Art in Dubai is an emerging activity in

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. New galleries such as Carbon 12 Dubai,

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, artists, art patrons and collectors have grown in number.

Art fairs

Dubai hosts several international art fairs, including

Art Dubai Art Dubai () is an international art fair that takes place every March in Dubai. Founded in 2007, Art Dubai is a major platform for art from the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia. Each year, the fair features a globally diverse lineup of ov ...

and

Sikka Art Fair The SIKKA Art Fair is an annual event created by Dubai Culture & Arts Authority in 2011 as a commissioned art exhibition to showcase emerging artists from the United Arab Emirates. Originally focused on visual arts only but later widened its scope t ...

. Art Dubai takes place every March at Madinat Jumeirah. It was the nation's first contemporary art fair. The 2009 fair hosted nearly seventy galleries from the Middle East, Asia, Europe, North and South America, North Africa and Australia. In addition, artists' projects were initiated, including the launch of The Abraaj Group Art Prize and Global Art Forum:3.

Media

The arts in Dubai and the surrounding Gulf and Middle East arts scene are covered in magazines, film, radio and online.

Magazines

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'' is a Dubai-based Magazine presenting Dubai's perspective on art, music, culture, business and life in the Emirate. *''Brownbook'', based in Dubai, is an urban lifestyle guide focusing on art, design, and travel across the Middle East and North Africa. *''Canvas'' is an international bi-monthly magazine dedicated to art and culture from the Middle East and Arab world. *''

Bidoun ''Bidoun'' is a non-profit organization focused on art and culture from the Middle East and its diasporas. Bidoun was founded as a print publication and magazine in 2004 by Lisa Farjam, eventually expanding to online publishing and curatorial p ...

'' covers art and culture from the Middle East. * ''

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Art Arabia'' was launched in early 2012 and has now become a bi-monthly, dedicated to contemporary art from the Middle East and the Arab World. * ''Contemporary Art Practices'' is another journal. *''

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'' is a bi-monthly portfolio of arts, culture, design, and style from the Arab world and beyond.

Film

Director Katy Chang's '' Glitter Dust: Finding Art in Dubai'' is a documentary about cultural integration and immigration through the lens of the Dubai art scene. The film features Dubai-based artists Shaqayeq Arabi, Vivek Premachandran (UBIK) and Hazem Mahdi, with commentary from art historian Marcelo Lima and others. Chang runs the Twitter feed, Art in Dubai, covering Middle Eastern art and reviews.

Radio

Siobhan Leydon's weekly lunchtime Dubai Eye 103.8 radio show ''The Edge'' covers art, culture, architecture, design, world music, books, theatre etc., in the region and internationally.

Online

A number of online galleries are emerging Dubai as entrepreneurs in emirate compete for new collectors in the lucrative art dealing market.

References

External links

Design Days Dubai

Glitter Dust

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