Filippo Gallino Photography © Dubai
Filippo Gallino Photography © A quiet evening in Dubai
The two photos above were shot by Italian photographer Filippo Gallino during a work trip to The Emirates in 2008. A world famous artist, he is specialized in innovative visual communication modalities, mainly through high impact panoramic hyper-images and , together with Luca De Bellis, another well established Italian photographer, in virtual tours. To know more about their stunning work please visit : www.filippogallino.it and www.gallinodebellis.com
ART DUBAI
18-21 March 2009
Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai
Art Dubai has become a cornerstone of the Middle East’s booming contemporary art community. Taking place from March 18-21 2009, over 65 carefully selected galleries will gather in the beach resort of Madinat Jumeirah for the third edition of Art Dubai.Programme include artist’s projects plus the launch of the Abraaj Capital Art Prize and the critically acclaimed Global Art Forum:3.
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Tickets to Art Dubai 2009 are now available through Time Out Tickets
Vernissage Preview
Public Days
FAIR DATES
Vernissage 18 March 2009
Public Days 19-21 March 2009
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PUBLIC EVENTS PROGRAMME:
* Opening Times
* Art Park Talks
* Performances
* Book Launches + Signings
* START Workshops
* Public Tours
WEDNESDAY 18 MARCH
11.30 – 13.00
START Workshop, (Girls Only Sesssion) i-Film Art Dubai with Elhum Shakerifar.
Learn video camera skills & documentary film-making techniques, ages 10-13, START @ Barclays Wealth Learning Zone
12.00 – 12.30
Special Performance (For ladies only), Costume Drawings,Susan Hefuna, Terrace, Art Dubai
15.00 – 16.00
Young Persons’ Thinking Cloud: How do I become an Artist?
Panellists’ will include performance artists showcased at Art Dubai 2009, Young Associates & members of the Shaikha Manal Art Exchange Programme, Bidoun Lounge, Art Park
16.00 – 21.30
Vernissage of Art Dubai
17.00
Book Signing, Beirut Bereft, Architecture of the Forsaken and Map of the Derelict, Rasha Salti & Ziad Antar, Art Books
18.00 – 18:30
Book Launch, Third Text Asia, Bidoun Lounge, Art Park
18:15 – 18:45
Performance, traces, Joumana Mourad & IJAD Dance Company, Global Art Forum Tent
19:00 – 20.00
Art Park Talk, Processes and Production, Abraaj Capital Art Prize Panel, Bidoun Lounge, Art Park
20:15 – 21:15
Performance, The Inhabitants of Images, Rabih Mroué, premiere of new performance co-produced by Bidoun, Ashkal Alwan and Tanzquartier Wien, Bidoun Lounge, Art Park
20:30/ 22:00
Performance, Emelan, Kirstie Macleod, Madinat Beach, Art Dubai
THURSDAY 19 MARCH
11.00-12.00
Curatorial Workshop, Christine Tohmé, Sylvia Kouvali and other Bidoun curators discuss the formation of innovative exhibitions and projects in the Arab world. All curators, exhibition organisers and enthusiasts welcome, Bidoun Lounge, Art Park
13.00 – 15.00
START Workshop, Big Painting with Sacha Jafri & Tashkeel. Create a 6 foot painting with a large team, ages 3-18, START @ Barclays Wealth Learning Zone
15.30 – 17.30
START Workshop, The Boat Makers with Maitha bin Lahej & Noor Al Khaja. Decorate a full-scale boat and design the fabric sail, ages 9-18, Terrace
16.00-18.00
START Workshop, i-Film Art Dubai with Elhum Shakerifar.
