Bangladesh Art Week (BAW) launched three distinct yet correlated exhibitions, “Connection”, “I•D•E•N•T•I•T•Y WHO ARE YOU..TODAY?”, and “Undefined Territory” in Dubai, which will be on display till November in Dubai.
Germany Sets Hybrid Guest of Honor for 2021 Abu Dhabi Fair
Moving its physical programming to 2022, the German program plans a hybrid model at Abu Dhabi International Book Fair for this year.
On the exhibition floor of the 2017 Abu Dhabi International Book Fair. Image: ADIBF
Bin Tamim: ‘Deep Cultural and Intellectual Ties’
As is happening, of course, in the case of many international publishing events this spring, Frankfurter Buchmesse has announced that the planned Guest of Honor Germany physical program at the United Arab Emirates’ Abu Dhabi International Book Fair will be postponed to 2022.
Germany will, however, be represented with a stand at the Abu Dhabi fair this year, and will feature a hybrid cultural and professional program, as well.
Cultural Foundation, but will also be made available online through a virtual gallery.
The exhibition
between the Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection Berlin and the Arab-German Young Academy for Sciences and Humanities.
About 100 objects are included, including facsimiles, archival material, books and games, with some items on loan from institutions such as the Goethe-Institut Gulf Region and Kalima
Project for Translation, which will showcase German titles translated into
Arabic.
papyruses, works by Arab poet
Al Mutanabbi and German playwright and novelist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe are also being explored, as well as the classic
Arabian Nights
more contemporary pop-up books and comics.