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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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      The view of Jameel Arts Centre from Dubai Creek
      Inside Jameel Arts Centre: a game changer opens today on Dubai Creek

      A library with 3,000 art books, galleries, a colourful public garden, a huge amphitheatre, a restaurant, a design shop: the community-focused space isn’t like anything else in the city, and it opens today

      ArtNovember 11, 2018
      You can walk into this 50-metre-wide installation in Downtown Dubai, which is free to enter, and touch the different panels of wool.
      You'll find a huge wool sculpture in Downtown Dubai this weekend

      It's only up for a few days, and it's made from the noblest of all fibres — merino

      ArtNovember 11, 2018
      A cloud-like structure at Dubai Opera plaza introduces the best spun wool to the public

      Italian luxury brand Loro Piana will partner with Tashkeel to bring an Italian artist and UAE-base artist for a four-month period at Tashkeel studios

      November 11, 2018
      Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and ruler of Sharjah, has been given a number of honorifics. His most recent is an honorary fellowship from the Royal Institute of British Architects. WAM
      Sheikh Sultan honoured by the Royal Institute of British Architects

      Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Ruler of Sharjah, received an honorary fellowship in recognition of services to architecture

      November 08, 2018
      The installation is permanently sited in Al Majarrah, Sharjah.Courtesy Sharjah Art Foundation, 2018.
      Four things to know before you go to Sharjah's Rain Room

      It provides a perfect break from the heat, but this advice will be helpful before you go

      ArtNovember 07, 2018
      The artist in her Abu Dhabi studio. Antonie Robertson / The National
      How Maitha Abdalla tells dark, Surrealist tales with a Khaleeji twist

      The artist's work shows a fascination with folkloric beliefs

      ArtNovember 06, 2018
      Turkey is planning to tax tech giants such as Facebook, Apple and Google parent Alphabet at a flat rate of 7.5 per cent. Alamy
      Why WhatsApp groups are the bane of my existence

      Baby photos often appear duplicate across the different groups, and what can you do but respond, “So adorable! She is so big already! [emoji with heart eyes]”.

      CommentNovember 06, 2018
      Arab armies on a 1:200 scale. Courtesy Sharjah Art Foundation
      Artist Ala Younis on using small-scale models to show the bigger picture

      The artist's work is rooted in key moments of the Arab 20th century, such as the Palestinian cause, former president of Egypt Gamal Abdel Nasser’s pan-Arabism, and the Lebanese Civil War

      ArtNovember 05, 2018
      Photos from the opening day of Misk Art 2018. Courtesy of Centre for International Communication (CIC), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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      Saudi cultural foundation holds country's largest public exhibition

      Misk Art 2018 runs in the capital with exhibitions and performances

      ArtNovember 01, 2018
      Shadi Habib Allah's show Put to Rights in Chicago
      Shadi Habib Allah investigates welfare fraud

      We speak to Palestinian artist Shadi Habib Allah about his two current US shows

      ArtNovember 01, 2018
      's photograph of the former Manama Cinema in Ajman Ammar Al Attar
      History of the UAE’s big screen projected as an exhibition

      The history of UAE cinemas – and the stories they tell – is the subject of a (sadly brief) new exhibition, Cinemas in the UAE, by Ajman photographer Ammar Al Attar

      ArtOctober 30, 2018
      These are your classic costumes-in-a-bag: superhero get-ups, princess dresses, different animals, various monsters. It’s not a bad idea to buy these, given the UAE’s crazy predilection for costume-themed days at school – superhero day, book day, maths day (how is that a costume day?), knights and princesses days. Photo / Getty
      Pro tips for celebrating Halloween with kids in the UAE

      Don’t think you can stick a sheet over your kid and call it a day, and carve a watermelon, not a pumpkin – here are some key Halloween tricks and treats for parents

      FamilyOctober 28, 2018
      A detail of Paul Guiragossian’s Celebrations (1990) was one of the few Abraaj collection works that actually rose in value it sold for £140,000 in 2008, and achieved £175,000 this week
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      What does the Abraaj sale tell us about the Arab art market?

      There are things we can learn from the sale at Bonhams and Christie's that saw the offloading of part of Abraaj's collection of Middle Eastern and South Asian art, but there are better ways to study a market than reading the tea leaves at auction

      ArtOctober 25, 2018
      A rendering showing what the aerial view of the restored site will look like. Photo / Department of Culture and Tourism Abu Dhabi
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      Abu Dhabi's historic Qasr Al Hosn ready to reopen in December

      The site of the popular Qasr Al Hosn heritage festival will now be open year-round and the venerable Cultural Foundation is reopening

      ArtOctober 25, 2018
      Vox Cinemas has specially adapted film screenings for children with autism and other sensory processing disorders. Getty
      Sensory-adapted films for kids with autism hit the big screen in the UAE

      'The children leave feeling excited, happy and cared for,' say the organisers of Vox Cinemas

      FilmOctober 22, 2018
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