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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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Louvre Abu Dhabi announces new programme of art events for the upcoming year.
French foreign minister visits Louvre Abu Dhabi

The museum unveiled a new programme of events for the year ahead

UAESeptember 05, 2018
The four-day fair features displays and talks. Courtesy Abu Dhabi Art
Abu Dhabi Art announces public line-up for its 10th anniversary event

We look at the four-day art event which celebrates its tenth anniversary this year

ArtSeptember 04, 2018
Ghada Amer's 'Towards a New Painting' Victor Besa / The National
New NYUAD exhibition 'Ways of Seeing' urges visitors to be more critical

The show is the first in Abu Dhabi by renowned curators Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath

ArtSeptember 04, 2018
The 'Salvator Mundi' painting was due to go on display in Abu Dhabi on September 18, but there has been a delay. The painting was rediscovered in 2005 by an art dealer in Louisiana, and underwent extensive restoration work. Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi / Centre de Recherche et de Restau
Unveiling of Salvator Mundi painting at Louvre Abu Dhabi delayed

Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece was due to go on display on September 18 – a new date has yet to be announced

ArtSeptember 03, 2018
Eleven dancers will synchronise their moves with the performers in a 1970s film in ‘Dance’, which will be performed in Abu Dhabi this Wednesday and Thursday The Arts Centre. Courtesy NYUAD
Why Lucinda Childs's Dance only gains in meaning as time goes on

Head to NYUAD this week to see a flashback of the legendary Lucinda Childs loom over 11 performers, proving that dance truly is a visual art

On StageSeptember 02, 2018
Melissa Gronlund’s kids take a nap in the car in New York. Courtesy Melissa Gronlund
The foolproof strategy to get kids over jet lag in record time

It’s controversial, but Melissa Gronlund has a tried and tested cure for kiddie jetlag

FamilyAugust 30, 2018
An untitled artwork from 1999, oil on canvas
Remembering Palestinian artist Samir Salameh

His bright, expressive paintings and 'positive spirit' gave a sense of hope to the Palestinian cause

ArtAugust 29, 2018
Sara Rahbar's 'You Are Safe Here With Me' on show. Courtesy Dallas Contemporary
Hanging the American flag for safety, tolerance and togetherness

Her exhibition ‘Carry Me Home’ explores violence, terror and injustice. We sit down with the New York-based Iranian artist to discuss the impact of the show

ArtAugust 26, 2018
A still from Mark Salvatus’s video installation about the Philippines Constabulary Band Sharjah Art Foundation
Sharjah Art Foundation’s new show is a rich cacophony of interlocking cultures

For ‘A Tripoli Agreement’, the foundation partners up with Sharjah-based airline Air Arabia for an exhibition on the idea of travel and networks

ArtAugust 26, 2018
Alserkal Avenue’s Sensing Memory includes a book group focusing on the inimitable Proust. Courtesy Carson Kahoe
No such thing as culture in Dubai? Pick up Proust

Reading groups are emerging as hotspots for the exchange of ideas

ArtJuly 31, 2018
Abdrashit Sidychanov’s ‘A Dog Eating Its Puppies’ will be among the paintings on display in an exhibition in London that forms part of Focus. Courtesy Kazakhstan National Museum of Kazakhstan
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Discovering the Kazakhstan arts scene

The country has launched a major programme to show the work of its artists abroad

ArtJuly 31, 2018
Quoz Arts Fest takes place annually in Alserkal Avenue, which has become the most important site for art in Dubai Christopher Pike / The National; Carbon 12 Dubai
The state of the art scene in Dubai: a look into how things are going

The quality of art coming from the emirate is improving, but the UAE still lacks collectors

ArtJuly 28, 2018
Architect Ashok Mody on the grand staircase he designed for the Sharjah house of Sooud Al Qassemi 40 years ago. Leslie Pableo / The National
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Indian architect Ashok Mody on the distinctiveness of Gulf architecture

Mody, who lived in Sharjah from 1975 to 1980, is responsible for a number of buildings in the emirate

ArtJuly 26, 2018
Retired head librarian Ginny Danielson from New York University Abu Dhabi library, which aims to digitise up to 25,000 Arabic books by 2020. Victor Besa / The National
The NYUAD project that is digitising Arabic books for all to access

The target is to have digitised 20,000 to 25,000 books by 2021, says Ginny Danielson, the outgoing head of the NYUAD library

BooksJuly 23, 2018
Al Qassemi had requested a full refund for the work, based on the assertion that Sotheby’s had violated its own code of conduct Randi Sokoloff / The National
Sultan Al Qassemi settles lawsuit with Sotheby's

The case, which began sixteen months ago, was over a Mahmoud Mokhtar sculpture

ArtJuly 23, 2018
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