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      Melissa Gronlund

      Melissa Gronlund

      Art Correspondent
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      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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      Ngurrara artists producing Ngurrara Canvas II at Pirnini, an area in north west Australia, in May 1997. Photo by K. Dayman (Ngurrara Artists and Mangkaja Arts Resource Agency)
      Why the huge Aboriginal painting coming to Sharjah is a must-see

      The Ngurrara canvas has a deep historical significance, and helped its creators win a court case. It will be part of the ambitious Sharjah Architecture Triennial

      ArtJuly 31, 2019
      Simone Fattal's ceramic sculpture of a wall, 2009, is one of the works in which you can read the presence of the region's wars. Courtesy MoMA PS1
      'Works and Days': behind artist Simone Fattal's new US show

      We take a closer look at the artist's sculptures that feature in her New York solo show ‘Works and Days’

      ArtJuly 27, 2019
      People enjoy the Astoria Pool on a hot afternoon in the borough of Queens, New York City, on July 20, 2019. The US is sweating through a weekend of hot weather, with major cities including New York and Washington bracing for temperatures close to 38 degrees Celsius. Photo: Johannes Eisele / AFP
      You think this is hot? The US heatwave has nothing on the UAE summer

      Still, we're all going to die

      CommentJuly 25, 2019
      'Host Vessel' by Alya AlEghfeli from Tanween+ 2018. Courtesy of Tashkeel
      New Tashkeel programme helps fine-design manufacturing

      The open call for UAE-based designers and artists runs until August 25

      ArtJuly 24, 2019
      A retrospective of Monir Farmanfarmaian will be on show at the Sharjah Art Foundation this autumn. Courtesy of the artist and The Third Line, Dubai
      Sharjah Art Foundation announces autumn line-up

      A diverse range of historical and contemporary shows focusing on art of the MENASA region

      ArtJuly 18, 2019
      A visitor tries to orientate through a room full of fog called 'Your blind passenger' as part of the exhibition Olafur Eliasson: 'In real life' at the Tate Modern Gallery in London, Tuesday, July 9, 2019. The Tate Modern has brought together around 40 works of Eliasson spanning the last three decades, and are on display from July 11, 2019 until January 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
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      The Tate show that is an urgent, important Instagram fever dream

      Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson brings nature into the gallery, but does he go far enough in addressing the climate emergency?

      ArtJuly 13, 2019
      Portrait of Saladin (1560) by Cristofano Dell Altissimo. Getty
      The story of Saladin: New book digs deep to tell tale of Arab ruler

      British academic Jonathan Phillips tells how he compiled his richly textured tale of the ruler

      BooksJuly 11, 2019
      Saudi artist Nasser Al Salem. Courtesy Nasser Al Salem
      First UK solo show for Saudi calligrapher Nasser Al Salem

      Al Salem's show deconstructs the intangible concept of thereafter

      ArtJuly 09, 2019
      The disputed bust of Tutankhamun was sold for £4 million. Reuters
      Disputed bust of Tutankhamun sells at auction for £4m

      Lacklustre bidding brings it up to estimate as protest outside Christie's fails to stop sale

      ArtJuly 06, 2019
      The 3,000-year-old stone sculpture of Tutankhamun sold at Christie's in London last week for £4.7m. AP
      Repatriation of Tutankhamun: can Egypt reclaim its treasure?

      The ‘moral’ war to stop the ancient artefact being auctioned off – and the battle to bring it back home

      ArtJune 24, 2019
      Al Balad is undergoing a cultural renaissance. Willy Lowry / The National
      Christie's to partner on heritage museum in Jeddah

      The institution will be sited in Al Balad, the old town that is undergoing a cultural renaissance

      ArtJune 20, 2019
      'Portrait of Dédie' (1918) by Amedeo Modigliani. Courtesy Service de la documentation photographique du MNAM - Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI /Dist. RMN-GP
      Louvre Abu Dhabi announces four exhibitions for its new season

      Exhibitions, live performances, and film programming have all been announced for the new season

      ArtJune 17, 2019
      Eldridge Cleaver, left, one of the leaders of the Black Panther movement, and Elaine Mokhtefi at the National Liberation Front's headquarters in Algiers in 1969. Courtesy Elaine Mokhtefi
      Black Panthers, revolution and exile: an American's time in Algeria

      Elaine Mokhtefi’s memoir revisits a time of radical struggle and possibilities. We meet the unflappable author

      BooksJune 12, 2019
      'Frozen II' seems to have a much more autumnal feel than its predecessor. Courtesy Disney
      Why parents fear ‘Frozen II’ and its pricey aftermath

      Nervous parents around the world might now be asking themselves: how soon will I have to start replacing my blue merch with new movie's autumnal colour palette?

      FilmJune 12, 2019
      'EWCB 9464' by Rand Abdul Jabbar. Ismail Noor
      Rand Abdul Jabbar on how Iraq's past inspired her exhibition

      Her show of ceramic sculptures opens today at NYUAD's Project Space

      ArtJune 11, 2019
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