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Transcendantal Lines
Reviews, Editor's Picks Anna Seaman 1/15/19 Reviews, Editor's Picks Anna Seaman 1/15/19

Transcendantal Lines

Nima Nabavi is interested in the possibilities of infinite geometry.

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Changing the art landscape in the UAE
Features, Editor's Picks Anna Seaman 1/4/19 Features, Editor's Picks Anna Seaman 1/4/19

Changing the art landscape in the UAE

It was a game changer when it opened in November, here are some of my thoughts about the Jameel Arts Centre and if you haven’t been yet, I encourage you all to go.

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Sharjah Islamic Arts Festival: Horizon
Reviews, Editor's Picks Anna Seaman 1/3/19 Reviews, Editor's Picks Anna Seaman 1/3/19

Sharjah Islamic Arts Festival: Horizon

The one-month Sharjah Islamic Arts Festival is back for a bigger and better edition this year. Alongside several top-class art presentations, there are also 161 workshops will be held in subjects such as calligraphy, Islamic ornamentation and sand-writing as well as lectures and artist tours.

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Back to the Future
Features, Editor's Picks Anna Seaman 12/26/18 Features, Editor's Picks Anna Seaman 12/26/18

Back to the Future

The Dubai Future Foundation is the home of visionary foresight and thanks to several innovative initiatives, the foundation is driving the UAE forward towards its goals of being 10 times ahead of the rest of the world.

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A 100-year journey through Japanese books
Reviews, Editor's Picks Anna Seaman 12/9/18 Reviews, Editor's Picks Anna Seaman 12/9/18

A 100-year journey through Japanese books

This exhibition of book design takes viewers on a journey through art, architecture, cosmology and philosophy, as well as words.

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Apply for Arts Writing and Research programme
News, Editor's Picks Anna Seaman 11/28/18 News, Editor's Picks Anna Seaman 11/28/18

Apply for Arts Writing and Research programme

Apply now for this three month art writing residency at the Jameel Arts Centre. A great opportunity for anyone looking to extend their scholarly research and practice.

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Fernando Botero: A Still Life Retrospective
Reviews, Editor's Picks Anna Seaman 11/22/18 Reviews, Editor's Picks Anna Seaman 11/22/18

Fernando Botero: A Still Life Retrospective

Columbian artist Fernando Botero is well known for his art using exaggerated volume and rounded forms. He is currently holding his first retrospective in the Middle East and it focuses solely on his still life works.

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People on the Move: 70 years of forced migration
Reviews, Editor's Picks Anna Seaman 11/7/18 Reviews, Editor's Picks Anna Seaman 11/7/18

People on the Move: 70 years of forced migration

The Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Award, in collaboration with the United Nations is showing an exhibition highlighting the plight of forced international migration over the past 70 years.

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Antonia Carver on the Jameel Arts Centre
Features, Editor's Picks Anna Seaman 10/18/18 Features, Editor's Picks Anna Seaman 10/18/18

Antonia Carver on the Jameel Arts Centre

Ahead of the anticipated opening of the Jameel Arts Centre in Dubai next month, I interviewed Antonia Carver for Art Dubai.

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Mohammed Kazem: A Prime Activity
Editor's Picks, Reviews Anna Seaman 10/10/18 Editor's Picks, Reviews Anna Seaman 10/10/18

Mohammed Kazem: A Prime Activity

An exploration and extension of painting as a medium with strong subject matter relating to the social and economic structure of the UAE makes Mohammed Kazem’s most recent show an excellent presentation both conceptually and formally.

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No Place Like Home
Features, Editor's Picks Anna Seaman 9/25/18 Features, Editor's Picks Anna Seaman 9/25/18

No Place Like Home

The annual community exhibition at Gulf Photo Plus explores notions of home and belonging with images that range from tender moments and landscapes to portraits and personal objects.

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Streamlining Perspectives
Features, Editor's Picks Anna Seaman 9/13/18 Features, Editor's Picks Anna Seaman 9/13/18

Streamlining Perspectives

Three curators from three continents will offer a broad but focused experience for galleries, artists and visitors at Art Dubai 2019

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Abdulqader Al Rais to open retrospective in Paris
News, Editor's Picks Anna Seaman 9/3/18 News, Editor's Picks Anna Seaman 9/3/18

Abdulqader Al Rais to open retrospective in Paris

More than 50 paintings from Abdulqader Al Rais’ long career will be shown in a major retrospective in Paris this month. It is part of the UAE’s soft power initiative, to spread awareness about the country through art and culture.

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Japan and France's artistic links explored in new exhibition
News, Editor's Picks Anna Seaman 8/27/18 News, Editor's Picks Anna Seaman 8/27/18

Japan and France's artistic links explored in new exhibition

The ancient aesthetic of the Far East influenced many 19th century European artists. Learn more about the connections between Japan and France in the new exhibition set to open at Louvre Abu Dhabi.

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Kahlil Gibran: A Universal Philosophy Timelessly Impacted
Reviews, Editor's Picks Anna Seaman 7/22/18 Reviews, Editor's Picks Anna Seaman 7/22/18

Kahlil Gibran: A Universal Philosophy Timelessly Impacted

It is 95 years since Kahlil Gibran’s seminal text The Prophet was published. This London exhibition featuring 38 Middle Eastern artists celebrates his timeless impact.

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Beirut Art Fair: a celebration of creativity
News, Editor's Picks Anna Seaman 7/21/18 News, Editor's Picks Anna Seaman 7/21/18

Beirut Art Fair: a celebration of creativity

Beirut Art Fair, now in its ninth edition has highlights that include a KAWS exhibition of over 40 figurines, a retrospective of Paul Guiragossian and a look back at a century of Lebanese photography

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Shakespeare, Shelley and Cyberspace
Reviews, Editor's Picks Anna Seaman 6/28/18 Reviews, Editor's Picks Anna Seaman 6/28/18

Shakespeare, Shelley and Cyberspace

With literary references in this show abound, this exhibition tantalises the senses and also throws an interesting perspective on life and love in the 21st century.

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Sandi Hilal and Alessandro Petti: Permanent Temporariness
Features, Editor's Picks Anna Seaman 5/27/18 Features, Editor's Picks Anna Seaman 5/27/18

Sandi Hilal and Alessandro Petti: Permanent Temporariness

For the past seven decades, the Palestinian condition of displacement and exile has been ongoing, altering how refugees feel about the nature of their built environment. Sandi Hilal and Alessandro Petti refer to this state of a airs as “permanent temporariness,” which is also the title of their most recent exhibition at NYU Abu Dhabi.

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