March 25, 2013
Art Dubai wraps up most successful fair to date
Over 25,000 visitors, including curators, collectors, gallerists, artists, and 75 museum groups, alongside 300 individual museum and institutional representatives, flocked to the seventh edition of Art Dubai (March 20 - 23, 2013), the leading contemporary art fair for the Middle East, North Africa, South Asia region.
One of the most exciting and globalised events in the international art calendar, Art Dubai's 2013 edition underscored its importance as a fair of discovery with a diverse roster of 75 galleries from 30 countries, including a curated introduction to varied art scenes across West Africa.
A selection of high resolution images from every day of the fair are available for download on Art Dubai's website. They can be accessed
here. Please select you topic of interest from the topics menu which includes Art Dubai Press Conference and Preview, Art Dubai Opening Night, Abraaj Group Art Prize 2013, Global Art Forum_7 etc.
Please contact us if you need further information. We thank you for your on-going interest and support.
Best wishes,
Farah
FARAH ATOUI, PRESS AND MARKETING MANAGER
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Art Dubai
Art Dubai is held in partnership with The Abraaj Group and sponsored by Cartier. Madinat
Jumeirah is home to the event. The fair’s educational programming is run in partnership with the
Dubai Culture and Arts Authority (Dubai Culture).
The seventh edition of Art Dubai took place March 20-23, 2013, at Madinat Jumeirah. Besides
the gallery halls, the fair included a strong not-for-profit programme of curatorial and educational
projects, featuring artists’ and curators' residencies; site-specific works and commissioned
performances; workshops; the unveiling of works by the winners of The Abraaj Group Art Prize;
and the critically acclaimed Global Art Forum.
Global Art Forum
In 2013 the Global Art Forum, the leading platform for cultural discussion and debate, explored
‘Definitionism’. Featuring commissioned projects and research, as well as six days of live talks,
the Forum brought together a diverse line-up of participants, including artists, musicians,
museum directors, strategists, writers, and thinkers. Titled ‘It Means This’, the Global Art
Forum_7 engaged with the terms words, phrases and clichés that proliferate in the art world
today and the nature of understanding itself. Global Art Forum_7 was curated by Istanbul-based
critic HG Masters, commissioned by 2012 Forum Director Shumon Basar, and featured over 40
contributors. It started in Doha (March 17-18, 2013) before continuing at Art Dubai, Madinat
Jumeirah (March 20-23, 2013). Global Art Forum is presented by Dubai Culture and Arts
Authority (Dubai Culture) and is held in partnership with Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art
(QMA).
Art Week
Art Dubai is part of Art Week, an umbrella initiative that highlights the plethora of exhibitions,
projects and events that coincide with the fair each March, the most dynamic time in the UAE’s
cultural calendar. Special events include Design Days Dubai, the only fair in Asia dedicated to
product and furniture design; SIKKA, the fair run by Dubai Culture and Arts Authority (Dubai
Culture) and dedicated to new work by UAE-based artists; and Galleries Nights, featuring 40
new exhibitions across Al Quoz and the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC); plus other
projects, museum shows and major events throughout the Emirates, Qatar and the Gulf.
