Art & Culture

Art Dubai opens with an extensive lineup of galleries and artists

DUBAI: Her Highness Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairperson of Dubai Culture & Arts Authority, and member of Dubai Council inaugurated the 15th edition of Art Dubai, the region’s premier international art event, held at Madinat Jumeirah. The global art fair runs until March 13.  Her Highness Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin […]

SAF Spring exhibitions 2022 opens with various art pieces on display

SHARJAH: H.H. Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah inaugurated three art exhibitions within the Spring 2022 programme organised by Sharjah Art Foundation, at art buildings in Al Mureijah Square and Bait Al Serkal. The exhibitions opened by His Highness included: the exhibition of artists Khalil Rabah, Lawrence […]

Celebrate art at the DIFC Sculpture Park open until June 30 

DUBAI: In support of Dubai’s vision to turn the walls and streets of the emirate into an open art gallery, Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), is transforming into an open-air art gallery with the unveiling of DIFC Sculpture Park, which will remain open to the public until June 30, 2022. To enrich the emirate’s thriving […]

Sculpting Legos as an artistic expression to the world

Legos which is mostly kids toy for most but it means a lot more to 42-year-old Ghanaian Canadian artist Ekow Nimako. Ranging from a flower girl holding a giant bee to the Ghanaian kingdom in the year 3020 are all art sculpture pieces that he has built using only black Legos. “I’m making art. This is […]

A village that has become Taiwan’s most Instagrammable place

The residents of Taiwan’s Rainbow Village are not normal humans, but whimsical, brightly-coloured animals. The village is full of vibrant colours, crazy illustrations from the walls to the floor. The 1,000 square metre art park in Taichung, central Taiwan, is an Instagramable point for several thanks to its kaleidoscopic visuals, attracting about two million visitors […]

Two brothers have perfected the art of regifting

MANCHESTER: Two New Hampshire brothers have gotten their holiday regifting skills down to an art — they’ve been passing the same hard candy back and forth for over 30 years. It started in 1987, when Ryan Wasson gave a 10-roll Frankford “Santa’s Candy Book” with assorted fruit flavours to his brother, Eric Wasson, as a […]

Turning an accident into art one pair at a time

Not long after Diana “Didi” Rojas began working at a ceramics studio in New York, she noticed her sneakers had become encrusted in clay. Her shoes were dirty — filthy even — and they almost looked to be made of ceramics themselves. So Rojas decided, largely because she found it to be funny and resourceful, […]

Art with hopes to bring joy to people

An architect-designer in southern Finland has returned to a frozen lake with a snow shovel to draw a large animal on the ice for the sixth year in a row, creating an artwork that he hopes will “make people happy and encourage them to go out to hike in a beautiful nature.” Pasi Widgren drew […]

Jashn-E-Javed Akhter: An Evening to celebrate His Journey With Shayari, Dastangoi And Intellectual Complements in Dubai

A beautiful gathering of Urdu language and culture lovers is going to be held on the 9th of December 2021, to celebrate the work of Indian National Award-winning lyricist and composer Javed Akhtar’s contribution and work in the field of language and poetry. The evening “Jashn-E-Javed Akhtar” will compile with an international mushaira at the […]

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