• A boy gets involved in the Dubai Canvas Festival. Courtesy Dubai Media Office
    A boy gets involved in the Dubai Canvas Festival. Courtesy Dubai Media Office
  • A man and child pose on one of the 3-D paintings on display at the Dubai Canvas Festival. Courtesy Dubai Media Office
    A man and child pose on one of the 3-D paintings on display at the Dubai Canvas Festival. Courtesy Dubai Media Office
  • An artist speaks to a group of women at the Dubai Canvas Festival. Courtesy Dubai Media Office
    An artist speaks to a group of women at the Dubai Canvas Festival. Courtesy Dubai Media Office
  • A boy holds a rod while interacting with 3-D art in Dubai during the Canvas Festival. Marwan Naamani / AFP
    A boy holds a rod while interacting with 3-D art in Dubai during the Canvas Festival. Marwan Naamani / AFP
  • A man poses on a piece of 3-D art at the Canvas Festival, a three-dimensional pavement art event. Marwan Naamani / AFP
    A man poses on a piece of 3-D art at the Canvas Festival, a three-dimensional pavement art event. Marwan Naamani / AFP
  • A visitor takes pictures of some of the art on display at the Dubai Canvas Festival. Marwan Naamani / AFP
    A visitor takes pictures of some of the art on display at the Dubai Canvas Festival. Marwan Naamani / AFP
  • Artists are seen through a magnifying glass as they work on a 3-D canvas in Dubai. Marwan Naamani / AFP
    Artists are seen through a magnifying glass as they work on a 3-D canvas in Dubai. Marwan Naamani / AFP
  • Artists work on a 3-D canvas near the Jumeirah Beach Residence in Dubai during the Canvas Festival, a three-dimensional pavement art event. Marwan Naamani / AFP
    Artists work on a 3-D canvas near the Jumeirah Beach Residence in Dubai during the Canvas Festival, a three-dimensional pavement art event. Marwan Naamani / AFP

Travel and Tourism

3-D art fills the streets of Dubai — in pictures

Rob Gurdebeke

March 06, 2016

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  • Arabic

Galloping horses, fishing ponds and giant Jelly Babies take on new dimensions as 3D art fills the streets, and imaginations of visitors. Prizes for the most creative interaction photographed for social media sites.

Organised by Brand Dubai, the festival featured 60 pieces of three-dimensional art drawn on walls and pavements along the two kilometre-long walkway at Jumeirah Beach Residence.

Dubai Canvas Festival runs until March 14.

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