MARKER

Marker is Art Dubai’s curated programme of galleries and artspaces, which focuses each year on a particular theme or geography. This section aims to exemplify the fair’s role as a site of discovery and cross-cultural exchange, and is a feature of Art Dubai’s extensive not-for-profit programming.

No application process, by invitation only.

2016: PHILIPPINES

Curator: Ringo Bunoan Participants: Artists from Thousandfold, 98-B, Project20, Post Gallery and featured work by Roberto Chabet.

2013: WEST AFRICA

Curator: Bisi Silvi Spaces: Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos / Espace doual'art, Douala / Carpe Diem, Ségou / Nubuke Foundation, Accra / Raw Material Company, Dakar

2015: LATIN AMERICA

Curator: Luiza Teixeira de Freitas Participants: Tijuana (Brazil/pan-Latin America) & The State (UAE/pan-Arab world), Videobrasil (Brazil), Maria Jose Arjona (Colombia/pan-Latin America), Marina Buendia (Brazil) and Maria Quiroga (Colombia), La Ene (Argentina), Sadud a Ragul (Colombia)

2012: INDONESIA

Curator: Alia Swastika Spaces: Ark Galerie, Jakarta / Biasa Artspace, Bali / Galeri Canna, Jakarta / D Gallerie, Jakarta / Jogja Contemporary, Yogyakarta

2014: CENTRAL ASIA AND THE CAUCASUS

Curator: Slavs and Tatars Spaces: ArtEast, Bishkek / Asia Art+, Almaty / North Caucasus Branch of the National Centre for Contemporary Art (NCCA), Vladikavkaz / Popiashvili Gvaberidze Window Project, Tbilisi / YARAT Contemporary Art Organisation, Baku

2011: INTRODUCTORY YEAR

Curator: Nav Haq Spaces: Alexandria Contemporary Arts Forum, Alexandria / Grey Noise, Lahore / Liu Ding’s Store, Beijing / Makan, Amman / Ruangrupa, Jakarta