We decided to go for an Exotica/Tropical mix to go with all the lovely weather we’ve been having – that kind of perfect heat just before it gets unbearable. The sounds range from rare Brazilian jazz to Ghanian highlife, surf classics and obscure Japanese gems to go with that summer heat.

We invited New York-based photographer Amanda Vincelli to Art Dubai this year to capture intimate and fleeting moments during the fair. Combining visually striking aesthetics and a whimsical gaze, Vincelli shares with us the first in a series of carefully-selected images on the Art Dubai blog.

This week on the Art Dubai Blog, check out what our team listens and/or listened to in the office, at home, in the lead-up to the fair, during the last concert of Soviet rockstar Viktor Tsoi, or on-repeat driving to work in the morning.

New York-based design firm Project Projects were commissioned by Guest Curator Murtaza Vali to design the accompanying publication to the exhibition ‘extra | ordinary’, which showcased the works of the 2013 Abraaj Group Art Prize winners, Vartan Avakian, Iman Issa, Huma Mulji, Hrair Sarkissian and Rayyane Tabet.

Global Art Forum_7 contributor and author of In Ramallah, Running, Guy Mannes-Abbott shares a mix of songs invoking memories and a lifted spirit, including Gil Scott Heron, Gertrude Stein, and The Damned.

In this week’s Mixtape, we feature two playlists from Dubai-based DJs Megadon Betamax and James Locksmith, part of the DJ collective ‘Dust.’

We welcome you to the studio of Abraaj Group Art Prize 2013 winner Huma Mulji as she creates her new project, and prepares to transport it to Dubai.

2013 marks the launch of Sheikha Manal Little Artists Program, a dynamic new programme of artist-conceived workshops and tours for children and teenagers aged 3-14.

Following her first 3D video post last week, Hind Bin Demaithan now turns 2D photos to 3D.