ART DUBAI 2007 – 2010
CONTE NTS
Unless otherwise noted, all images are Courtesy of Capital D Studio 2010
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Patrons and Commitees 2010
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Introduction
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Participating Galleries 2007 – 10
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Global Art Forum
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Projects
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Sponsors 2010
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A braaj Capital Art Prize
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Working for the UAE and the Gulf
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START
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Royal Visits
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Visiting Museum Groups
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Press Coverage Summary
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Global Art Forum Topics and Speakers
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Summar y
PATRONS AND COMMITTEES 2010 Honorary Patron His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Vice-President and Prime Minister of UAE, Ruler of Dubai Chairman of the Patrons of Art Dubai His Excellency Abdul Rahman Mohammed Al-Owais UAE Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development Patrons of Art Dubai Lisa Farjam Dana Farouki Assia Amr Khashoggi Fatima Maleki Patricia Millns Lisa Mamounas Elaine Ng Maya Rasamny Serra Kirdar Dr Saleh Al Qassim Abdullah Al Turki Shouq Al Tarawneh Sharaf Ahmed Zaki Yamani
HRH Princess Wijdan Al-Hashemi Faiza Meyassar Alireza Sheikha Hoor Al Qasimi HH Sheikha Paula Al Sabah Saeb Eigner Dr Farhad Farjam Çigdem Simavi Abir Dajani Tuqan Princess Alia Idris Al-Senussi Basma Teymour Alireza Yasmin Teymour Alireza Paula Askari Gaurav Burman Payal Chaudhri
I NT RODUC T I ON I’m delighted to be joining the fair in time to celebrate its fifth birthday. Having debuted in 2007 with 40 exhibitors and 8,000 visitors, Art Dubai 2011 will host 80 of the world ’s leading galleries, compelling exhibitions, the strongest Global Art Forum to date, the third annual Abraaj Capital Art Prize and a rich programme of performances, artist-led tours, installations and film screenings. We will also collaborate with more cultural institutions in the Gulf, particularly Sharjah Biennial X, highlighting the UAE as the indisputable hub for the arts scenes of the Middle East-North Africa-South Asia (MENASA) region. It is through collaboration that Art Dubai has grown in stature, witnessed by increasing numbers of regional collectors joining the 18,000 visitors that came to Art Dubai in 2010 and a testament to the international enthusiasm for contemporary art from the Middle East and Asia. Dubai has of course been a trading post and meeting point for South Asia, Iran, the Arab world and Africa for hundreds of years. Over the past decade, it has become the commercial art centre for this region and blossomed into a city of ideas, of entrepreneurship, of debate. The homegrown support for artists, projects, fairs and museums has been vital to our success and provides a robust platform for international discourse. Art Dubai is rooted in the region but part of a ‘future conversation’ that critically links Asia and the Middle East with the rest of the world. We hope you’ll join us in this exchange and very much look forward to welcoming you to the fair next March. Antonia Carver Fair Director
G allery Selection Committee for Art Dubai 2010 Lorenzo Fiaschi – Galleria Continua, San Gimignano / B eijing / Le Moulin Shireen Gandhy – Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai Ursula Krinzinger – Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna Kamel Mennour – Kamel Mennour, Paris Sunny Rabhar – Third Line Gallery, Dubai Andrée Sfeir-Semler – Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg / B eirut
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“Art Dubai has more accompanying exhibitions, installations, talks, tours, prizes and passion than one person could possibly absorb.” — The Guardian, March 2010
“Art Dubai continues to build its credibility with displays of serious contemporary art, with many galleries reporting strong sales after the first two days.” — ArtAsiaPacific, May/ J une 2010
“Art Dubai brushes away any competition” — News.com.au, March 2010
Image: El Anatsui In the World But Don’t Know the World October Gallery, London
“We are witnessing a seismic shift in the art world in which the Middle East is key. In a short time, Dubai and the other emirates will be real centres” — Hans Ulrich Obrist, Director, Serpentine Gallery, London
