On the occasion of the Art Dubai fair which will be held from 29 February to 3 March, the Global Arte Forum “WHETHER OR NOT” will also be held in its 17th edition.
Art Dubai
Art Dubai, the leading international platform for art and artists from the Middle East and the Global South, has announced details of the programs and partnerships for its 17th edition, which will take place in Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai. Held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai, the fair will be held from 1 to 3 March, with previews on 28 and 29 February. All exhibitors of Art Dubai Contemporary 2024 here
Global Art Forum
The flagship transdisciplinary summit of Art Dubai, the Global Art Forum, is titled "Whether or not“, and examines the relationship between extreme weather and extreme changes. This edition is organized by Commissioner Shumon Basar and curator Nadine El-Khoury and will take place on 29 February and 1 March 2024. Floods, droughts, storms, smog: the 21st century, from a climate point of view, increasingly has the character of the Old Testament. Extreme weather events are no longer limited to the “developing world” but are now occurring everywhere. Meanwhile, the threat of extinction sparks urgent innovation – and imagination. Global Art Forum 17 will showcase the cultures, technologies, sciences and initiatives related to extreme weather and extreme change with many of the world's most interesting artists, architects, academics, curators and thinkers. Speakers contributing to the forum include Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Project Director Dr. Stephanie Rosenthal; AMO Director at the Office of Metropolitan Architecture in Rotterdam, Samir Bantal; Founder of Studio Anne Holtrop in Bahrain, Anne Holtrop; Artist and Researcher, Madrid, Gabriel Alonso; Berlin-based Kuwaiti artist, Monira Al Qadiri among others.
The Global Art Forum is an annual, transdisciplinary summit, based in Dubai, which combines original thinking and contemporary themes in an intimate and lively environment. Since 2007, the Forum has been a key part of Art Dubai's extensive cultural programming. Featuring live talks guided by a curated theme, the Global Art Forum brought together over 500 global minds from pop culture to renowned academia: artists, curators, museum directors, filmmakers, novelists, historians, philosophers, technologists, entrepreneurs, musicians and artists. At the heart of the Global Art Forum's continued success is the dialogue the platform fosters across disciplines, reporting from all over the world to paint a true 21st century portrait of how the globalized world thinks. The Forum has been invited to present special editions at the Royal Academy of Arts, London; and the ArtScience Museum, Singapore.
Commissioner Shumon Basar Writer, publisher and curator. Curator Nadine El Khoury, researcher working at the intersection of art and ecology with particular attention to the botanical kingdom.
