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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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DUBAI , UNITED ARAB EMIRATES , FEB 20 – 2018 :- Juma Al Majid at his office in the Juma Al Majid Centre for Culture and Heritage in Dubai. ( Pawan Singh / The National ) For Arts & Life. Story by Melissa Gronlund
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Juma Al Majid’s quest for universal knowledge

“Nobody has a right to say, ‘This book belongs to me.’ It belongs to the human."

BooksApril 15, 2018
Angelo, Soedoe Soechay. A portrait taken at the Gerewol festival in Chad, where diverse nomadic tribes meet Jimmy Nelson Courtesy Jimmy Nelson
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Jimmy Nelson's high-altitude photos chronicle remote tribes

The photographer tells us about his latest collection of images shot in the Peruvian Andes, his pride in his works and the pitfalls of depicting people completely at odds with modernity

ArtApril 11, 2018
Anna Kurkova's 'Dunescape' was the winner of the 2017 Christo and Jeanne-Claude Award. Delores Johnson / The National
Art award-winners say inspiration came from ‘culture of the UAE’

Structure celebrates the joy of Bedouin poetry and stories

ArtApril 08, 2018
Adrian Ellis. Courtesy Global Cultural Districts Network
Adrian Ellis on why art scenes are important to civic and national identity

The Cultural districts network founder Adrian Ellis discusses cultivation

ArtApril 07, 2018
The centrepiece of Haleh Redjaian's inhabiting the Grid exhibition at Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde. Courtesy Haleh Redjaian and Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde
How 1950s architectural criticism inspired Haleh Redjaian’s Dubai show

This is the Berlin-based artist's second project in Dubai

ArtApril 03, 2018
Art Dubai Modern 2018.
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Our guide to Art Dubai 2018

Now in its 12th year, Art Dubai is again a creative springboard for talent from across the Middle East. We assess groups and individuals whose work breaks down barriers

ArtApril 02, 2018
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead. Courtesy: Little, Brown
My favourite reads: Melissa Gronlund

Here are five books I’ve recently read around the subject of race

BooksMarch 31, 2018
Abu Dhabi, UAE. March15,2018. Warehouse 421 Opening of ATHR exhibition and art performance. Victor Besa / The National Arts & Culture Reporter: Melissa Gronlund
The redemptive quality of remembering pain: art addressing the problems faced by Arab youth

Memories and how to deal with them are at the core of works that address the deep-rooted problems faced by Arab youth

March 29, 2018
Three qibla indicators, 1800s Ottoman Empire. Courtesy The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art
Last chance to see ‘Hajj: Memories of a Journey’ at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque

We find out more about an exhibition that personalises this vital tenet of faith

ArtMarch 26, 2018
The Louvre is a huge draw for tourists in Abu Dhabi. Christopher Pike / The National
Laying out a vision for Louvre Abu Dhabi's future

The Louvre Abu Dhabi director tells us what has been achieved since opening, his vision for the future, and how the latest exhibition, ‘Globes: Visions of the World’, reflects the museum’s universal desires

ArtMarch 25, 2018
Zak Ove, Earth, 2017. Courtesy Lawrie Shabibi and Zak Ove
Don't miss these five art shows happening in the UAE

We round-up five cool cultural events to check out around the Emirates

ArtMarch 25, 2018
Iabodiou Piko from Indonesia is taking part for two months artist residency program at Warehouse 421 on March 4, 2018.Khushnum Bhandari /The National
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Rise of the art residencies in the UAE

Setting time and space aside for creativity is not new, but UAE’s cities are providing fertile soil for education of artists and all that’s crucial for a thriving arts scene

ArtMarch 18, 2018
Ihab Darwish is the composer behind 'Waves of My Life'. Courtesy Klaudyna Schubert
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Emirati composer on the personal story behind 'Waves of My Life'

'I carried my passion for music throughout school and university. Finally I decided, about seven years back, to document my melodies', he says

MusicMarch 14, 2018
Installation view of Warehouse421’s newest exhibition 'Untold Stories Retold Recent Exhibitions from the UAE's National Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.'
UAE Pavilion's Venice Biennale exhibitions on display at Warehouse421

At Warehouse421, audiences in Abu Dhabi can enjoy two of the exhibitions that assured the UAE its place at the Venice Biennale

ArtMarch 12, 2018
eL seed’s ‘Declaration’ exhibition in 2014. Courtesy Tashkeel
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Celebrating 10 years of the pioneering arts hub Tashkeel

'My goal was to create a respectable place where women and men could work side by side and where everyone would know their boundaries', says founder Sheikha Lateefa bint Maktoum

ArtMarch 12, 2018
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