“The fourth edition of Art Dubai was a resounding success” — ArtInfo.com, April 2010
Image: Athr Gallery
PA RT ICIPATING G A LLERIES 2007 – 2010 1301PE, Los Angeles 100 Tonson Gallery, Bangkok Aaran Gallery, Tehran Agathon Galleries, Sydney Agial Art Gallery, Beirut Aicon Gallery, New York and London Aidan Gallery, Moscow Albareh Art Gallery, Bahrain Albion, London Almine Rech Gallery, Brussels Anant Art Gallery, New Delhi Art Lounge Gallery, Lisbon Artspace, Dubai Assar Art Gallery, Tehran Atassi Gallery, Damascus Athr Gallery, Jeddah Ayyam Gallery, Dubai, Damascus Bait Muzna Gallery, Muscat Barbarian Art Gallery, Zürich Baudoin Lebon, Paris Ben Brown Fine Arts, London BISCHOFF / WEISS, London Bitforms Gallery, New York Bodhi Art, Mumbai Bolsa de Arte, Porto Alegre Bonni Benrubi, New York BREENSPACE, Sydney Cais Gallery, Seoul Carbon 12, Dubai Cardi Black Box, Milan Chemould Prescott Road, Mumbai Christine König, Vienna Continua, San Gimignano, Beijing, Le Moulin Contrasts Gallery, Shanghai Crane Kalman, London
Dea Orh Gallery, Prague Diana Lowenstein, Miami Dirimart, Istanbul Distrito Cu4tro, Madrid Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York Elementa, Dubai Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris Flowers East, London Francesca Minini, Milan Frey Norris Gallery, San Francisco Gabriele Senn Galerie, Vienna Galería ANIMAL, Santiago Galeria Enrique Guerrero, Mexico City Galeria Filomena Soares, Lisbon Galería JM, Malaga Galeria Millan, Sao Paulo Galeria Murilo Castro, Nova Lima Galerie Caprice Horn, Berlin Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris Galerie Dorothea van der Koelen, Mainz Galerie El Marsa, La Marsa Galerie Enrico Navarra, Paris Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki Galerie Janine Rubeiz, Beirut Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, Zürich Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna Galerie Michael Schultz, Berlin, Seoul, Beijing Galerie Piece Unique, Paris Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg and Beirut Galerie Tanit, Munich Galerie Thomas, Munich Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin & Moscow Galerist, Istanbul Galleria Mario Sequeira, Braga
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Galleria Tega, Milan Galleries Direct, Sydney Gallery Espace, New Delhi Gallery HYUNDAI, Seoul Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde (formerly B21), Dubai Gana Art Gallery, Seoul and Paris Gandhara-art, Hong Kong Gimpel Fils, London Giorgio Persano, Turin Goff & Rosenthal, New York Green Art Gallery, Dubai Green Cardamom, London Grey Noise, Lahore Grosvenor Vadehra, London / New Delhi Hakgojae, Seoul Haunch of Venison, London Horrach Moya, Palma de Mallorca Hunar Gallery, Dubai Kalfayan Galleries, Athens and Thessaloniki Kamel Mennour, Paris Koraalberg, Antwerp Kukje Gallery, Seoul L&M, New York LA B.A.N.K, Paris Laleh June Galerie, Basel Lee Hwaik Gallery, Seoul Le Violon Bleu, Tunis Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery, New York Lio Malca, New York Lisson Gallery, London MAM Mario Mauroner, Vienna
Max Lang, New York Max Protetch, New York Mizuma, Tokyo Nature Morte / Bose Pacia, New Delhi and New York NESSIM Gallery, Budapest October Gallery, London OMR Gallery, Mexico City Paradise Row, London Pekin Fine Arts, Beijing Peres Projects, Berlin Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, New York Project 88, Mumbai PYO Gallery, Seoul Rose Issa Projects, London Rossi & Rossi, London Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai Salon 94, New York SCAI The Bathhouse, Tokyo Selma Feriani Gallery, London Silk Road Gallery, Tehran Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York SUN Gallery & Gallery SUN Contemporary, Seoul The Guild, Mumbai and New York The Third Line, Dubai Townhouse Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo traffic, Dubai Triumph Gallery, Moscow Viltin, Budapest Vonderbank Artgalleries, Berlin Waterhouse & Dodd, London White Cube, London
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GLOBA L ART FORUM The Global Art Forum was launched in 2007 as an initiative of Art Dubai and brings together top art world protagonists for a week of conversation premised on themes driving contemporary art discourse, with a particular emphasis on issues prevalent in the Middle East. Each year, the Forum offers a world-class intellectual arena that stimulates thought and discussion amongst visitors and press. The Forum has attracted international attention through its collaborations with FIAC in Paris, Dubai Culture & Arts Authority (DCAA) in Dubai, Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture & Heritage (ADACH) in Abu Dhabi and the Museum of Islamic Art and Qatar Museums Authority (QMA) in Doha. Global Art Forum is also supported by The National.