Learn video camera skills & documentary film-making techniques, ages 10-13, START @ Barclays Wealth Learning Zone
16.00 – 21.00
Public Access to Art Dubai
17.00-17.45
Art Park Talk, Art in the Contemporary City-in-Flux: 98 Weeks, Beirut (Mirene Arsenios) and Kharita, Cairo (Shahira Issa), Bidoun Lounge, Art Park
17.30 – 18.00
Book Signing, Owning Art: A Collectors Handbook, Arabic edition, Judith Greer and Louisa Buck, published by ADACH
17:15 – 17:45
Performance, traces, Joumana Mourad & IJAD Dance Company, Global Art Forum Tent, Art Dubai
18.00 – 19.00
Public Tour of Art Dubai: Souk entrance *
18:00 – 20:30
Performance, Emelan, Kirstie Macleod, Art Park
18:00 – 18:30
Book Launch, Waves and Otherworldly Stories, Janet Bellotto, Bidoun Lounge, Art Park
18.00
Book Launch, Different Sames, New Perspectives in Contemporary Iranian Art, Madinat Beach
21.00 – 21.30
Book Launch, Ahmed Alsoudani, presented by Robert Goff, Bidoun Lounge, Art Park
FRIDAY 20 MARCH
13.00-15.00
START Workshop, Big Painting with Sacha Jafri & Tashkeel. Create a 6 foot painting with a large team, ages 3-18, START @ Barclays Wealth Learning Zone
14.00 – 21.00
Public Access to Art Dubai
14:00 – 17:00
Performance, In Determination, Monali Meher, Art Park
15.30 – 17.30
START Workshop, The Boat Makers with Maitha bin Lahej & Noor Al Khaja. Decorate a full-scale boat and designing the fabric sail, ages 9-18, Terrace
16.00 – 18.00
START Workshop, i-Film Art Dubai with Elhum Shakerifar. Learn video camera skills & documentary film-making techniques, ages 10-13, START @ Barclays Wealth Learning Zone
17:30 – 18:00
Performance, The Tabouli Performer, Roula Haj-Ismail, Bidoun Lounge, Art Park
18.00 – 19.00
Public Tour of Art Dubai: Souk entrance *
18:00 – 18:45
Book Launch, Presence, Lamya Gargash followed by a conversation with curator Tirdad Zolghadr, Bidoun Lounge, Art Park
19:00 – 20:00
Art Park Talk, Foundations: Who is supporting art production in the Gulf?, Bidoun Lounge, Art Park
20:15 – 21:15
Performance, The Inhabitants of Images, Rabih Mroué, premiere of new performance co-produced by Bidoun, Ashkal Alwan and Tanzquartier Wien, Bidoun Lounge, Art Park
SATURDAY 21 MARCH
10.00 – 18.00
Public Access to Art Dubai
10.30 – 11.15
Art Park Talk, Online Art Journals, Bidoun Lounge, Art Park
11.00 – 13.00
START Workshop, Stories & Film with Nayla al Khaja. Developing story boards and methods of performance for film, ages 6-14, START @ Barclays Wealth Learning Zone
11.30 – 12:00
Book Launch, AISH – Bread and Life presented by curator Gaia Simionati, Bidoun Lounge, Art Park
13.00 – 13.45
Art Park Talk, Art Production in Palestine, Bidoun Lounge, Art Park
13.00-15.00
START Workshop, Big Painting with Sacha Jafri & Tashkeel. Create a 6 foot painting with a large team, ages 3-18, START @ Barclays Wealth Learning Zone
14.00
Book signing, In Absentia, Tarek Al Ghoussein, hosted by The Third Line, Art Books
14:30 -15:15
Art Park Talk, Rami Farook, Director of Traffic, with designers James Clar & Katrin Greiling, discuss production design in the Gulf, Bidoun Lounge, Art Park
15.00 – 16.00
Public Tour of Art Dubai: Souk entrance *
15:30 – 16:15
Art Park Talk, Khatt Foundation – Typographic Matchmaking in the City V2.0 Project, with Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès, René Knip and Jeroen van Erp, Bidoun Lounge, Art Park
16.30 – 17.00
Art Park Talk, Richard Wagner and Adina Hempel – the Pr0gress studio, Bidoun Lounge, Art Park
17:15 – 17:45
Book Launch, The Conference of Birds, Farah Behbehani, Bidoun Lounge, Art Park
* Limited Numbers – to reserve a place please email intern@artdubai.ae. Please meet at the Souk Entrance, Madinat Jumeirah ten minutes before the tour is due to commence
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GLOBAL ART FORUM PROGRAMME
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DAY ONE_MONDAY 16 MARCH_DOHA_MIA
10.00 – 10.30 Welcome Roger Mandle, Director Qatar Museums Authority, Doha
10.30 – 12.00
Creating an Audience: Museums and Art Institutions and the Public
Max Hollein, Director Kunsthalle, Städel Museum and Sculpture Collection at the Liebighausm
Mikhail Borisovich Piotrovsky, Hermitage Museum. Moscow
Oliver Watson, Chief Curator Museum of Islamic Arts, Doha
Marc Olivier Whaler, Director, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
Moderator: Roger Mandle, Director Qatar Museums Authority, Doha
12.00 – 12:30
Building Museums
Gail Dexter Lord, Co-President, Lord Cultural Resources, Toronto
13.00 – 14.30
Creating Spaces: Cultural Development and Art Practices
Dr.Abdulla Al-Thani, Vice President of Education at Qatar Foundation, Founder of Al Markhiya Gallery, Doha
Moataz Nasr, Artist, Founder of Darb 1718, Cairo
Dr. Nada Shabout, Associate Professor at the University of North Texas, author of Modern Arab Art: Formation of Arab Aesthetics
Gilane Tawadros, Independent curator and writer, former Director of inIVA, London
Moderator: Wassan Al-Khudhairi, Collections Curator at the Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha
14.30 – 15.15
The Museum of the future
All speakers at the Forum and selected guests from the audience will be asked before they come to submit the 10 issues they believe will be critical in building the museum of the future. The results of this questionnaire will be developed and discussed with Hans Ulrich Obrist, Co Director, Exhibitions and Programmes and Director of International Projects, Serpentine Gallery, London.
