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Former Louvre President Charged in Antiquities Trafficking Case

Avatar photo by Elaine Velie May 26, 2022May 26, 2022

Authorities say Jean-Luc Martinez helped facilitate the Louvre’s purchase of objects illegally pillaged during the Arab Spring.

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UAE Sentenced a Palestinian Artist to Death for Drug Possession

by Hakim Bishara April 22, 2022April 25, 2022

The artist maintains she was framed after an Emirati police search found half a kilogram of cocaine in her Dubai apartment.

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Parthenogenesis: Ramin Haerizadeh, Rokni Haerizadeh, and Hesam Rahmanian

by NYU Abu Dhabi March 8, 2022March 8, 2022

This exhibition marks the artist trio’s first institutional solo show in the UAE, on view at the NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery until June 12.

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The NYUAD Art Gallery Shows Rare Collection of Work From 1960s Iran, Turkey, and India

by NYU Abu Dhabi December 7, 2021December 7, 2021

On view in Abu Dhabi until February 5, 2022, the paintings and sculptures in Modernisms shed new light on artists like Parviz Tanavoli, Fahrelnissa Zeid, and M.F. Husain.

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First-ever Exhibition of Israeli Artists in the UAE Faces Calls for Boycott

by Hakim Bishara April 11, 2021April 9, 2021

“Opening the first exhibition of Israeli artists in the region is yet another attempt to popularize normalization.”

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Palestinian Artist Pulls Out of Sharjah Exhibition Over UAE-Israel Diplomatic Agreement

by Hakim Bishara August 20, 2020November 5, 2020

“I could not have a relationship with a regime that is now officially complicit in the Israeli occupation of Palestinians,” said Mohamed Badarne, a Berlin-based artist.

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Adjaye Associates Is Building a Mosque, a Church, and a Synagogue in Abu Dhabi

by Hakim Bishara January 6, 2020January 7, 2020

The Abrahamic Family House, designed by Sir David Adjaye’s architecture firm, will be located on Saadiyat Island, not far from the new Louvre Abu Dhabi.

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The NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery Presents Speculative Landscapes

by NYU Abu Dhabi October 29, 2019October 29, 2019

Artists Areej Kaoud, Ayman Zedani, Jumairy, and Raja’a Khalid probe questions of the United Arab Emirates’s landscape with a series of conceptual meditations on modern life in the UAE. On view through December 7, 2019.

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Guggenheim and British Museum Refuse to Work with Human Rights Groups on Abu Dhabi Projects

by Claire Voon June 22, 2016June 23, 2016

Many reports have emerged of harsh labor conditions during the construction of museums on Abu Dhabi’s Saadiyat Island, but the cultural institutions involved are showing no interest in discussing these violations with leading human rights groups.

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Artist Imprisoned in Abu Dhabi Over Facebook Post

by Laura C. Mallonee July 17, 2015July 20, 2015

An artist was imprisoned in Abu Dhabi this week, but not for political activism, or any other reasons you might expect.

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60 Art World Luminaries Pressure UAE on “Chilling Precedent” Set by Recent Bans

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian June 1, 2015June 3, 2015

The directors of some of the world’s most important art institutions, including the Tate and MoMA, have written a letter to UAE-affiliated art organizations asserting that “artists and academics should be allowed free passage to conduct research and work that is done in a peaceful and productive manner.”

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As Third Member Is Refused Entry to UAE, Gulf Labor Renews Pressure on Guggenheim

Avatar photo by Hrag Vartanian May 16, 2015May 19, 2015

The news that a third member of the Gulf Labor Artist Coalition was barred from entering the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has many people wondering what this means for the future of the Gulf nation’s growing art community.

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