Above: Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian in conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist, Courtesy Art Dubai 2008 Opposite, Top: Maria Baibakova, Mohammed Afkhami and Dr Farhad Farjam Opposite, Bottom: The Art of the Party, Courtesy Art Dubai 2009 10
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P ROJ EC TS Working with participating galleries, artists, artist collectives and non-profit organisations, Art Dubai’s projects offer an important platform across a variety of media including performance, video and installation. Two major projects presented at Art Dubai, the Pakistan Pavilion (Desperately Seeking Paradise, 2008) and the ArtSchool Palestine Pavilion (Mapping Palestine, 2009), received international critical acclaim, becoming a significant factor in bringing greater awareness to contemporary art practice in the region. ART PARK The basement car park of the Madinat Arena has become a destination for emerging and cutting edge art within the framework of Art Dubai over the last three years. Featuring curatorial contributions by Bidoun, ArteEast, The Khatt Foundation, traffic and ArtSchool Palestine, the Art Park has also developed an influential programme of films, book launches and talks relating to the projects. PERFORMANCE Art Park hosted a dynamic programme of performances by international artists such as Shilpa Gupta, Rabih MrouÊ, Susan Hefuna, Joumana Mourad & IJAD Dance Company, Roula Haj-Ismail, Monali Meher and Kirstie Macleod. BIDOUN PROJECTS 2010 Bidoun Projects was the curatorial partner of Art Dubai, responsible for programming a series of non-commercial exhibitions, commissions, screenings and educational events that engaged with the fabric of the fair. The projects ranged from a group exhibition that looked at new and expanded formalist practices to a series of commissions that dwell of the spectacular, temporal nature of an art fair. Bidoun Projects also commissioned artists to act as guides, interpreting elements of the fair through scheduled tours. As part of Bidoun Video in the Art Park, guest curators examined the ways in which large-scale arts events have been promoted through a dynamic video programme. Bidoun Projects is the not-for-profit curatorial wing of Bidoun, the arts organisation and publisher set up in 2003 to support contemporary artists from the Middle East. Bidoun Projects is managed by a group of artists, writers and curators based in Beirut, Cairo, Dubai and New York.
Top: Daniel Bozhkov, Bidoun Projects Below: SciFi Wahabi, Bidoun Projects 12
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SPONSORS 2010 Art Dubai forges relationships with numerous organisations and corporations to promote awareness of visual culture in the region. The fair is held in partnership with Abraaj Capital and is host to the prestigious Abraaj Capital Art Prize. Abraaj Capital also hosted and programmed the Abraaj Capital Lounge, an exclusive meeting point for their VIP guests and Art Dubai’s Collectors’ Circle. The Jumeirah Patrons’ Preview offered the fair’s high level VIPs a preview of the 2010 fair in the spectacular setting of Madinat Jumeirah. Van Cleef & Arpels presented The Poetry of Time, an exhibition highlighting the artistry and craft of watchmaking through the presentation of museum-quality pieces. The Opening Night by HSBC welcomed an audience exceeding 6,000 guests for the first public viewing of Art Dubai 2010.
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum tour of The Poetry of Time by Van Cleef & Arpels
Opening night by HSBC
Jumeirah Patrons’ Preview
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum meeting Abraaj Capital Art Prize winner Marwan Sahmarani 14
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THE ABR A A J C A PITAL A RT PR IZE ABRAA J CAPITAL ART PRIZE 2009 First announced in 2008, the annual Abraaj Capital Art Prize is the only art prize specifically for the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia (MENASA) region. Encouraging artists to work with international curators, the prize is unique in rewarding proposals rather than completed works of art. At US $ 1 million in disbursements, it is the world’s most generous art prize. The prize aims to empower potential by giving under-represented contemporary artists from the vibrant MENASA region the resources to further develop their talent. Each year the new artworks are unveiled at Art Dubai and go on to form part of the Abraaj Capital Art Collection. To date works have been exhibited at the Dubai International Financial Centre, Dubai, Maraya Arts Centre, Sharjah and the Museum of Arts & Design, New York. The winners unveiled in March 2009 at Art Dubai were artist Kutlug Ataman (Turkey) and curator Cristiana Perrella (Italy) with Strange Space; artist Nazgol Ansarinia (Iran) and curator Leyla Fakhr (Iran / UK) with Rhyme and Reason and artist Zoulikha Boubadellah (Algeria) and curator Carol Solomon (US) with Walk on the Sky. Pisces. The winners unveiled in March 2010 at Art Dubai were artist Kader Attia (Algeria) and curator Laurie Ann Farrell (US) with History of a Myth: The Small Dome of the Rock; artist Hala Elkoussy (Egypt) and curator Jelle Bouwhuis (The Netherlands) with Myths & Legends Room – The Mural and artist Marwan Sahmarani (Lebanon) and curator Mahita El Bacha Urieta (Spain / Lebanon) with The Feast of the Damned.
