Art Dubai update. 2023

"THE PERFECT STORM": HOW DUBAI’S CULTURAL AND TECH STRATEGIES ARE COMBINING TO CREATE A GLOBAL HUB IN THE DIGITAL AGE   On the eve of the opening of the second edition of Art Dubai Digital, we look at the forces shaping Dubai’s rapid emergence as a global digital and crypto hub. Focusing on the institutions, galleries, and platforms who are driving innovation in this fast-moving sector, Art Dubai Digital features over 20 new media presentations, including AR/VR experiences, immersive installations as well as interactive digital objects, demonstrating how digital and new media art as a field is constantly evolving as our relationships to technology change.  READ MORE

FRESH PAINTING IN ART DUBAI CONTEMPORARY A young, brave generation of painters from the Global South are producing works of art which demand our attention, reflecting the here and now and with the capacity to transfix. Pablo del Val, Art Dubai's Artistic Director, talks to writer Laura Egerton about a new generation of painters showing at the fair this year.  READ MORE   HIGHLIGHTS OF ART DUBAI MODERN Curated by Lorenzo Giusti and Mouna Mekouar, Art Dubai 2023's Modern section features in-depth displays by 10 artists who have played a fundamental role in the art historical canon. From formal and narrative connections to cultural specificities, the section will display a diverse set of artistic vocabularies. READ MORE

"BIOGRAPHY OF A PASSAGE" - EXHIBITION BY 421  421, Abu Dhabi’s independent platform supporting emerging artists, will present a group exhibition at this year's fair. Curated by UAE-based multidisciplinary artist and researcher Dania Al Tamimi, Biography of a Passage features artworks by eight emerging artists from the MENASA region and seeks to de-essentialize our understanding of time.   READ MORE   REGISTER FOR JACOB DAHLGREN'S "FLAG PROJECT" WORKSHOPS Registrations are now open for the A.R.M. Holding Children’s workshops at Art Dubai 2023. The immersive workshops has been developed in collaboration with celebrated Swedish artist Jacob Dahlgren and will include drop-in and pre-registered sessions suitable for children aged 5-7 years, 8-12 years and 13-17 years. 3rd to 5th March. Places are limited – view the full schedule and sign up here. READ MORE

MATTHIEU GAFSOU AT RUINART ART LOUNGE Maison Ruinart presents a series of images by photographer Matthieu Gafsou, entitled This Constant Burning of the Air, which evoke contemporary concerns about the environment and biodiversity. Taken in France during the intense heat of summer 2022, at first glance the images show banal scenes of light-hearted tourists, arcadian landscapes and a welcoming town, before becoming apparent that the artist has stained them with crude oil to represent the burning heat experienced at the time.  READ MORE   THE ART NEWSPAPER DIGITAL Special offer for Art Dubai visitors: save 50% on a Digital subscription and get seamless access to all TAN content including breaking news and special investigations, expert opinion and analysis on the great art debates and controversies, as well as exclusive content direct from our correspondents in more than 30 countries. The membership grants full access to every article published online and an ePaper archive with every issue from December 2012 to date.    Use the code LADU23. SUBSCRIBE

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Art Dubai, 2023 Art Talks up date.

ART DUBAI TALKS PROGRAMME 2023   Each year, Art Dubai convenes a broad cross-section of the brightest cultural and creative minds to exchange ideas. Continuing our commitment to dialogue, diverse voices and the development of Dubai’s cultural infrastructure, the 2023 talks programme will be the largest to date, with over 50 sessions across five days. Highlights include the 16th edition of our flagship Global Art Forum; the Middle Eastern debut of Christie’s Art+Tech summit; a series of Modern and Collector talks developed in partnership with Dubai Collection; and the inaugural Dubai edition of the Art Business Conference. FULL SCHEDULE HERE   GLOBAL ART FORUM 16 Art Dubai's celebrated transdisciplinary conference, the Global Art Forum, returns for its 16th edition to explore the theme “Predicting the Present”. Commissioned by Shumon Basar, and taking place across two days, the Forum is interested in navigation tools for our uncertain times and how stories, experiments and speculations about culture, innovation and society point toward new sources of optimism. MORE DETAILS   CHRISTIE'S ART+TECH SUMMIT Christie’s brings its renowned Art+Tech summit to the Middle East for the first time at Art Dubai.  The agenda-setting conference will explore the areas of AI, digital asset ownership, financial innovation and Blockchain bringing together international creators and collectors across art and technology. Attendees will hear from and interact with innovators at the forefront of building and developing disruptive new products and businesses including leading regional speakers such as Mudassir Sheikha, CEO and Founder of Careem.   By invitation only. MORE DETAILS   MODERN TALKS Art Dubai Modern guest curators Mouna Mekouar and Lorenzo Giusti invite speakers to advance a critical reflection on the status of modern art in the territories of North Africa, Middle East and South Asia. These conversations re-appraise art-historical canons and investigate the historiography of mid-20th century abstraction, production and the reception of works. Panelists include Member of the Dubai Collection Curatorial Committee Dr. Nada Shabout, and Director of Sursock Museum, Beirut, Karina El Helou. MORE DETAILS   COLLECTOR TALKS This series focuses on the collectors driving the development of art scenes across the Global South; emerging trends in traditional and digital collecting across the region, and what it means to be an arts patron in a place that is developing and implementing new institutional models. Speakers include Guerlain Master Perfumer Thierry Wasser, Senior Curator at the Pinault Collection Caroline Bourgeois, founder of Teo Yang Studio Teo Yang, and collector Charif Ben Romdane. MORE DETAILS   ART BUSINESS CONFERENCE The first Middle East edition of the Art Business Conference convenes art professionals to discuss the topics that are most relevant in the art world and the key issues in today’s art market. The Dubai edition of the conference focuses on the practical measures art organisations can take to become more sustainable. MORE DETAILS   ART DUBAI TALKS A series of talks held across the week will be led by leading global and UAE cultural based institutions that includes a talk by artist Manal Aldowayan with Misk Art Institute, artist Timo Nasseri as part of the Etihad Museum programme, and Ruinart Art and Culture Director Fabien Vallerian discussing the Ruinart Prize. MORE DETAILS LEAD PARTNER PARTNER STRATEGIC PARTNER Madinat Jumeirah is the home of Art Dubai

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