Tag: Dubai


Fixations: Ubik Turns UAE Visa Woes into Art

21st May

Fixations is a series of conversations and profiles that offers artists a platform to muse upon their current preoccupations. Here Stephanie Sykes talk to Dubai-based artist Ubik about how the fluctuating nature of his residency visa informs his practice.



The State

7th March

What if the internet came first and was the foundation on which print design was based? The creators of The State asked themselves that question in preparing their new project.



Behind the flowers with Mohamed Somji

4th March

We rejuvenated our branding at Art Dubai this year with a campaign creating stronger links with its geography and breadth of programming.




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Mixtape: Mkataa, Dubai Bootlegs

Art Dubai Projects 2013 artist Joe Namy revisits Dubai with its cultural mélange, and shares this unique mix that makes a great soundtrack to the city.

Mixtape: Nada Raza

To celebrate her appointment as guest curator of The Abraaj Group Art Prize 2014, we invited Nada Raza to compile a selection of her favorite tunes for Art Dubai Blog’s weekly mixtape. In Nada’s own words, this fairly eclectic list includes some Gems. We hope you’ll enjoy them.

Conversations 2013

For the second year, FN Designs at Al Serkal Avenue hosts Conversations 2013, an initiative helping children with special needs to voice their ideas and reflections through their art works.

Mixtape: Oscar Guardiola-Rivera

Colombian writer, dancer, philosopher, art critic and Global Art Forum_7 contributor, Oscar Guardiola-Rivera, shares ten classics from The Cure, to Pink Floyd– and some great mood-setting tunes to take you to the Latin America of the 1960′s and 70′s.

The Thomas Crown Lists at Art Dubai 2013

The Thomas Crown Lists: watch interviews with seven figures from the art world about the one art work they would steal from Art Dubai 2013.

Mixtape: The Magazine Shop

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.

Art Dubai 2013 by Amanda Vincelli

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.