Top: Hala Elkoussy, Myths & Legends Room – The Mural, Abraaj Capital Art Prize 2010 Bottom: Arif Naqvi, CEO of Abraaj Capital, with HH Sheikh Nahyan Mubarak Al Nahyan, work by Marwan Sahmarani 16
Top: Kader Attia History of a Myth: The Small Dome of the Rock Abraaj Capital Art Prize 2010 Courtesy of Max Milligan 17
WORK ING FOR THE UAE AND THE GULF VISUAL ARTS INTERNSHIP SCHEME The Internship Scheme was initiated by Art Dubai in September 2007. Since then over 200 students and recent graduates from 40 nationalities and 18 institutions have participated in the scheme and gone on to find further work experience opportunities and permanent placements within Art Dubai and its partner organisations. One third of the interns were Emirati and the remaining came from countries ranging from the Middle East, Iran, India, to Peru, Russia, Germany, Sweden, Finland and Lithuania. Art Dubai has fostered close relationships with all major arts faculties in the UAE and abroad. During the fair, students have the opportunity of working with participating galleries, media partners, performing artists, collector’s programmes and the Art Dubai team. Interns gave guided tours to members of the public and students from Sotheby’s Institute of Art, New York and Indus Valley, Karachi. The scheme has launched an international exchange component, with students participating in the Peggy Guggenheim Internship Program in Venice. ART DUBAI WEEK Art Dubai has actively encouraged collaborations with art organisations, colleges, commercial galleries and non-commercial spaces across the UAE and the wider Gulf region. Site visits have included the Bastakiya Art Fair, Tashkeel and the Sharjah Biennial as well as over twenty commercial gallery locations. As a result of these collaborations, Art Dubai Week has become a catalyst for exhibitions, projects and educational initiatives, providing opportunities for new jobs and businesses in the cultural sector, as well as helping to forge cultural links with international organisations. ART BOOK S Operated by Jashanmal Bookstores, Art Books brings the widest range of art related publications ever seen in the UAE to Dubai. Ten book launches and signings have taken place, encouraging intellectual discussion and insights into contemporary critical theory on the visual arts.
Top: 2010 Interns, Courtesy Art Dubai 2010 Bottom: Intern 18
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START START is a non-profit arts education programme aimed at under-privileged children in the region. Held under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Lateefa bint Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Founder of Tashkeel, it was established by Art Dubai and Al Madad in 2007. Currently operating in refugee camps and orphanages in Jordan, art classes are held by permanent teaching staff supplemented by volunteer artists from across the world. Its purpose is to enrich children’s lives and education through art, giving children an opportunity to express their imagination, enhance their creative skills and offer a form of therapy. Since its inception in 2007, START has reached out to 3,000 children with further programmes planned in Palestine and Lebanon. To date START has been supported by the generosity of the following organisations: Van Cleef and Arpels Chaloub Clifford Chance Al Turki Group
Louis Vuitton ING Barclays The British Council
Image: START Workshop at Art Dubai Opposite, Top: START Workshop at SOS Village, Palestine, Courtesy START 2009 Opposite, Bottom: START Workshop, Summer School in Jordan, Courtesy START 2009 20
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ROYA L V ISI TS TO A RT DUBA I Sheikha Fatma Bint Hazza Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of Emirates Airlines and Chairman of Dubai Airport Authorities
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai
HH Sheikha Shamsa Bint Zayed Al Nahyan HRH Sheika Fatma Bint Hamdan Al Nahyan
Sheikh Majed Bin Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Culture & Arts Authority
Sheikh Nahyan Bin Mubarek, Minister of Higher Education
Sheikh Maktoum Bin Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai
Sheikha Sheikha Bin Saif Al Nahyan, Wife of Sheikh Sultan Bin Khalifa
Sheikh Mansour Bin Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, Vice President of Al Shabab Club Dubai
Sheika Moza Bint Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi Sheikha Maisa Al Qassemi
HH Sheikha Manal Bint Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, wife of His Highness Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister for Presidential Affairs, President of Dubai Women Establishment and President of Dubai Ladies Club
Sheikha Najma Al Nuaimi Sheikh Abdulla Bin Rashid Al Nuaimi HH Prince Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud HRH Prince Bandar Al Khalid Al Faisal
