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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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Abu Dhabi, April 23, 2019. Photographs 1842-1896: An early album of the world at Louvre Abu Dhabi. -- Benjamin Franklin Pease (1822-1888) Portrait of a couple Lima, Peru, 1852-56 Daguerreotype Paris, musée du quai Branly-Jacques Chirac Victor Besa/The National Section: Arts & Life Reporter: Melissa Gronlund
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Louvre Abu Dhabi: World's earliest photographs on display in the UAE

Many of the images in a new exhibition have never been shown before in the region – or anywhere

ArtApril 24, 2019
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian at the opening of her exhibition at the Third Line in 2013. Courtesy The Third Line
Acclaimed artist Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian has died aged 96

Farmanfarmaian was friends with many of the key abstract expressionists in New York in the 1950s, and later created a unique style based on Islamic geometry

ArtApril 22, 2019
Salma Tuqan at the Delfina Foundation in London. Stephen Lock for The National
How curator Salma Tuqan is raising the art profile of the Middle East

The new deputy director of the Delfina Foundation reveals how her background working with regional art will help the organisation increase its global reach

ArtApril 22, 2019
Amani Al Khatahtbeh speaks onstage at Time's Up during the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival. Getty Images
MuslimGirl.com: Amani Al Khatahtbeh on anti-Muslim sentiment

The digital entrepreneur is changing how Muslim women are represented in the US

ArtApril 20, 2019
Artist Jean-Michel painting in 1983 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Photo: Getty Images
Relive Jean-Michel Basquiat's glory days in Abu Dhabi tonight

A recreation of the legendary Canal Zone party of 1979 that helped give the artist's career a rocketing boost is being held in Abu Dhabi tonight

ArtApril 18, 2019
Hyunjee Jung's piece 'Flattened Object and Space'. Courtesy Hyunjee Jung and The German Design Council
Milan Design Week 2019: Five of the coolest new products revealed

Sustainability was a major focus at this year's Italian furniture fair

HomeApril 18, 2019
Our columnist, liked Duchess Meghan, is an American 'mom' who had her children in London - and she's got some top tips for the soon-to-be 'mum'. AFP
7 things Meghan Markle needs to know about UK parenting

There are some constants about the British child-rearing experience that will astound all Americans: so, in the spirit of sisterly friendship, here you go Duchess ...

FamilyApril 18, 2019
The burnt-out shell of Brazil’s oldest museum on September 3, 2018, a day after a massive fire ripped through the building. AFP
How Brazil’s National Museum is rising from the ashes: 'All I need are slips of paper'

As thoughts turn to the restoration of Notre-Dame, we speak to Alexander Kellner, director of the Rio de Janeiro institute, which suffered a similar fate

ArtApril 17, 2019
Prince Sultan Bin Fahad Bin Nasser Al-Saud in front of his work 'To Dust'. Courtesy of Athr Gallery.
The Saudi Prince who scours flea markets in his old Toyota

Artist Prince Sultan Bin Fahad Bin Nasser Al-Saud's latest exhibit has just opened at the Red Palace

ArtApril 15, 2019
The remote Feynan Ecolodge stands amid desert scenery near the confluence of Wadi Feynan and Wadi Araba. Getty Images
Ammar Khammash is first Arab architect to win sustainability award

The Jordanian architect has been awarded with the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture

April 14, 2019
Speakers on the Can We Debate Freedom of Expression? panel. From left: Tim Marlow, Khaled Hourani; Monica Narula and Alexander Kellner. Courtesy Culture Summit
Culture Summit debates freedom of expression

The panellists underlined how the right to free expression is a mode of negotiation

ArtApril 11, 2019
A visitor looks at a piece by Hosni Radwan as part of the Culture Summit 2019 at Manarat Al Saadiyat. Chris Whiteoak / The National
Should art be for everyone? Or is it just a hobby for the elite?

'Populism' was the word that kept popping up on the first day of the Culture Summit. Two of our arts writers discuss whether or not it's a dirty word

April 11, 2019
The Culture Summit panel 'How are the new publics shaping our new museums?'. From left to right: Suhanya Raffel, Director, M+, Hong Kong; Aaron Seeto, Director, MACAN, Jakarta; Richard Armstrong, Director, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation; Kulapat Yantrasast, Architect, WHY; and Madeleine Grynsztejn, Director, MCA Chicago. Courtesy Culture Summit
How millennials can help museums attract new audiences

A panel on the third day of the summit discusses the importance of engaging the public

ArtApril 11, 2019
The Great Mosque of Al Nuri in the old city of Mosul, as seen here in April 2018, was destroyed by ISIS but is now under restoration, funded by the UAE. AFP
Heritage at heart of reviving conflict-hit nations

Abu Dhabi Culture Summit told the restoration of Iraq's Al Nuri Mosque was a symbol of hope for an embattled community

HeritageApril 09, 2019
A display wall at World Art Dubai 2017 held at Dubai World Trade Centre in Dubai. Pawan Singh / The National.
How to pick up a bargain at Dubai's affordable art fair

Over 150 galleries are participating, both local and international — meaning there's plenty for the amateur collector

ArtApril 03, 2019
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