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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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      A textile installation by artist Priya Ravish Mehra on show at this year’s Kochi-Muziris Biennale. Courtesy Kochi Biennale Foundation
      Fourth Kochi-Muziris biennale looks to politics and friendship

      The Radical Group lives on through Anita Dube, the biennial’s first female curator

      ArtDecember 16, 2018
      Guggenheim head Richard Armstrong (left), who spoke at the inaugural Culture Summit in 2017, returns this year to the event Abu Dhabi.
      Abu Dhabi announces new partners for Culture Summit 2019

      The yearly event will be produced with The Economist, Unesco, the Royal Academy of Arts, the Guggenheim, and Google

      ArtDecember 16, 2018
      It’s now a pre-eminent site of art and learning, thanks largely to its ruler, Sheikh Sultan, a playwright with a PhD in history. In 2006, he initiated the Sharjah Museums Project, now a complex of 16 museums. Pictured: the Sharjah Islamic Museum. Chris Whiteoak / The National
      A love letter to Sharjah's many charms

      A guide to the emirate from an ardent fan: Sharjah offers art, culture, and cheap ice cream

      December 16, 2018
      An image from Richard Allenby-Pratt's "Abandoned" series. Courtesy Gulf Photo Plus
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      The photography exhibition showing the UAE in a post-human future

      Gulf Photo Plus and Warehouse421 have collaborated on a new exhibit in Abu Dhabi that explores the margins of the Emirates

      ArtDecember 16, 2018
      A rendering of Hayy: Creative Hub's central courtyard, inspired by traditional Gulf architecture and conceived by Ibda designs. Hayy will open in Jeddah in 2020.
      Art Jameel's plans for its new Saudi centre win a hat trick of awards

      Dubai-based firm's designs praised for "radical" approach to mixed-use programming

      ArtDecember 12, 2018
      Buzzcocks frontman Pete Shelley in 1978. Redferns
      'Punk is the art of action': Buzzcocks frontman Pete Shelley dies

      The punk pop star was behind 'Ever Fallen in Love' and other hits of the late '70s

      MusicDecember 10, 2018
      Breakdancers vs. ballerinas will compete at Louvre Abu Dhabi this week.
      Rain of Light: dance traditions battle it out at Louvre Abu Dhabi

      Breakdancers, the Royal Ballet of Cambodia, and a Pharaonic-era stick dance will be on show

      ArtDecember 09, 2018
      ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - DECEMBER 4, 2018. Abu Dhabi's Cultural Foundation. Established in 1981 by the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the Cultural Foundation was the UAE���s first multi-purpose community centre. The Cultural Foundation is reopening after a period of extensive conservation including repairs, rehabilitation and some adaptive reuse of its facilities. The 7th December will see the introduction of its new Visual Arts Centre, featuring two exhibition halls, an outdoor gallery, and artists��� studios and workshops. A 900-seat theatre and a state-of-the-art, first-of-its-kind Children���s Library, serving children and young people of all ages, will open in Spring 2019. (Photo by Reem Mohammed/The National) Reporter: Section: AC
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      A source of joy and beauty: the Abu Dhabi Cultural Foundation reopens

      The Cultural Foundation played an extraordinary role in the capital. We chart its impact through the years

      ArtDecember 09, 2018
      Anish Kapoor's "Cloud Gate", popularly known as the Bean, was featured in an NRA promotional video. Kapoor pronounced himself "disgusted" and sued.
      How using derivative works of public sculptures can land you in trouble

      The British sculptor reached an out-of-court settlement against the US gun group. We look back at some of art's recent brushes with copyright laws

      ArtDecember 07, 2018
      Sarah Sillis, author with Dina Nahas, of Zayoodi visits the parade
      A new children's book character introduces the community to Emirati tales

      The project will turn into a full educational package, according to co-author Sarah Sillis

      BooksDecember 05, 2018
      A visitor wanders around the site.
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      Your guide to Qasr Al Hosn's opening week of festivities

      The Abu Dhabi site will feature a museum, heritage activities, exhibitions and a revolving auditorium

      ArtDecember 05, 2018
      Sheikha Hoor Al Qasimi. Photo by Nato Welton
      Sheikha Hoor Al Qasimi will curate the next Lahore Biennial

      It will be the biennale's second edition, and the choice underscores the ties between the UAE and Pakistan

      ArtDecember 05, 2018
      Tamam Al Akhal. Photo: Supplied
      Sharjah Art Museum exhibition shines a light on overlooked Arab artists

      “Before we got married, he asked me how I would feel if ‘we become two wings of the same bird and call it Palestine'.”

      ArtDecember 04, 2018
      The evil eye emoji is one of the few culturally linked emojis
      It's now an emoji, but what's the story of the evil eye amulet?

      They’re on your friend’s earrings; hung up in your local cafe; adorning the wrist of a cousin recently back from a gap year abroad. And now, they’re online: there’s an evil-eye emoji

      ArtDecember 04, 2018
      Abu Dhabi Archipelago (Island Making). Courtesy Tarek Al-Ghoussein
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      One resident's quest to photograph all 215 Abu Dhabi islands

      “At one point I wanted to stop,” he says. “I had to force myself to keep going.”

      ArtDecember 03, 2018
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