Dubai Art Dubai Festival will be held at from 19th March 2009 to 21st March 2009
Art Dubai has become a cornerstone of the Middle East’s booming contemporary art community. The 2009 fair will host nearly seventy leading international galleries in addition to a strong programme of artist’s projects including the launch of the Abraaj Capital Art Prize and the critically acclaimed Global Art Forum:3.
Fair Opening Hours:
Thursday 19th March – 16:00 – 21:00
Friday 20th March – 14:00 – 21:00
Saturday 21st March – 10:00 – 18:00
PUBLIC EVENTS PROGRAMME:
* Opening Times
* Art Park Talks
* Performances
* Book Launches + Signings
* START Workshops
* Public Tours
WEDNESDAY 18 MARCH |
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| 11.30 – 13.00 | START Workshop, (Girls Only Sesssion) i-Film Art Dubai with Elhum Shakerifar. Learn video camera skills & documentary film-making techniques, ages 10-13, START @ Barclays Wealth Learning Zone |
| 12.00 – 12.30 | Special Performance (For ladies only), Costume Drawings,Susan Hefuna, Terrace, Art Dubai |
| 15.00 – 16.00 | Young Persons’ Thinking Cloud: How do I become an Artist? Panellists’ will include performance artists showcased at Art Dubai 2009, Young Associates & members of the Shaikha Manal Art Exchange Programme, Bidoun Lounge, Art Park |
| 16.00 – 21.30 |
Vernissage of Art Dubai |
| 17.00 | Book Signing, Beirut Bereft, Architecture of the Forsaken and Map of the Derelict, Rasha Salti & Ziad Antar, Art Books |
| 18.00 – 18:30 | Book Launch, Third Text Asia, Bidoun Lounge, Art Park |
| 18:15 – 18:45 | Performance, traces, Joumana Mourad & IJAD Dance Company, Global Art Forum Tent |
| 19:00 – 20.00 |
Art Park Talk, Processes and Production, Abraaj Capital Art Prize Panel, Bidoun Lounge, Art Park |
| 20:15 – 21:15 | Performance, The Inhabitants of Images, Rabih Mroué, premiere of new performance co-produced by Bidoun, Ashkal Alwan and Tanzquartier Wien, Bidoun Lounge, Art Park |
| 20:30/ 22:00 | Performance, Emelan, Kirstie Macleod, Madinat Beach, Art Dubai |
THURSDAY 19 MARCH |
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| 11.00-12.00 | Curatorial Workshop, Christine Tohmé, Sylvia Kouvali and other Bidoun curators discuss the formation of innovative exhibitions and projects in the Arab world. All curators, exhibition organisers and enthusiasts welcome, Bidoun Lounge, Art Park |
| 13.00 – 15.00 | START Workshop, Big Painting with Sacha Jafri & Tashkeel. Create a 6 foot painting with a large team, ages 3-18, START @ Barclays Wealth Learning Zone |
| 15.30 – 17.30 | START Workshop, The Boat Makers with Maitha bin Lahej & Noor Al Khaja. Decorate a full-scale boat and design the fabric sail, ages 9-18, Terrace |
| 16.00-18.00 | START Workshop, i-Film Art Dubai with Elhum Shakerifar. Learn video camera skills & documentary film-making techniques, ages 10-13, START @ Barclays Wealth Learning Zone |
| 16.00 – 21.00 | Public Access to Art Dubai |
| 17.00-17.45 | Art Park Talk, Art in the Contemporary City-in-Flux: 98 Weeks, Beirut (Mirene Arsenios) and Kharita, Cairo (Shahira Issa), Bidoun Lounge, Art Park |
| 17.30 – 18.00 |
Book Signing, Owning Art: A Collectors Handbook, Arabic edition, Judith Greer and Louisa Buck, published by ADACH |
| 17:15 – 17:45 | Performance, traces, Joumana Mourad & IJAD Dance Company, Global Art Forum Tent, Art Dubai |
| 18.00 – 19.00 | Public Tour of Art Dubai: Souk entrance * |
| 18:00 – 20:30 | Performance, Emelan, Kirstie Macleod, Art Park |
