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Louvre Abu Dhabi: Nudes? non-Islamic religions? Questioning the nature of God?
Nudes? non-Islamic religions? Questioning the nature of God?
Abu Dhabi Focus podcast, episode two: How Saudi artists are driving political change
As Abu Dhabi Art fair opens, we speak to the Saudi artists Manal Al Dowayan and Ahmed Mater. Plus: Iraq's Dia Azzawi on creating the Arab world's Guernica
Video: Abu Dhabi Art opens as the world watches
Is the UAE now the art capital of the Middle East?
Louvre Abu Dhabi embraces all religions and displays the complexity of the world’s mind
New museum's universal approach derives from the open-mindedness of the founder of the UAE
Abu Dhabi Focus podcast, episode one: Louvre Abu Dhabi and Abu Dhabi Art
With all eyes on Abu Dhabi this week, we speak to the architect Jean Nouvel on designing the Arab world's first universal museum. Plus: a preview of Abu Dhabi Art fair
Video: Will Louvre Abu Dhabi become famous as a new wonder of the world?
Not just a spectacular building, the museum is a treasure house of art arranged in a radical, intercultural manner
Podcast episode eight: how hackers are attacking the art world
Galleries are losing huge sums to cybercrime, what makes them vulnerable? Plus: the dubious restoration along the Camino di Santiago.
Introducing Emirati Voices: a video series on Louvre Abu Dhabi
Emirati citizens talk about the museum's collection and global impact
Podcast episode five: what's the story behind the $100m Leonardo?
What will happen when the only painting in private hands by the Renaissance master heads to auction? Plus: the New Museum's big new show on gender, and our literary editor talks 18th-century princesses
Join the orgy at Frieze Masters
Richard Artschwager's Triptych IV, Fucking Painting has a double meaning
Louvre Abu Dhabi aims to make up for failed education in the Middle East
Leading Emirati thinker, Zaki Nusseibeh, on why the UAE is more humanistic than its neighbours
Venice can’t manage its tourists—yet it’s encouraging more to come from China
The town council proposes digital monitoring and a charge to enter St Mark’s Square
Death of Russia’s 'most popular' artist, a pseudo-dissident, far-Right nationalist
Ilya Glazunov gained the backing of all Russia’s presidents from Khrushchev onwards
Portrait of the mystery man behind Castello di Rivoli’s £450m art loan
Federico Cerruti was extraordinary in his extreme ordinariness and austerity
Lavish show celebrates 70th anniversary of the fashion house that Christian Dior built
Musée des Arts Décoratifs dedicates main areas to collaboration with the House of Dior and the artistic directors who defined it
How departing director Perdita Hunt saved the Watts Gallery from near death
She led a seven-year, £10m project to restore the buildings, rehang the galleries and conserve the collection
Lavish show celebrates 70th anniversary of the fashion house that Christian Dior built
The Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris has curated a blockbuster exhibition with more than 400 dresses
At last: the mayor of Venice recognises the role of the private citizen in defending Venice
Jane da Mosto wins Osella d’Oro prize
Low total for Sotheby’s first African art sale (but what is “African” art?)
Highest prices for artists already in the international art system
Sharjah Biennial follows recipe of crops, earth, water and cooking
The curator Christine Tohme broadens the event’s potential audience by also taking it to Dakar, Istanbul, Ramallah and Beirut
Modernism gives Art Dubai sales a boost
Rediscovered work from the 20th century has new relevance today
What is the point of a biennial in the Middle East?
Social activist, art-centre founder Christine Tohmé explodes the concept with her Sharjah Biennial
The Antarctic Biennale: a crazy idea becomes reality
In little more than a year, the artists and scientists—and, crucially, the funds—have been gathered for a unique biennial. The journey begins this month
The 2017 Sharjah Biennial roots for crops, earth, water and cooking
Curator Christine Tohmé also takes it to Dakar, Istanbul, Ramallah and Beirut
Comment: Is expertise at risk at the Victoria and Albert Museum?
The world’s greatest museum of decorative arts has been without a ceramics expert since 2016 and other gaps in knowledge are opening up
A totem sculpture, Physical Energy, to rise up in the woods south of London
The Watts Gallery Trust has authorised a cast of this masterpiece by George Frederick Watts to celebrate his bicentenary
Iconoclasm rejected “by all God-given religions”, declares the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi
President Hollande and UAE set up $45m fund and support “safe havens” for heritage at risk
Abu Dhabi Art, the jolly fair, changes directors
Last month’s edition was the last for Rita Aoun, who has made the event a popular annual fixture since its first appearance in 2008
British artist Idris Khan creates UAE’s first war memorial
This product of the country’s first war stresses the unity of the seven emirates