The "Dubai Destinations" initiative continues to highlight key landmarks and events in the emirate
Mona Ghanem Al Marri
Hala Badri
Shaima Al Suwaidi
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Under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Media Council, the “Dubai Destinations” initiative continues to highlight key landmarks and events in the emirate. Dubai’s agenda at this period is full of artistic events and activities of great excellence, and in line with the Dubai Art Season, which was launched under the slogan “Roam around the world of art and creativity” led by the Dubai Foundation for Culture and Arts (Dubai Culture), and in partnership with a number of public and private sector institutions It includes a series of important international art exhibitions and festivals, with the participation of a group of creative people from within the country and from around the world.
Mona Ghanem Al Marri, Vice President and Managing Director of the Dubai Media Council, said that the #DubaiDestinations initiative will focus, within its various stages, and under the directives of His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, on the most prominent destinations as well as events, events and activities distributed on Dubai's agenda of various economic activities. Cultural, sports, and other important events and occasions throughout the year, confirming Dubai's position as the best city to live, work and visit in the world.
She added: "The goal of the (#Dubai_Destinations - #Art_Season) campaign is to focus on destinations that host distinguished artistic and creative events of a global nature, to raise awareness of the interactive community activities it includes, and to encourage visiting these forums and events, as this will have a positive impact on increasing the community's knowledge of what they offer. Dubai, through these distinguished events, provides opportunities to learn about unique international artistic experiences that Dubai places within the reach of its community, attracting it from all over the world.”
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her part, Hala Badri, Director General of the Dubai Culture and Arts Authority and member of the Dubai Media Council, stressed the importance of the campaign in shedding light on the content of the Dubai Art Season that constitutes an essential pillar of cultural life in Dubai, with the season attracting the elite of creators in the country. The UAE, as well as from different parts of the world, and these events provide an opportunity for art lovers to access international creations without leaving Dubai, where the economic aspect is an important element in supporting the march of the development of the arts, and consolidating Dubai’s position as the capital of the creative economy.”
Badri said: "One of the most important goals of artistic events and activities in the emirate, whether local or international, is the public's participation and interaction with these activities and their attendance at various events that are distributed throughout the emirate throughout the season, which increases the importance of media support in introducing the community to these events and what they offer. It has many opportunities for positive interaction with its content, especially since most of them include workshops and discussion sessions that contribute to enriching the artistic and aesthetic sense of people and within different age groups.”
Expo 2020 Dubai-
With 192 countries meeting in Dubai through their participation in Expo 2020 Dubai, the event is the largest cultural event in the region, where participating countries compete to highlight their innovations for the future as well as the arts and creations that distinguish their cultures and civilizations through the largest session in the history of the World Expo It was held for the first time in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia.
The Expo is a rare opportunity to get acquainted with the creativity of peoples and nations that gathered in Dubai from the east and the west, with what it offers through its pavilions of various forms of creations such as handicrafts, sculptures and creative artwork, many of which depend on digital technologies that express the connection of peoples between the past and the future. While the exhibition headquarters includes a number of large-sized artworks displayed in public places, which will remain, even after the conclusion of the event, within the creative legacy of the Expo Dubai.
Expo includes a platform to introduce the creativity of elite Emirati artists in this major international forum.
The artistic celebration in Expo is not limited to plastic arts, but extends to include a large number of live musical and folkloric performances that reflect important aspects of the cultural and creative life of the peoples participating in the exhibition. A huge turnout from the event goers.
Shaima Al Suwaidi, Project Manager at Brand Dubai, the creative arm of the Dubai Government Media Office, explained that art and creativity have become an important component of Dubai's global reputation. The season, in addition to employing social media platforms to publicize these events and disseminate information about them, to facilitate the public’s easy access to them, in addition to Brand Dubai’s participation in many other promotional activities within the framework of the campaign to ensure its wide spread.”
Art Dubai-
The #DubaiDestinations/#Art_Season campaign will focus through various traditional and new media, and through creative content, on what is included in the artistic agenda of the Emirate of Dubai in the coming weeks, and among the most important of these events is the Art Dubai exhibition, which began to receive the public as of today. (Friday, March 11th), as part of its fifteenth session held in Madinat Jumeirah and will continue until the thirteenth of this month, with the participation of more than 100 contemporary, modern and digital galleries from 44 countries around the world, whose meeting constitutes the largest session of the exhibition since its first launch in 2007. , confirming its position among the most distinguished art galleries at the international level during the spring season.
Art Dubai will include workshops for children from 5 to 17 years old, focusing on sustainability topics. The program will be led by Kenyan artist Cyrus Kabiru, who will work with participants to reuse everyday materials from their homes, encouraging children to form a different view of the things in their surroundings.
"Art Dubai" enhances the emirate's position on the international culture map, by highlighting Dubai's global capabilities and infrastructure that qualifies it to become a leading center in cultural innovation, by providing quality projects and organizing global events, and a major contributor to the ambitious discussions on contemporary art. The event highlights Dubai's excellence in organizing major international events.
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Design District- Dubai Design District will host the “Innovative Art” exhibition, as part of its second season, which will continue until next Sunday, and includes a selection of local, regional and international talents, with the participation of 50 of the most famous creators of digital and encrypted arts, as it explores the landmarks of future arts, through The artistic works of digital techniques and encrypted symbols presented by the participating platforms, while the audience will be able to learn about the most prominent modern artistic trends through a series of sessions and workshops that will be included in the event.
The art exhibition "Celebrating Middle Eastern Creativity", organized by the "Khawla Foundation for Art and Culture" and "Dubai Design District", will continue until March 13th in Building No. 6 in the Design District, with the participation of artists from the UAE and Arab countries who use different styles of arts, materials and colors. From textiles, paintings, jewellery, and artwork on wood and steel, to modern and contemporary calligraphy.
Dubai International Financial Center -
The Dubai International Financial Center is one of Dubai's most prominent destinations interested in creativity and supporting the arts through many activities and events that it hosts around the world, most notably the "Sculpture Garden", which was recently opened and includes 65 artworks varied between paintings and sculptures, It is located in the outdoor space extending from the "Gate" building to the "Gate Avenue".
The corridor and the exhibition house the distinguished artworks of a group of the most famous international artists under the slogan “Where Different Voices Harmonize” to communicate and express their potential through the arts.
It also displays a range of artworks presented by art galleries in the Financial Center, including the Leila Heller Gallery, Gallery Ferretti and Gallery AWC, as well as artworks by independent artists.
Over the coming weeks, the "Dubai Destinations - Art Season" campaign will continue to shed light on the most prominent artistic and creative sites and events in the city and the opportunities it offers to view the work of a group of international artists, meet and discuss them in their works, as well as see works created by distinguished Emirati talents, which represents the season. The artwork is an opportunity for them to introduce their efforts and contribution to enriching the Emirati cultural scene.
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