Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, inaugurated on Monday Artparis-Abu Dhabi, the Middle East's most prolific art fair organised by the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH), in conjunction with the Tourism Development and Investment Company (TDIC).
Sheikh Mohammed toured the various sections and interacted with the exhibitors. Artparis-Abu Dhabi is expected to attract art lovers from across the region. The fair aims to strengthen the cultural ties between Europe and the Middle East. Simultaneously, the event is expected to energize the Middle Eastern art market and cultural industries through a dedicated program of events and activities including exhibitions, networking events, educational workshops and courses and special tours of local art galleries and culture institutions.
Of the 46 participating galleries, 11 hail from the Middle East, with the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Bahrain, Syria, Oman, Iran and Tunisia all represented. The Middle Eastern galleries will be offering a broad panorama of modern and contemporary Arab art. Additionally, the Pundole Art Gallery from Mumbai will be showcasing the works of artistic legend Maqbool Fida Hussain as well as Sakti Burman and Ram Kumar.
Four galleries from the United Arab Emirates will be bringing brilliant artists onto the international scene: Fereydoun Ave, Rokny Haerizadeh, or Jeffar Khaldi for B21 Progressive Art Gallery, Dia Azzawi, Ismail Fattah, or Abdul Qadir Al Rais for Green Art Gallery, Hassan Hajjaj, Farhad Moshiri, and Youssef Nabil for The Third Line.
The Occidental artworks that will be shown during the event include works by greats such as Karel Appel, Arman, Jean Arp, Jean Michel Basquiat, Daniel Buren, Christo, Constantin Brancusi, Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall, Salvador Dali, Robert and Sonia Delaunay, Sam Francis, Alberto Giacometti, Keith Haring, Robert Indianna, Yves Klein, Fernand L?ger, Man Ray, Kasimir Malewitsch, Andr? Masson, Joan Miro, Pablo Picasso, Pierre Soulages, Kees Van Dongen and Andy Warhol, among others.
The special program developed around the art fair aims to foster local knowledge about, and sensitivity and appreciation for, the visual arts. Source
Sheikh Mohammed toured the various sections and interacted with the exhibitors. Artparis-Abu Dhabi is expected to attract art lovers from across the region. The fair aims to strengthen the cultural ties between Europe and the Middle East. Simultaneously, the event is expected to energize the Middle Eastern art market and cultural industries through a dedicated program of events and activities including exhibitions, networking events, educational workshops and courses and special tours of local art galleries and culture institutions.
Of the 46 participating galleries, 11 hail from the Middle East, with the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Bahrain, Syria, Oman, Iran and Tunisia all represented. The Middle Eastern galleries will be offering a broad panorama of modern and contemporary Arab art. Additionally, the Pundole Art Gallery from Mumbai will be showcasing the works of artistic legend Maqbool Fida Hussain as well as Sakti Burman and Ram Kumar.
Four galleries from the United Arab Emirates will be bringing brilliant artists onto the international scene: Fereydoun Ave, Rokny Haerizadeh, or Jeffar Khaldi for B21 Progressive Art Gallery, Dia Azzawi, Ismail Fattah, or Abdul Qadir Al Rais for Green Art Gallery, Hassan Hajjaj, Farhad Moshiri, and Youssef Nabil for The Third Line.
The Occidental artworks that will be shown during the event include works by greats such as Karel Appel, Arman, Jean Arp, Jean Michel Basquiat, Daniel Buren, Christo, Constantin Brancusi, Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall, Salvador Dali, Robert and Sonia Delaunay, Sam Francis, Alberto Giacometti, Keith Haring, Robert Indianna, Yves Klein, Fernand L?ger, Man Ray, Kasimir Malewitsch, Andr? Masson, Joan Miro, Pablo Picasso, Pierre Soulages, Kees Van Dongen and Andy Warhol, among others.
The special program developed around the art fair aims to foster local knowledge about, and sensitivity and appreciation for, the visual arts. Source
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