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Art Dubai 2024 expanded the definitions of the Global South through contemporary artist and gallery presentations from cities spanning Sao Paolo, Tehran, Dubai to Mumbai
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ART DUBAI DIGITAL
The first and only major section of its kind at any international fair, Art Dubai Digital provided a 360 view into the digital art world, from early digital pioneers to emerging names and trends.
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ART DUBAI MODERN
Curated by Dr. Christianna Bonin, Art Dubai Modern traced the emergence of new modernisms across the Global South through works of modernists from Syria, Egypt, Uganda and Sri Lanka, who exhibited and studied in the Soviet Union in the 1960s
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BAWWABA
Bawwaba, meaning ‘gateway’ in Arabic, featured 10 powerful artist presentations, each encouraging introspection and healing, in a curation by Emiliano Valdes
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DIGITAL SUMMIT
Building on the platform created by Art Dubai Digital, a new Digital Summit at Art Dubai convened international and local industry leaders to discuss and debate the expanding digital art ecosystem and Dubai’s unique place within it.
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GLOBAL ART FORUM 17.0
For its 17th edition, the fair’s flagship thought-leadership programme and annual transdisciplinary summit invited artists and creative thinkers to discuss the extreme weather crisis
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A.R.M. HOLDING CHILDREN’S PROGRAMME
Developed in partnership with A.R.M. Holding, the Children’s Programme is led by Indian artist Sahil Naik, with workshops starting at the fair and later expanding to 100 schools and reaching 15,000 students across the UAE
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DUBAI COLLECTION
The first institutional art collection for the city of Dubai, Dubai Collection, showcased some of the UAE’s most celebrated artists in an exhibition titled ‘Encounters’, curated by Alia Zaal Lootah
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PUBLIC ART STRATEGY
Dubai Culture, in collaboration with Art Dubai, unveiled the ‘Union of Artists’ sculpture, marking the first large-scale installation under the Dubai Public Art Initiative. This initiative is part of an innovative program aimed at transforming Dubai into an extensive artistic canvas
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