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Mishaal al-Gergawi, projects and events department head at the Dubai Culture and Arts Authority (DCAA) has told Reuters that the agency plans to set up an area of galleries and affordable housing for artists, and is developing a legislation to allow foreign artists residency rights if they have only part-time or non-profit work, which is currently not possible. DCAA also plans to build a Kunsthal museum with no permanent collection within the next 24 to 30 months to house temporary exhibits from around the world, he said. Gergawi added that agreements have been signed with the Dresden, Munich and Berlin state museums in Germany to provide exhibits.
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Sammy Forway, 34 years old, started Underdog Art Company as an online gallery in early 2007 and opened the Underdog art gallery in London SE1 in mid 2008. Sammy discusses his gallery life, art he loves and the exhibitions held at this multi-media gallery on the Old Kent Road.
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I picked up Camille Rose Garcia’s new version of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” the other day. The drawings are exquisite and Ms. Garcia’s ominous take on my favorite story is more than fitting. To me, this story has always had a somewhat foreboding quality.
I felt a little bewildered, however, by the deluge of ”Doe Eyes”. [...]
After reading the recent blog about the exhibition of Billy Childish, I couldn’t help but contemplate the artist as an “outsider” with regard to London born artist Tino Seghal’s current exhibition at the Guggenheim in New York. Seghal’s unconventional installations attempt to challenge the traditional context in which art is created and exhibited. I’m reminded [...]