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DAY TWO_WEDNESDAY 18 MARCH_DUBAI
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Supported by DCAA (Dubai Culture & Arts Authority)
11.00 – 11.30
Good Morning Russia
Maria Baibakova, Director, Baibakov Art Projects, Moscow
Yuri Avvakumov, Architect and designer, Moscow
Olga Sviblova, Head of the House of Photography in Moscow and Curator, Moscow
Fioydeor Boehme, Makhachkala
Joseph Backstein, Founding Director of the Moscow Biennale, Moscow
12.00 – 12.45
Artist Interview
with Hans Ulrich Obrist, Co-Director, Exhibitions and Programmes and Director of International Projects, Serpentine Gallery, London, in conversation with Susan Hefuna, Artist, Berlin
12.45- 13.45
Is Collecting a Statement or a Cause?
Moderator: Richard Flood, Chief Curator, New Museum, New York
Lekha Poddar, Collector, New Delhi
Maja Hoffmann, Collector, LUMA Foundation, Zürich
Sultan Al-Qassemi, Collector, Sharjah
Farid Sarroukh, Collector, Tripoli
13.45 – 14.30
A Brief History of Curating
Hans Ulrich Obrist, Co-Director, Exhibitions and Programmes and Director of International Projects, Serpentine Gallery, London
Daniel Birnbaum, Director 53rd Venice Biennale of Visual Arts, Frankfurt
14.30- 16.00
Discussing Museums
Moderator: Shumon Basar, Writer, critic, London
Mikhail Piotrovsky Director, Hermitage, St. Petersburg
Hassan Subhi, Senior Consultant, PMW, Alexandria
Thomas Krens, Senior Advisor for International Affairs, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York
16.00 – 16.45
Legends Interview
Hans Ulrich Obrist, Co-Director, Exhibitions and Programmes and Director of International Projects, Serpentine Gallery, London, in conversation with Abbas Kiarostami, Filmmaker, Tehran
16.45 – 17.15
Press Announcement “Opening” by the UAE Pavilion for the 53rd Venice Biennale
Featuring Tirdad Zolghadr, Curator of the UAE Pavilion and Dr. Lamees Hamdan Commissioner to the Office of the UAE Pavilion
Special recognition for this event to Mishaal Al Gergawi and Christian Matthiesen of Jackson Pollock Bar
17.15 – 18.00
Legends Interview
Hans Ulrich Obrist, Co-Director, Exhibitions and Programmes and Director of International Projects, Serpentine Gallery, London, in conversation with Marwan Kassab Bachi, Artist, Berlin
21.00 – 22.30
The Art of the Party
Bob Colacello, Writer, Columnist presenting OUT, in conversation with Jerome Sans, Director, UCCA, Beijing/Paris; Simon de Pury, Chairman, Phillips de Pury & Company, London and Hilwé Hilwé, Artist, Birzeit
The Party as Performance
Curated by Jerome Sans, Director, UCCA, Beijing/Paris and Le Baron – André, Benjamin and Samuel, Paris
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DAY THREE_THURSDAY 19 MARCH_DUBAI
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The Arts and Cultural Heritage: A Contemporary View
Hosted by ADACH (Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture & Heritage)
12.00 – 13.00 Short introduction by Andras Szántó, Senior Faculty, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, Director NEA Arts Journalism Institute, Colombia University, New York
ADACH Contemporary Culture and Living Tradition
H.E. Zaki Nusseibeh, Advisor Ministry of Presidential Affairs – Deputy Chairman ADACH, Abu Dhabi
Dr Sami El-Masri, Director of Strategic Planning Office, ADACH, Abu Dhabi
Q and A with Andras Szántó, Senior Faculty, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, Director, NEA Arts Journalism Institute, Columbia University, New York
13:00 – 14:00
Cultural Diplomacy from the Perspective of the Arab World: A Constructive Conversation with the West
Moderator: Andras Szántó, Senior Faculty, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, Director, NEA Arts
Journalism Institute, Columbia University, New York
Ambassador Cynthia P. Schneider, PhD, Expert in cultural diplomacy, Arts and Culture Initiative,
Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Brookings Institute, Professor Diplomacy and Culture at Georgetown University, Washington D.C.
