Earlier this month, attendees of this year’s Art Dubai fair wandering the Madinat Jumeirah resort likely came across an entirely different window into the art of the region, the Dubai Collection.
Framed by Dubai’s unique synthesis of heritage and futurism, Art Dubai’s latest edition foregrounds global conversations on transformation, uncertainty, and cultural possibility — anchored by its pioneering talks and conference series.
Drawing from pioneering art spaces in the Middle East, the African continent, as well as West and South Asia, each exhibition—and a comprehensive program—is placed in dialogue with Dubai’s vivacious art and cultural landscape.
As the UAE’s art scene continues to grow, Art Dubai is looking to expand too, including expanding its Downtown Design event to Saudi Arabia next month.
Art Dubai opened to VIPs on Wednesday with all the familiar trappings of a global art fair—VIPs in sunglasses, polished presentations, branded lanyards, and an ocean of champagne.
Art Dubai Group (ADG), a major cultural programming company in the Middle East, has appointed Alexie Glass-Kantor as its curatorial executive director and Dunja Gottweis as the fair director for Art Dubai.