of art, culture, architecture and fashion. As an ode to this vibrant city, Sotheby’s is all set to auction artworks by celebrated Lebanese and Arab artists on April 23rd, 2024, in London. A Love Letter […]
Inside Art Dubai 2024 Extreme weather, healing, hope and the power of art will be some of the major themes to be showcased at the 17th edition of Art Dubai slated to begin from March 1st to 3rd, 2024. Held at Madinat Jumeirah, the annual art fair is a sought-after meeting point of the Global South’s creative communities. […]
Keerthana Kumar’s First Supper Collection at Hotel Indigo Indian contemporary artist Keerthana S Kumar, reimagined Da Vinci’s Last Supper by replacing historic subjects with real life people in a series of 14 figurative pop-art canvases, aptly titled The First Supper Collection. As part of the permanent collection of the Open Sesame restaurant in Hotel Indigo Dubai […]
Sheher, Prakriti, Devi — an ensemble exhibition at Ishara Art Foundation A bustling metropolis shelters in its belly, multiple life forms. Existing in perfect harmony with urban dwellers and skyscrapers are derelict roads, ancient ruins, homing pigeons and lush gardens. The ongoing exhibition Sheher, Prakriti, Devi at Ishara Art Foundation in Dubai, captures the vibrance […]
Gauze by Hazem Harb at Tabari Art Space, Dubai Palestinian artist Hazem Harb lives in Dubai, but his mind and soul, is forever intertwined with his homeland. His most recent social media post, is an urgent appeal to release, his father and nephew, abducted in Northern Gaza. As someone who has been witnessing the war […]