• Features

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.

• By
  Rahel Aima
• Mar 24, 2017 1:52 pm

• Features

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.

• By
  Rahel Aima
• Dec 22, 2016 5:12 pm

• Features

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.

• By
  Gavin Kroeber
• Nov 8, 2016 10:57 am

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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 a variety…

• By
  The Editors of ARTnews
• Jun 24, 2015 11:15 am

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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 exhibition shows…

• By
  The Editors of ARTnews
• Mar 26, 2015 9:38 am

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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 a follower of…

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  The Editors of ARTnews
• Mar 24, 2015 9:25 am

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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 formerly Nazi-looted art…

• By
  The Editors of ARTnews
• Feb 23, 2015 8:38 am

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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…

• By
  ARTnews
• Feb 1, 2009 12:00 am