Abu Dhabi Art 2014
dal 4/11/2014 al 7/11/2014
Segnalato da
4/11/2014
Abu Dhabi Art 2014
Abu Dhabi Art , Abu Dhabi
Sixth Edition. The Art Fair presents a selection of innovative galleries from around the world along with an interactive public programme that celebrates the cultural diversity of the UAE.
The sixth edition of Abu Dhabi Art presents a selection of innovative and renowned galleries from around the world along with an interactive public programme that celebrates the cultural diversity of the UAE and the region. The world’s leading modern and contemporary art galleries will be back to Abu Dhabi from November 5-8 and be a part of an evolving platform of diverse programmes that introduces the public to Abu Dhabi’s cultural landscape.
Taking place at Manarat Al Saadiyat on Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi Art is organised by Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi), and offers a multi-disciplinary experience combining an art fair with a diverse public programme which includes art, talks and sensational events. As Abu Dhabi Art prepares to welcome the artists, cultural leaders, scholars and collectors from around the world, the fair is establishing itself as a leading event on the international arts calendar.
Abu Dhabi Art Talks
Abu Dhabi Art features a daily public forum that aims to introduce audiences to the ever-expanding community of art-world figures who by their presence at Abu Dhabi Art, are working together to enhance the UAE art scene. This year the programme is inspired by the “life” of Modern Museums, including the future museums of Saadiyat Island, as spaces of education, performance and experience. Reflecting on these themes will be a Louvre Abu Dhabi: Talking Art Series panel featuring Jean Nouvel, Ernesto Neto and Vincent Pomarede titled “Museums as Sites for New Experiences”, and a playful lecture-performance by Martin Creed titled “What is Art?” Artist and artwork engagement with wider audiences is also explored in talks by world-renowned artists such as the legendary Richard Long, one of the founders of the “land art” movement, as well as inspiring talks by Hassan Hajjaj and Job Smeets of the design collective Studio Job, whose works represent different perspectives on popular culture. The Guggenheim Abu Dhabi collection will be discussed and part of it will be on display for audiences to experience in the exhibition Seeing Through Light: Selections from the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Collection, which opens in parallel with Abu Dhabi Art. Featuring interactive and engaging artworks that use light as a medium and a muse, the exhibition is enhanced by a public panel that introduces audiences to three artists in the exhibition and collection: Angela Bulloch, Rachid Koraichi and Shirazeh Houshiary.
Abu Dhabi Art Performing Art
Abu Dhabi Art presents live and interactive performances, including Hours and Colours, a programme that progresses with the precision of a clock punctuated by performing art moments that stand out and mark the experience of every visitor with ever-changing interactive content. Hours of each day will be associated with a particular colour (blue, orange and violet) and its correlating symbols. At these times, visitors will gather for art performances with interrelated forms of content presented within a particular coloured ambiance. Like a clock, Hours and Colours marks moments in the days of Abu Dhabi Art bringing audiences incrementally closer to the universal cultural future of Abu Dhabi.Inspired by the French Gothic manuscript Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (c.1410) (The very Rich Hours of the Duke of Berry), which references the techniques of illumination and calligraphy that are common points in both Islamic and Occidental Art, Hours and Colours will articulate these connections in a programme that includes: “Blue, a true color in Art”, a video screening with music by Nils Frahm, featuring works of art from Ancient Egypt to the modern day; “Killer Road” by legendary artist and musician Patti Smith, a sound exploration and meditation on the idea of perpetual motion and the cycle of life and death; “Nioun Rec” (Only us) by Amala Dianor, an improvised dialogue between music and dance; and “Rising Carpet” an activated art-installation by Moussa Sarr.
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Abu Dhabi Art Opening Times
Public Days
Wednesday 5 November 15:00 – 22:00
Thursday 6 November 15:00 – 22:00
Friday 7 November 14:00 – 22:00
Saturday 8 November 14:00 – 22:00
Manarat Al Saadiyat exhibitions, hospitality and retail are open from 09:00 to 22:00 each day.
Opening Wednesday 5 November
Saadiyat Cultural District
Saadiyat Island
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates