Sotheby’s Taps A New Director As It Makes Push For The Middle East
Asmar joins Sotheby's from the financial sector.
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Dubai
Monumental Sheikh Zayed Mural in Dubai Gets Recognized by Guinness World Records
The work is now considered the largest mental mapping mural in the world.
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Atlas Dubai: Art Without America
President Trump's seven-nation travel ban has had a chilling effect on Dubai's relations with the West, leaving the US's status as a “global” art center more questionable than ever.
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Atlas Dubai: Consumed Culture
The work of many artists in Dubai, a locale hosting a hodgepodge of nationalities, suggests that the emirate is not a melting pot but a welter of distinct cultural parts.
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Suburban Futurism
Arguing that urban sprawl is the dominant growth paradigm of the present and future, the author advocates a close examination of dynamic, amorphous metroplexes like Phoenix and Dubai.
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‘Khaldoun Chichakli: Damascenes’ at Green Art Gallery, Dubai
Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday. Today’s show: “Khaldoun Chichakli: Damascenes” is currently on view at Green Art Gallery in Dubai and showcases…
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Morning Links: Cactus Omelette Edition
Matthew Darbyshire’s “Suite” at Lisa Cooley in New York. [Contemporary Art Daily] Here’s a review of “Alec Soth: Songbook” on view at Fraenkel Gallery in San Francisco. The…
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Morning Links: Clara Serena Rubens Edition
A portrait of Rubens’ 12-year-old daughter Clara Serena, which was recently deaccessioned by the Met, is going to be housed at the Rubenshuis in Antwerp. It was previously attributed to…
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Morning Links: Video Game Edition
The Toledo Museum of Art will return a 450-year-old astrolabe to the German museum from where it was likely stolen. [ABC News] Rothschild heirs are donating 186 works of their…
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‘An Oasis in the Desert’
Governments in the United Arab Emirates are spending billions of dollars in an ambitious, unprecedented effort to create cultural districts with world-class museums—along with a support system of…
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This Rugged 164-Foot Explorer Yacht Can Cover 6,000 Nautical Miles With Elegant Italian Style
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Designer Bob Mackie Disses Kim Kardashian Wearing Marilyn Monroe’s Gown to Met Gala
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Billie Eilish Takes David Letterman Go-Kart Racing, Happily Ignores Rules
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Duke Paid Coach K Record $12.5 Million in 2020-21, Filings Show
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