Taking place at the Dubai World Trade Centre until April 6, hundreds of artworks by local and international artists are on display as part of the annual World Art Dubai.
Offering contemporary affordable art for the amateur collector, World Art Dubai was formed on a premise of making art more accessible. Over 3,000 artworks from artists hailing from over 30 countries are on display at the event and price tags starting from $100 (Dh367). Prominent artists in attendance include Marcin Rogal from Poland, multi-award winning artist August Vilella and Emirati calli-graffiti artist Dia’a Allam.
Expertly curated by Batool Jafri, Samar Kamel, Zaahirah Muthy and Petra Kaltenbach, the fair offers a unique fusion of art, education and entertainment. Calligraphy, digital art, paintings, drawings, photography and print making are all on show and highlights include Art Gap, an exhibition in response to the gender pay gap for artists, and Art for Every Wall where every piece listed retails at under $1000.
This year’s event also introduces the inaugural Emerging Artists Competition and Exhibitions where up-and-coming artists will be selected to display their works at Rove Hotels across Dubai.
The programme of events also includes a variety of sessions and talks with local experts speaking about topics like starting an art collection, taking better travel photos and the emerging art movement in the UAE.
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Can NRIs vote in the election?
Indians residing overseas cannot cast their ballot abroad
Non-resident Indians or NRIs can vote only by going to a polling booth in their home constituency
There are about 3.1 million NRIs living overseas
Indians have urged political parties to extend the right to vote to citizens residing overseas
A committee of the Election Commission of India approved of proxy voting for non-resident Indians
Proxy voting means that a person can authorise someone residing in the same polling booth area to cast a vote on his behalf.
This option is currently available for the armed forces, police and government officials posted outside India
A bill was passed in the lower house of India’s parliament or the Lok Sabha to extend proxy voting to non-resident Indians
However, this did not come before the upper house or Rajya Sabha and has lapsed
The issue of NRI voting draws a huge amount of interest in India and overseas
Over the past few months, Indians have received messages on mobile phones and on social media claiming that NRIs can cast their votes online
The Election Commission of India then clarified that NRIs could not vote online
The Election Commission lodged a complaint with the Delhi Police asking it to clamp down on the people spreading misinformation
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Director: Makoto Shinkai
Stars: Nanoka Hara, Hokuto Matsumura, Eri Fukatsu
Rating: 4/5
