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Art Jameel’s weather station, located in the desert gardens, library and public spaces of the Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai’s contemporary museum, explores atmospheric humidity, which is a central climatic marker of the Arabian Gulf.
Sharjah Art Foundation announced the winners of the Sharjah Film Platform 4 (SFP4) awards for outstanding short and feature length films in the experime
This month marks a
year since the coronavirus pandemic initiated a series of global shutdowns across art organisations. The immediate effect of the pandemic was a swift shift to digital programming: exhibitions became walk-throughs; fair booths became
virtual viewing rooms; and Q&As became video chats. The amount of material made available online, as well as its uptake among the public, was overwhelming, fuelled perhaps by adrenalin and sublimated panic.
“The digital sphere has always had this sort of secondary position, and people didn’t take it as seriously as they should
- Krist Gruijthuijsen
That flurry of initial activity has subsided, but the “new normal” is still emerging. What have been the effects of a year’s worth of online programming on art organisations, artists and audiences – and specifically for the Arab world?