Archive for the ‘Middle East’ Category
To the surprise of many Westerners, female collectors from the Middle East appear to have been major players at the recent Art Dubai fair.
1375 via The Economist
The National Museum of Qatar, as expressed in a striking and evocative design by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Jean Nouvel.
1315 via Abitare
Located off the coast of Abu Dhabi, Saadiyat Island is a $27 billion culture project that is planned to house a spin-off of the Louvre.
1295 via Art Knowledge News
Video: Iranian-born visual artist and filmmaker Shirin Neshat talks about her film “Women without Men.”
1282 via thirteen.org
Rising 2,684 feet from the Arabian desert, the Burj Dubai, which officially opens today, is the world's tallest building.
755 via Guardian
Art Abu Dhabi, in the alleged richest city in the world, was very much about the art, and the sales were of secondary importance.
536 via Wallpaper*
Guggenheim Museum will show works from its collection in an Abu Dhabi exhibit that opens on Nov. 17, days before the Abu Dhabi Art fair.
213 via Bloomberg
