UAE: Weekend Art on the old alleyways Bastakya
Ten days of visual arts – and more – organized around three events: the Art Week, multifaceted cultural event, kicks off tonight with the Sikka Art Fair which will to engage Art Dubai (21-24 March) and Design Days (18-21 March). hub of artistic showcase regional and international levels is Art Dubai, an event that emerged firmly on the map of the festival that count. Growing up in its fifth edition, this year has 74 galleries from 31 countries. Two Italian women: the Galleria Continua in San Gimignano Paris near http://www.alberghiparigicentro.com, 20 years after his birth has a strong identity ‘with artists from five continents and two international points. Among the first galleries to open non-Chinese in the emerging country of the dragon, Galleria Continua has its own space anchein France at Le Moulin, outside Paris, where he hosts monumental works. Laura Bulian The gallery, founded in 2008, however, since the beginning, put emphasis on work with a strong social and political expression especially in Russia and Central Asia. Focal Point of Art Dubai contemporary works of artists from the MENASA region – Middle East, North Africa and South Asia – and the pride and ‘knowing how to go into unfamiliar worlds cultural and expressive. This year the spotlight will be on Indonesia. The event, a mix of works already ‘existing and new specially commissioned, will be’ accompanied by seminars, workshops, performance entitled “The medium of the media,” which explores the ways in which the Arab world, and ‘was told by the media. If the opening of Art Dubai will need to ‘wait until Tuesday’, already ‘tonight the narrow alleys – Sikka, in Arabic – the Bastakya, the heart of the old restored Dubai, will come to life thanks to Sikka Art Fair, entirely dedicated to artists residing in the UAE or United Arab Emirates. feature of the event, in addition to the charming and unique locations, nine in the evening cultural events, all strictly created for the occasion and therefore the Their debut. “Sikka and ‘a platform where you can enjoy the visual arts, local music, film productions and exhibitions all at once,” says artistic director Balyouha Salem. Finally, the orbit of Art Week gravity Design Days, exhibition of contemporary design and high quality ‘set up in a huge tent at the foot of Burj Khalifa, the skyscraper more’ highest in the world