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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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      Elisabeth Wild Untitled (154), 2018 Collage on paper 18.5 x 17.7 cm 7 1/4 x 7 in (ELW009) Photo: Copyright the Artist Courtesy of Carbon 12 and Proyectos Ultravioleta
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      The 97-year-old artist who fled the Nazis brings her work to Dubai

      Elisabeth Wild has made a selection of collages for Carbon 12 in Alserkal Avenue

      ArtMarch 04, 2019
      Sharjah's new Africa Institute has held its first international event at Tate Modern. Getty.
      Sharjah's new Africa Institute holds first international event in London

      A conference at Tate Modern looked at the histories of solidarity movements and liberation groups

      ArtMarch 04, 2019
      HE Noura Al Kaabi, the Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development, oversaw the use of AI to meet new challenges for Islamic design - she is seen here speaking at the Al Burda Festival. Photo: Leslie Pableo for The National
      UAE ministry uses AI to suggest the future of Islamic design

      Its Swarm AI analysis resulted in the establishment of the Al Burda Endowment, a new funding scheme that aims to support the making of Islamic art in a new century

      ArtFebruary 28, 2019
      The Salvator Mundi Experience by Simon Fujiwara and David Kohn Architects. Courtesy Whitechapel Gallery
      An exhibition featuring an ode to the Salvator Mundi opens in London

      An artist and architect are inspired by the pop-cultural importance of the work in a new collaboration

      ArtFebruary 14, 2019
      Photographer Andrew Moore. Courtesy Andrew Moore
      Renowned photographer returns to find a changed Abu Dhabi

      The well-known photographer has focused on the capital for a decade, honing in on its diversity

      ArtFebruary 10, 2019
      Rembrandt's 'The Head of a Young Man in Prayer' being uncrated at Louvre Abu Dhabi. Courtesy Louvre Abu Dhabi.
      Brush with genius: Louvre Abu Dhabi unveils its first Rembrandt

      Rembrandt’s masterful oil sketch of Christ is the first of his works to ever join a museum collection in the Gulf

      ArtFebruary 10, 2019
      A Village by Mohamed Sabry. Courtesy of Barjeel Art Foundation
      Egyptian artist Mohamed Sabry dies at 100

      He was known for a beautiful use of colours in his Maghrebi landscapes

      ArtFebruary 05, 2019
      An untitled 1998 work, a medley of symbols around a central Nubian figure. Courtesy Lawrie Shabibi
      Fathi Hassan: a veteran Egyptian artist who deserves more attention

      His work takes in his journey from his Nubian community to his days as a 'wild Neapolitan'

      ArtFebruary 04, 2019
      Dana Awartani uses poetry in her work. Courtesy of Jameel Arts Centre
      Dana Awartani: 'I'm not a refugee, and my parents are supportive'

      At Sharjah's Maraya Art Centre, the artist's new exhibition, The Silence Between Us, pushes beyond the East-meets-West narrative

      ArtFebruary 04, 2019
      Mohamed Mahdy’s works look into the effect of toxic dust on residents of Moon Valley, Egypt. Courtesy GPP
      GPP Photo Week 2019: A focus on Arab documentary photography

      The event in Dubai highlights the important role of photography as a form of storytelling

      ArtFebruary 03, 2019
      Al Balad is undergoing a cultural renaissance. Willy Lowry / The National
      21, 39 Jeddah Arts celebrates the myths of its old town

      This year’s theme overall is Al Obour, or “crossing” – such as the new crossing into the old, the exterior crossing into the inside and, crucially, different generations crossing paths.

      ArtFebruary 03, 2019
      A 1974 oil painting by Samir Rafi, in which a wolf snarls in the face of a caged man. Courtesy of Ubuntu Gallery and Green Art Gallery, Dubai.
      Spotlight on Samir Rafi: a new exhibition at Green Art Gallery

      Green Art Gallery has mounted a show to celebrate the works of the Egyptian surrealist painter

      ArtJanuary 30, 2019
      Poet and filmmaker Nujoom Alghanem will represent the UAE at the Venice Biennale later this year. Courtesy National Pavilion UAE
      Dubai poet and filmmaker to represent the UAE at Venice Biennale 2019

      Nujoom Alghanem is a significant figure in the history of modern UAE culture

      ArtJanuary 29, 2019
      Chant Avedissian's 'You Are Love' (2008), of Egyptian diva Umm Kulthum. Courtesy Barjeel Art Foundation
      Egyptian-Armenian artist Chant Avedissian dies at 67

      Avedissian's work celebrated pop and folk culture

      ArtJanuary 29, 2019
      Turkish barbers in the 1870s-90s, from the Abdullah Freres studio. Part of the newly digitised Gigord Collection at the Getty Research Institute. Courtesy Getty Research Institute
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      A treasure trove of Ottoman Empire photographs now available online

      Thousands of images have been made freely available by the Getty Research Institute

      ArtJanuary 29, 2019
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