Entertainment | Performing & Visual Arts
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Friday Mar 9
Dreams and nostalgia
A show of contemporary Iranian art showcases the hopes and yearnings of ten young artists
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Thursday Mar 8
Express yourself: Unleash the artist in you
Ever wanted to become an artist but was too intimidated to pick up a brush? Want to know what it feels like to paint? Here's expressionism art to help unleash your hidden talent
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Friday Mar 2
Gulf Photo Plus: Every picture tells a story
Six world-renowned photographers share some of their most cherished work ahead of next week's Gulf Photo Plus. Suchitra Bajpai Chaudhary goes behind the lens
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Friday Mar 2
Gulf Photo Plus: Expert insight
Our featured photographers share their knowledge
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Friday Mar 2
Stark and clear
Syrian artist Thaier Helal feels this is no time for his usually subtle abstract paintings
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Friday Mar 2
Beirut’s fading glory
Nadine Kanso captures the city today, a mere shadow of its past and listless about the future
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Thursday Mar 1
Hazem Harb: Angst and the artist
The Palestinian's multidisciplinary works document the suffering of his people
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Friday Feb 24
Encouraging creativity
Art Dubai's residency programme gives six artists a shared platform to air their diverse views
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Friday Feb 24
Breakable barriers
Driss Ouadahi effectively depicts urban poverty without using any people in his works
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Friday Feb 17
The perfect blend
Kamen Bonev transmits on canvas emotions that landscapes evoke in him
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Friday Feb 17
Dissecting space and time
Jessica Mein uses a multitude of media to create animation artworks that raise uneasy questions
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Friday Feb 17
A bird’s-eye view
Life-changing experience for the pilgrim and a spectacle of profound abstract geometries for the artist
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Friday Feb 17
Footprints in the sand
A captivating exhibition in London recounts the Haj through the ages A
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Friday Feb 17
Cosmic queen
Yayoi Kusama is painting more intensely than ever, as can be seen in a major travelling retrospective of six decades of her work
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Friday Feb 10
A vision of the future
Both Hafez and ideas of space travel find a place in Ala Ebtekar's new collection of works, in which he depicts the world everyone — including the exiled Iranian — longs for
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Tuesday Feb 7
Calligraphy exhibition in honour of Prophet Mohammad opens
A calligraphy exhibition in celebration of the birth of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) has opened to the public at the Farjam Collection at the Dubai International Financial Centre
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Friday Feb 3
A mastery of arts
The Chester Beatty Library in Dublin, a rich repository of the earliest manuscripts and art objects of the Islamic world, leaves even Muslim visitors in awe
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Friday Feb 3
Attitudes etched on mirrors
Al Braithwaite's works challenge Western stereotypes and bridge the East-West divide
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Friday Feb 3
In the public gaze, for a reason
A show in Dubai celebrates the appeal of street art with an array of compelling works
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Friday Jan 27
A fresh avenue for creativity
Art Dubai this year welcomes everyone interested in curation and exhibition with its wide range of seminars, educational activities and the internship programme
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Thursday Jan 26
Opening of new Jessica Mein exhibition
Art lovers flocked to the opening of Jessica Mein's debut Middle East and self-titled exhibition in The Pavilion Downtown Dubai. We loved getting an exclusive first glimpse at the artfully restrained prints by the Brazilian artist, as well as her animation based on the power lines of Dubai!
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Friday Jan 20
No inspiration like home
Though living abroad for many years now, Sudanese artists Ebrahim Salahi and Mohammad Omar Khalil have their works rooted in their country and its traditions
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Friday Jan 20
Lost in space
Birgit Graschopf's works are a breathtakingly detailed analysis of modern society
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Friday Jan 13
‘Everything I create must be to help people'
Saudi Arabian artist Abdul Nasser Gharem talks about the importance of art education in a society as conservative as his homeland's
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Friday Jan 13
Custom-made creations
The varied works of five artists from Tunisia, Morocco, Iran and Egypt reflect their ideas about tradition and modernity, old and new, self and other
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