Art Week is upon us. With all the galleries in Dubai showing their top shows of the year and the art fair on this week, there really is art everywhere you turn at the moment. If you feel a bit overwhelmed and don’t know where to start or which art to see first, why not check out some of the many artist talks? They are perfect ways to learn about artists and to find ways to understand their work and if you go to catch a talk, then you might even have the chance to talk to the artist about their works yourself - surely not a chance to pass up.
Here is a schedule of artist talks and other events happening in Alserkal Avenue this week:
Monday March 14
12pm - Marc Quinn in conversation with Dr. Alexandra MacGilp at Custot Gallery
4pm - Match lighting ceremony: Issam Kourbaj as part of the exhibition Another Day Lost in Warehouse 48
5pm - Tracing the Chora: Fari Bradley & Chris Weaver. One hour sound-walk of Al Quoz
5pm - Michelangelo Pistoletto in conversation with Tairone Bastien at The Yard Majlis, for his Leila Heller Gallery exhibition
5pm - The cARTel; May Barber, Patricia Millns, Una Burke moderated by Rebecca Anne Proctor.
5.30pm - Claire Rosen leads an artist tour of her photographic exhibition Birds of a Feather, at Gulf Photo Plus
6.15pm - Colloquy: The Circle Game with Hunter Lee Soik, Futurist and Founder of SHADOW. Limited space - early arrival recommended
Tuesday March 15
12pm - Guided tour of Alserkal Avenue galleries with curator Sumesh Sharma
4pm - Meet the artist: Issam Kourbaj, Another Day Lost at Warehouse 48
5pm - Tracing the Chora: Fari Bradley & Chris Weaver. One hour sound-walk of Al Quoz
Wednesday March 16
12pm - Guided tour of Alserkal Avenue galleries with curator Sumesh Sharma
12pm - Athier Mousawi in conversation with Rebecca Anne Proctor at Ayyam Gallery
1pm - Match lighting ceremony: Issam Kourbaj as part of the exhibition Another Day Lost in Warehouse 48
4pm - 1x1 Gallery artist Mithu Sen in conversation with Sumesh Sharma at The Yard Majlis
6pm - Tracing the Chora: Fari Bradley & Chris Weaver. One hour sound-walk of Al Quoz
6pm - Colloquy: The Circle Game with Iyad Alsaka, Partner at Office for Metropolitan Architecture. Limited space - early arrival recommended
Thursday March 17
12pm - Guided tour of Alserkal Avenue galleries with curator Sumesh Sharma
12pm - Match lighting ceremony: Issam Kourbaj as part of the exhibition Another Day Lost in Warehouse 48
4pm - Curator Talk: Jessamyn Fiore at the Jean Paul Najar Foundation
4pm - Tracing the Chora: Fari Bradley & Chris Weaver. One hour sound-walk of Al Quoz
Friday March 18
12pm - Dr. Nina Ansary in conversation with Leila Heller, Yasamin Beitollahi and Shiva Ahmadi at Leila Heller Gallery.
12pm - Guided tour of Alserkal Avenue galleries with curator Sumesh Sharma
12pm - Match lighting ceremony: Issam Kourbaj as part of the exhibition Another Day Lost in Warehouse 48
3pm - Panel Discussion with Dr. Linda Komaroff and Dr. Venetia Porter at Leila Heller Gallery
4pm - Tracing the Chora: Fari Bradley & Chris Weaver. One hour sound-walk of Al Quoz
5.30pm - Book launch and signing: Farhad Moshiri, pop up.
Saturday March 19
12pm - Guided tour of Alserkal Avenue galleries with curator Sumesh Sharma
4pm - Tracing the Chora: Fari Bradley & Chris Weaver. One hour sound-walk of Al Quoz 20:00
8pm - Panel Discussion: Ali Kalthami, Alaa Yoosef and Ibrahim Alkhairallah of Telfaz11 moderated by Mishaal Al Gergawi in The Yard
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