Art Dubai has announced the curators for its 2024 event. From left to right: Christianna Bonin, Auronda Scalera, Alfredo Cramerotti and Emiliano Valdes. Photo: Art Dubai
Art Dubai has announced the curators for its 2024 event. From left to right: Christianna Bonin, Auronda Scalera, Alfredo Cramerotti and Emiliano Valdes. Photo: Art Dubai
Art Dubai has announced the curators for its 2024 event. From left to right: Christianna Bonin, Auronda Scalera, Alfredo Cramerotti and Emiliano Valdes. Photo: Art Dubai
Art Dubai has announced the curators for its 2024 event. From left to right: Christianna Bonin, Auronda Scalera, Alfredo Cramerotti and Emiliano Valdes. Photo: Art Dubai

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Art Dubai announces curators for 2024 event at Madinat Jumeirah

It will take place from March 1 to 3, with preview shows on February 28 and 29

Evelyn Lau
Evelyn Lau

May 23, 2023

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Art Dubai has announced the curators for its 2024 event.

Christianna Bonin, an assistant professor of art history at American University of Sharjah, will curate Art Dubai Modern; Auronda Scalera and Alfredo Cramerotti, co-directors of curatorial platform Multiplicity-XXNFT, will curate the third Art Dubai Digital; and Emiliano Valdes, chief curator of Museum of Modern Art in Medellin, will curate the fifth Bawwaba, which showcases solo exhibitions of artworks curated within the past year, or specifically for the fair.

Art Dubai 2024 will take place from March 1 to 3 at Madinat Jumeirah with preview shows on February 28 and 29.

Last year’s event, held over five days, featured more than 130 exhibitors from about 40 countries, which organisers said was the “strongest-ever participation of regional and international institutional representatives”.

Hala Badri, director general of Dubai Culture and Arts Authority, said: “Art Dubai has matured and developed into a unique moment in the international art calendar, convening Dubai's brightest and best cultural and artistic minds each year. The figures announced in the economic impact report further underline the importance of world-class cultural programming in attracting people worldwide to this unique city.”

Held every March in Dubai, the event is a platform to view and buy art – showcasing contemporary, modern and digital gallery sections, annual artist commissions and year-round collector and education programmes.

The exhibition initially started with a focus on showcasing art from the Middle East, but has evolved to include the wider Global South. It attracts top collecting and institutional audiences from across the UAE, the region and beyond.

  • Art Dubai is back for its 16th year. All photos unless otherwise specified: Pawan Singh / The National
    Art Dubai is back for its 16th year. All photos unless otherwise specified: Pawan Singh / The National
  • The art fair mark its most ambitious and extensive iteration
    The art fair mark its most ambitious and extensive iteration
  • The programme features more than 130 presentations from across 40 countries
    The programme features more than 130 presentations from across 40 countries
  • Gunjan Kumar with her artwork
    Gunjan Kumar with her artwork
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    Sifr by Gunjan Kumar
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    Jason Seife with his A Modern Genesis piece
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    Yoichi Ochiai with his artwork at Art Dubai
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    Refik Anadol with his Glacier Dreams
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    Isshaq Ismail with his Serenity painting, left
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    Jason Seife's work digitally explores the storytelling aspect of regional carpets, particularly the way they depict gardens
  • There are four sections at the fair, including Contemporary, Modern, Bawwaba and Art Dubai Digital
    There are four sections at the fair, including Contemporary, Modern, Bawwaba and Art Dubai Digital
  • Yoichi Ochiai blurs the lines between the material and digital world with his work. Getty Images
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