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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

      Zayed Temash and a work in progress at the Cultural Foundation. Khushnum Bhandari for The National
      The residency programme that prepares UAE artists to work abroad

      We find out what a new residency scheme at the Cultural Foundation aims to do for the next generation of artists

      ArtApril 03, 2019
      French director Agnes Varda at the 69th Berlinale film festival in Berlin earlier this year
      'A master of the film-essay format' – a tribute to Agnes Varda

      Melissa Gronlund reflects on the life of the French filmmaker and remembers the four days she spent working in her Paris apartment

      FilmMarch 29, 2019
      To make these glass sculptures, the Irish artist MJ Whelan took sand from the same underwater location where Jacques Cousteau dived in his research on behalf of British Petroleum in Abu Dhabi. Whelan waited for lightning to strike the sand to produce the extremely fragile glass objects that he has now on show.
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      Jameel Arts Centre hosts symposium to mark end of its first show

      We take a closer look at the exhibition Crude, which re-examines the history of the Gulf region

      ArtMarch 28, 2019
      The Culture Summit returns once again to Manarat Al Saadiyat. Mona Al Marzooqi / The National
      Plans for Culture Summit Abu Dhabi 2019 announced

      New partners on the third annual event include Google and Unesco

      ArtMarch 27, 2019
      Kathleen Ryan's ‘Fountain of Youth.’ Courtesy Green Art Gallery, Dubai
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      Your ultimate guide to Art Dubai 2019

      What to check out and when at Dubai's biggest art fair

      ArtMarch 19, 2019
      Bait 15 artists Hashel Al Lamki, Afra Al Dhaheri and Maitha Abdalla, who poses with her son, Mubarak. Victor Besa / The National
      What is the future of the UAE art scene?

      Curator Munira Al Sayegh focuses on collectives in UAE Now show

      ArtMarch 19, 2019
      Al Saleh speaks of wanting to honour humble objects in her work. Stephen Lock for the National
      Second Ithra Art Award honours artist who celebrates 'the overlooked'

      Winning the prize has put Saudi artist Daniah Al Saleh’s work on display in Dubai

      ArtMarch 19, 2019
      Abdelmonem Alserkal, pictured in the Alserkal Residency spaces in Al Quoz. Alserkal has established a new foundation to continue his support of art in the UAE. The image is shot by Mohamed Somji, a photographer who runs Gulf Photo Plus, also sited in Alserkal Avenue.
      Abdelmonem Alserkal establishes new foundation

      The organisation will formalise and expand the activity currently taking place at Alserkal Avenue

      ArtMarch 19, 2019
      Smita Prabhakar, founder and Nada Raza (L), artistic director of Ishara Art Foundation, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National
      New centre for South Asian art opens in Alserkal Avenue

      The Ishara Art Foundation is one of the few international foundations to focus solely on art from South Asia

      ArtMarch 18, 2019
      People checking out artworks at Sharjah Biennial 14. Reem Mohammed/The National.
      Five things to see at the Sharjah Biennial

      It's set to be an action-packed few months for art in Sharjah, so here's what we think you should seek out

      ArtMarch 11, 2019
      ‘View of the Molo in Venice with the Doge’s Palace and Santa Maria della Salute’ by Rudolf von Alt Courtesy Princely Collections of Liechtenstein
      Manarat Al Saadiyat hosts a condensed tour of European art history

      ADMAF's annual exhibition invites the Princely Family of Liechtenstein to show landscapes in Abu Dhabi

      ArtMarch 10, 2019
      ‘Ghaith At Home’ by Farah Al Qasimi. Satish Kumar for the National
      Farah Al Qasimi casts the Arab world in a different light

      The Emirati artist, who is now living in the US, has a solo presentation currently showing at Jameel Arts Centre

      ArtMarch 10, 2019
      A visitor trying on the VR headset for Shezad Dawood’s Encroachments (2019).
      Pakistani pride as Shezad Dawood wins one of Sharjah's Biennial prizes

      The artist's VR installation animates scenes from Pakistan

      ArtMarch 08, 2019
      Artworks showing at the Sharjah Biennial 14 under the theme "Leaving the Echo Chamber". Reem Mohammed/The National.
      Sharjah Biennial explores migration and interconnected histories

      The biennial this year has an extraordinary global reach, courtesy of its three curators

      ArtMarch 07, 2019
      Rana Begum, winner of the The Abraaj Group Art Prize, 2017.
      Your essential guide to Dubai Art Season

      Start practising your air kisses! We sifted through all the schedules so you don't have to

      ArtMarch 04, 2019
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