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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

      'Heterotopia' by Akira Takayama guides visitors via an app to different sites throughout Abu Dhabi. Courtesy The Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi
      Futuristic art installations to see in Abu Dhabi this weekend

      The sixth edition of Durub Al Tawaya looks at ways artists use technology in performances. Here's where to find the installations across the capital

      ArtJanuary 24, 2019
      The name of the Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia and Later South Asia at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art demonstrates regional art’s identity struggle AFP
      The tricky business of labelling regional art

      Putting a title on the region’s art has long led to half measures and hand-wringing around the world that often fails to nail its nub, so what can be done to solve this complex conundrum?

      ArtJanuary 23, 2019
      Russell Brand doesn't change nappies, sure, but us all liking a tweet on the matter is as ineffectual as his practical parenting skills. Photo: AFP
      Liking a tweet about Russell Brand's parenting skills won't change anything

      Brand is apparently too enlightened to do any of the leg-work involved in looking after children, but are the 9,900 people who liked a tweet about the issue achieving anything?

      CommentJanuary 21, 2019
      Shilpa Gupta's work as displayed at the new Ishara Art Foundation.
      India, Pakistan and the Gulf: a relationship told through art

      The Ishara Art Foundation is set to open in Dubai in March

      ArtJanuary 19, 2019
      Obituary: Mounirah Mosly, a pioneer for women and art in Saudi Arabia
      Mounirah Mosly was a Saudi pioneer for women and art

      Mosly’s legacy will lie as much in her work itself, as in the younger generation she helped open up to art.

      ArtJanuary 18, 2019
      Pieces by Rawdha AlKetbi, left, and Maitha Abdalla. Courtesy Zayed University
      Zayed University launches new off-campus gallery

      Universities galleries are common, but they are rarely beyond the campus

      ArtJanuary 16, 2019
      Mahmoud Al Ramahi's The Shisha Man, 1997. Courtesy the artist
      Past and present: an artistic journey through Abu Dhabi's Cultural Foundation

      To mark the Cultural Foundation’s re-opening, a core group of artists present an exhibit of its past

      ArtJanuary 15, 2019
      One of the Westcott pupil's drawings, which has been modelled on the work of Dubai-based eL Seed.
      UK primary school looks to eL Seed for inspiration on Arabic calligraphy

      The Dubai-based artist has responded by congratulating the pupils, saying he was "honoured to see my works used in that way”

      BooksJanuary 13, 2019
      Jane (Emily Mortimer), John (Nathanael Saleh), Annabel (Pixie Davies, Ellen (Julie Walters), Jack (Lin-Manuel Miranda), Georgie (Joel Dawson) and Mary Poppins (Emily Blunt) in 'Mary Poppins Returns', Disney’s original musical which takes audiences on an entirely new adventure with the practically-perfect nanny and the Banks family.
      Review: Mary Poppins Returns is practically terrible in every way

      The Emily Blunt-fronted remake misses the mark, Melissa Gronlund argues, especially in its thematic messages and the title character's ethos

      FilmJanuary 07, 2019
      Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. . December 19, 2018. Artist, Abdul Qader Al Rais opening exhibit at Manarat Al Saadiyat. Victor Besa ? The National. Section: A&L Reporter: Melissa Gronlund
      How does Abdul Qader Al Rais fit into the history of art in the UAE?

      A retrospective of the artist’s work is on show now at Manarat Al Saadiyat

      ArtDecember 30, 2018
      Melissa Gronlund with her children. Courtesy Melissa Gronlund
      UAE mum explains hidden advantages of breast feeding

      A mother who breastfed her children tells of the hidden advantages

      HealthDecember 20, 2018
      Mohammed Kazem in front of his series 'Even the Shade Does Not Belong to Them' at his solo show 'A Prime Activity', in Galerie Isabelle van den Eynde Reem Mohammed / The National
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      A closer look at inscrutable Dubai artist Mohammed Kazem

      Are you following attentively? What have you missed? We delve into artist Mohammed Kazem’s backstory

      ArtDecember 20, 2018
      Installation view of The Monochrome Revisited at the Jean-Paul Najar Foundation. Courtesy Jean-Paul Najar Foundation
      Dubai art exhibition discovers the history of monochrome

      Jean-Paul Najar Foundation's 'The Monochrome Revisited' runs until February 2019, and assesses Modernism, composition and race

      ArtDecember 20, 2018
      A scene from Jameel Arts Centre's opening ceremony in November 2018. The Saudi organisation is now offering grants for artists and art professionals hit by the coronavirus crisis. Courtesy Jameel Arts Centre
      Top UAE art moments of 2018 - and the one that shocked the world

      It’s been a year for remarkable happenings and new institutions taking root

      ArtDecember 19, 2018
      As your kids grow, you learn new Arabic words such as "yalla" and 'khalas”. Silvia Razgova / The National
      Arabic Language Day: watch your vocabulary grow as your kids do

      A look at how raising a child in Abu Dhabi has kick-started her lessons in the Arabic language

      CommentDecember 18, 2018
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