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      Melissa Gronlund

      Melissa Gronlund

      Art Correspondent
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      London
      Melissa is an art correspondent for The National. Originally from New York City, she studied comparative literature at Princeton University and film aesthetics at Oxford. She is the author of Contemporary Art and Digital Culture. From 2007–2014 she lectured on contemporary art at Oxford University's Ruskin School of Drawing & Fine Art and co-edited the journal Afterall, based in London.
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      Articles

      A still from Bassam Al-Sabah's CGI video 'I Am Error' (2021). Bassam Al-Sabah
      Iraqi-Irish artist Bassam Al-Sabah uses CGI effects like paint

      The Iraqi artist reveals how he's using video game scenarios to tell stories of violence

      ArtAugust 03, 2021
      The King Abdulaziz Centre for World Culture, also known as Ithra, in Dhahran. Courtesy Ithra
      Ithra Art Prize partners with Ad-Diriyah Biennale

      The award carries $100,000 for an Arab artist

      ArtAugust 02, 2021
      A rendering of Volte Art Projects' new 740-square-metre space in Alserkal Avenue. Volte Art Projects
      Mumbai's Volte Art Projects aims to bring blockbusters to Dubai

      The gallery, which shows a mix of international artists, will open at Alserkal Avenue

      ArtJuly 31, 2021
      A lithograph made by Pierre-Francois Lehoux depicting Ramses II on his chariot is on view at the Musee Champillion. Courtesy Departement de l’Isere / Musee Champollion
      Rosetta Stone codebreaker's home museum reopens in France

      The institution, which offers a window into 19th-century Egyptology, underwent a €6.7 million five-year renovation

      Arts & CultureJuly 30, 2021
      Ulrike Al-Khamis is new director and chief executive of the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, Canada. Courtesy Aga Khan Museum
      New head of Aga Khan Museum says we must 'set objects free'

      Ulrike Al-Khamis was formerly at the Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilisation

      ArtJuly 27, 2021
      David Adjaye's rendering of the Africa Institute in Sharjah. © Adjaye Associates
      Design for Sharjah's Africa Institute new campus unveiled

      32,000-square-metre centre designed by Ghanaian-British architect David Adjaye

      Arts & CultureJuly 22, 2021
      Anuar Khalifi's 'Safi Safari' (2019). Courtesy the artist and The Third Line, Dubai
      How Moroccan artist Anuar Khalifi is breathing new life into portraiture

      His latest show, Palimpsest, is currently in The Third Line’s Online Viewing Room

      ArtJuly 17, 2021
      Curators of Beyond: Emerging Artists 2021 – Till Fellrath, left, and Sam Bardaouil. National Pavilion UAE
      Abu Dhabi Art announces curators and artists for emerging talent exhibition

      The programme will be on show between November and January at Manarat Al Saadiyat

      ArtJuly 15, 2021
      Louvre Abu Dhabi is offering up a new prize. Hufton + Crow
      Louvre Abu Dhabi announces first major prize for contemporary art

      The Richard Mille Art Prize, launched in conjunction with the Swiss watchmaker, will award one artist $50,000

      ArtJuly 14, 2021
      Libyan artist and calligrapher Ali Omar Ermes
      Libyan-British calligrapher Ali Omar Ermes dies

      The artist sought to bridge the divide between the two cultures he lived between

      ArtJuly 12, 2021
      Sisters Tessa and Tara Sakhi in front of their work 'Letters from Beirut' in the Giardini in Venice. The work gives a voice to those in Lebanon.
      'Letters from Beirut': an installation to resist forgetfulness

      Designers commemorate the crisis in Lebanon with messages from people around the world

      ArtJuly 12, 2021
      One of Ghanaian sculptor El Anatsui's signature pieces of cloth, made from reused bottle caps and packaging material. El Anatsui’s work will be shown across several botanical gardens in September. Courtesy Jonathan Greet
      Augmented reality exhibition to take place simultaneously across six countries

      The September show will bring the work of dozens of artists, including the UAE's Mohammed Kazem, to botanical gardens around the world

      ArtJuly 08, 2021
      Monira Al Qadiri’s Chimera (2021) looks like a creature risen from the deep sea. Monira Al Qadiri 2021. Commissioned by, and collection of, Expo 2020 Dubai
      What this Expo 2020 Dubai sculpture says about the UAE

      Expo 2020 announces its art commissions, which will be a permanent fixture at the four-square-kilometre site

      ArtJuly 04, 2021
      Afra Al Dhaheri working on her installation 'Tasreeha, 2020', from Abu Dhabi Art's Beyond: Emerging Artists show at Manarat Al Saadiyat
      Winners of Saudi Arabia's Misk Art Grant announced

      The UAE is well represented in this year's grant cycle

      ArtJune 30, 2021
      London Design Biennale at London's iconic Somerset House focused on climate change. Photo Ed Reeve
      Why London Design Biennale made climate change a priority

      Director Victoria Broackes says the event is changing directions and that it is 'thinking of design in new ways'

      ArtJune 24, 2021
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