H.E. Zaki Nuseibeh, Advisor Ministry Presidential Affairs, Deputy Chairman, ADACH
Dr Sami El-Masri, Director of Strategic Planning Office, ADACH, Abu Dhabi
14:00 – 15:00
The Heritage Museum in a Modern Age
Moderator: Dr. Sami El-Masri, Director of Strategic Planning Office ADACH, Abu Dhabi
Richard West, Jr., former Director and Founder of the National Museum of the American Indian and prominent ICOM member, Washington D.C.
Elizabeth Duggal, Associate Director of the Natural History Museum – The Smithsonian
Institution, Washington D.C.
15:00 – 16:00
Cultural Strategies for the Arab World: After and Beyond the Museum
Moderator: Catherine David, Curator, Artistic Director ADACH, Platform for Venice, Paris
Abdulla Al-Amri, Director of the Department of Arts and Culture, ADACH, Abu Dhabi
Adila Laïdi-Hanieh, Cultural Critic, West Bank
Nasrin Seraji, Architect, Urbanist, Professor of Architecture, Paris
Christine Tohmé, Curator & Director of the Lebanese Association for Plastic Arts, Ashkal Alwan, Beirut
Omar Mrad, Artist, Beirut
16:30 – 17.00
ADACH Platform for Venice
Catherine David, Curator, Artistic Director, ADACH, Platform for Venice, Paris
17.00 – 17.30
Building on Collecting
Judith Greer, Writer, Collector, London
Louisa Buck, Writer, Art Critic, London
Abdulla Al-Amri, Director of the Department of Arts and Culture, ADACH, Abu Dhabi
Book signing, Judith Greer and Louisa Buck – Owning Art: An Art Collectors Handbook
Arabic edition – published by ADACH
19:00 – 22.30
Art City: TEHRAN
Independent and artist-run initiatives in Tehran
A panel co-curated by Bidoun Fereydoun Ave, artist and curator, Tehran & Paris
Amirali Ghasemi, artist and curator, Parkingallery and the Roaming Biennial of Tehran, Tehran
Sohrab Mahdavi, founder/editor, Tehranavenue.com, Tehran
Shahab Fotouhi, artist, Tehran
Henri Shabistari, Art Historian, Shiraz
Moderated by Negar Azimi, Senior Editor, Bidoun magazine
Leyla Fakhr and Nazgol Ansarinia (Abraaj Capital Art Prize recipients)
Abbas Kiarostrami film screening
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DAY FOUR_FRIDAY 20 MARCH_DUBAI
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Rules of Attraction: Cultural Destinations and Audiences
12.00 – 14.00
Brave New World: The New Deal in the Art World
Moderator: Josh Baer, Writer, publisher, The Baer Faxt, New York
Richard Flood, Chief Curator, New Museum, New York
Alexandros Stanas, Director, Art Athina, Athens
Paolo Colombo, Curator, Advisor, Modern Istanbul, Rome
Miguel Agueli, Artist, Paris
Katherine Gass, Curator, Jumeirah Essex House, New York
14.00 – 15.00
Building on and Building with Biennials
Xenia Kalpaktsoglou, Artistic Director, Athens Biennial, Athens
Poka-Yio, Artist, Co-curator, Athens Biennial, Athens
Dr. Lamees Hamdan, Commissionaire, UAE Pavilion,
53rd Venice Biennale, Dubai
Suha Ahmed, Founding Member, Foundation for the Arts, Baghdad
15.00 – 16.00
Historical Sites and New Art Cities
Derya Bigalı, Manager, Akbank Art Centre, Istanbul
Katerina Koskina, President of the Board of Trustees, State Museum
of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki
Manal Ataya, Director General, Sharjah Museums Department, Sharjah
Janah Saadeh, Chief Financial Officer, Consult Overseas Ltd., Jerusalem
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