| 18:00 – 18:30 | Book Launch, Waves and Otherworldly Stories, Janet Bellotto, Bidoun Lounge, Art Park |
| 18.00 | Book Launch, Different Sames, New Perspectives in Contemporary Iranian Art, Madinat Beach |
| 21.00 – 21.30 |
Book Launch, Ahmed Alsoudani, presented by Robert Goff, Bidoun Lounge, Art Park |
FRIDAY 20 MARCH |
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| 13.00-15.00 | START Workshop, Big Painting with Sacha Jafri & Tashkeel. Create a 6 foot painting with a large team, ages 3-18, START @ Barclays Wealth Learning Zone |
| 14.00 – 21.00 | Public Access to Art Dubai |
| 14:00 – 17:00 | Performance, In Determination, Monali Meher, Art Park |
| 15.30 – 17.30 | START Workshop, The Boat Makers with Maitha bin Lahej & Noor Al Khaja. Decorate a full-scale boat and designing the fabric sail, ages 9-18, Terrace |
| 16.00 – 18.00 | START Workshop, i-Film Art Dubai with Elhum Shakerifar. Learn video camera skills & documentary film-making techniques, ages 10-13, START @ Barclays Wealth Learning Zone |
| 17:30 – 18:00 | Performance, The Tabouli Performer, Roula Haj-Ismail, Bidoun Lounge, Art Park |
| 18.00 – 19.00 | Public Tour of Art Dubai: Souk entrance * |
| 18:00 – 18:45 | Book Launch, Presence, Lamya Gargash followed by a conversation with curator Tirdad Zolghadr, Bidoun Lounge, Art Park |
| 19:00 – 20:00 | Art Park Talk, Foundations: Who is supporting art production in the Gulf?, Bidoun Lounge, Art Park |
| 20:15 – 21:15 | Performance, The Inhabitants of Images, Rabih Mroué, premiere of new performance co-produced by Bidoun, Ashkal Alwan and Tanzquartier Wien, Bidoun Lounge, Art Park |
SATURDAY 21 MARCH |
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| 10.00 – 18.00 | Public Access to Art Dubai |
| 10.30 – 11.15 | Art Park Talk, Online Art Journals, Bidoun Lounge, Art Park |
| 11.00 – 13.00 | START Workshop, Stories & Film with Nayla al Khaja. Developing story boards and methods of performance for film, ages 6-14, START @ Barclays Wealth Learning Zone |
| 11.30 – 12:00 | Book Launch, AISH – Bread and Life presented by curator Gaia Simionati, Bidoun Lounge, Art Park |
| 13.00 – 13.45 | Art Park Talk, Art Production in Palestine, Bidoun Lounge, Art Park |
| 13.00-15.00 | START Workshop, Big Painting with Sacha Jafri & Tashkeel. Create a 6 foot painting with a large team, ages 3-18, START @ Barclays Wealth Learning Zone |
| 14.00 | Book signing, In Absentia, Tarek Al Ghoussein, hosted by The Third Line, Art Books |
| 14:30 -15:15 | Art Park Talk, Rami Farook, Director of Traffic, with designers James Clar & Katrin Greiling, discuss production design in the Gulf, Bidoun Lounge, Art Park |
| 15.00 – 16.00 |
Public Tour of Art Dubai: Souk entrance * |
| 15:30 – 16:15 | Art Park Talk, Khatt Foundation – Typographic Matchmaking in the City V2.0 Project, with Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès, René Knip and Jeroen van Erp, Bidoun Lounge, Art Park |
| 16.30 – 17.00 | Art Park Talk, Richard Wagner and Adina Hempel – the Pr0gress studio, Bidoun Lounge, Art Park |
| 17:15 – 17:45 | Book Launch, The Conference of Birds, Farah Behbehani, Bidoun Lounge, Art Park |
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* Limited Numbers – to reserve a place please email intern@artdubai.ae. Please meet at the Souk Entrance, Madinat Jumeirah ten minutes before the tour is due to commence. |
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