Khayat: The exhibition is an artistic silk road for the world's creators

“Art Dubai” .. Dialogue of Civilizations and Cultures in the Language of Art

  • Hala Khayat: "Art exhibitions are usually held with a local or regional character, while (Art Dubai) has an international character."

  • "Art Dubai" includes contemporary and modern departments, annual artistic commissions, and university and educational programs throughout the year.

    Emirates today

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The regional director of Art Dubai, Hala Khayat, said that the exhibition, in its current session, succeeded in creating a dialogue that brings together the civilizations and cultures of the world in the language of art, as it is the language of beauty that reflects the features of peoples.

Khayat explained to "Emirates Today" that the "Art Dubai" exhibition is a new artistic silk road, bringing together artists of the world, and presenting their creativity and artistic discoveries, in Dubai, as the most prominent art stations in the world.

She pointed out that there are works of art that reflect the influence of their creators on different cultures. We may find artists from the West who are influenced by the East and vice versa. The Arab geographical region has also been affected by the passage of years in the West, despite its richness in Arab and Islamic arts. All of them present works that monitor and document historical periods and cultural features of peoples.

And she continued, "The exhibition includes four sections called the first section (Art Dubai Contemporary Art), and includes 77 galleries from 33 countries, and welcomes 15 galleries for the first time, and also includes a number of new participants, while the second section is called (Art Dubai Modern Art) and presents Solo shows of museum-quality works by 20th-century pioneers from the Middle East, South Asia and Africa.”

Khayat added: “The third section is called (Portal) and includes exclusively the works carried out in the last year or dedicated to the exhibition, offering 10 individual shows, including six exhibitors for the first time, and the fourth and final section (Art Dubai Digital), which is being held for the first time, as it is As the art world continues to adapt and evolve with digital and irreplaceable symbols, new communities are emerging to support these areas, especially new creators and stakeholders, and this section includes a section dedicated to the exhibition curated by (Chris Vosner).”

Khayat stated that art exhibitions are usually held in the region and some countries of the world, with a local or regional character only, while "Art Dubai" comes with a global character, as it brings together artists from more than 40 countries from different parts of the world.

The exhibition is held under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, in light of His Highness' directives to enhance Dubai's cultural position regionally and internationally.

Founded in 2007, Art Dubai is the premier platform for viewing and purchasing works of modern art. An increasingly relevant and important alternative to mainstream stories that are largely dominated by the West.

Khayat stated that the exhibition management sent invitations to major collectors of artworks in the world to visit the exhibition, where the most valuable and most expensive artworks are sold to the world's leading artists and creators.

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