HE Abdul Rahman Al Owais, Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development at the NCTA Exhibition Inauguration
HRH Prince Saud bin Khalid Al Faisal HRH Prince Sultan Bin Fahad Bin Naser Princes Reema bint Mohammed Al Sudairi
HE Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair, Head of UAE Federation
Princess Haifa bint Mohammed Al Sudairi
HE Humaid Mohammed Al Qatami, Minister of Education
Princess Neama bint Abdulmohsin Al Sudairi HRH Princess bint Leen Al Saud
HH Sheikha Alia bint Khalifa Al Maktoum
HRH Princess Nouf bint Mita’ab bin Abdullah Al Saud
HH Sheikha Lateefa bint Maktoum Al Maktoum HH Sheikha Maryam bint Hasher al Maktoum
HE Sheikh Rashif Al-Khalifa
HH Sheikha Wafa bint Hasher al Maktoum
Sheikh Turki Al Khalifa
Sheikh Marwan bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Sheikha Lulu Al Sabah
Sheikha Maitha bint Hasher al Maktoum
Sheikha Paula Al Sabah
Sheikha Hessa bint Khalifa Al Maktoum
HRH Princess Wijdan Ali, Founder of the Royal Society of Fine Arts and of the Jordan National Gallery
Sheikha Latifa Al Maktoum
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Top: HH Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, UAE Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Bottom: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum at Green Cardamom, Art Dubai, Copyright Vipol Sangoi 2009 23
“…it ’s likely that the fair will grow as fast as everything else in Dubai. If contemporary art is the new gold, art fairs the souks and bazaars of old, and Dubai – less mineral-rich than its neighbours but all the cannier for it – still the powerful entrepot and free trading post it has been since long before the oil came, then I think we can be sure of seeing it as a large commercial centre for international art” — The Financial Times
Image: Galleria Continua, Courtesy Art Dubai 2007
VISITING MUSEUM GROUP Italy MACRO, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome Peggy Guggenheim Collection Punta Della Dogana, Francois Pinault Foundation Vitra Design Museum
Australia Museum of Contemporary Art Austria Belvedere Museum Croatia Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Finland Kunsthalle Helsinki France Agence France Museum Cartier International Culture France Foundation Louis Vuitton Jeu de Paume Pompidou Centre
Japan Mori Museum
The Netherlands Gemak Museum Gemeentemuseum Den Haag Tropenmuseum-Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen
Korea Nam June Paik Art Center
Turkey Istanbul Art Museum Foundation
Pakistan FOMMA Trust Qatar Arab Museum of Modern Art Russia Art Banking Club BAIBAKOV art projects The Multimedia Art Museum The State Hermitage Museum
Germany Documenta 2012 Germany Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg Ludwig Museum Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof Museum Frieder Burda Städel Museum
Singapore Singapore Art Museum
Greece State Museum of Contemporary Art
USA America Folk Art Museum Bohen Foundation Denver Museum Guggenheim Young Collectors Council Junior Associates of MOMA LACMA MAC Museum & Bass Museum MOCA Modern and Contemporary Art Council of Los Angeles County Museum of Art Motwani Family Foundation Museum of Arts & Design Museum of the Americas Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego Museum of Modern Art Museum of Tiburon New Museum NorthPark Center Pasadena Museum of California Art PS1 Contemporary Art Center Rubin Museum San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation The Goss-Michael Foundation The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Switzerland Kunsthalle Basel, Contemporary Art Museum The Daros Latinamerica Collection, Switzerland, Zurich / Brazil, Rio
Ukraine Arts Support Fund United Arab Emirates Solomon Guggenheim Foundation, Abu Dhabi United Kingdom Barbican Art Gallery Royal Academy Serpentine Council Members Tate The Art Fund The British Museum Victoria & Albert Museum
Yemen National Museum of Yemen
Spain Espai d´art contemporani de Castelló Fundacio Angels Planells Fundacio Vall Palou Fundacion Temas de Arte
Hungary Ludwig Museum India Savara Foundation for the Arts
Sweden Kunsthallen Brandts Museum
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REGIONA L AND INTERNATIONA L PRESS SUMMARY 2010 REGIONAL PRESS COVERAGE (total media placements) Online UAE Pan Arab Qatar Saudi Arabia Kuwait Lebanon Bahrain Jordan Egypt
110 81 40 26 15 11 6 6 4 2
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2010 INTERNATIONAL PRESS COVERAGE (total media placements) Online Germany United Kingdom France Italy Switzerland Russia China India Turkey United States
53 37 36 34 21 15 14 14 14 13 11
Spain Portugal Greece Australia Austria Korea Brazil Belgium Chile Denmark Total
7 6 5 4 4 3 3 2 1 1 298
INTERNATIONAL COVERAGE HIGHLIGHTS 2007 – 2010
Regional Coverage Highlights 2007 – 2010 MSN Reuters The National Bidoun Canvas Daily Mail Elle Middle East Gulf News Harper’s Bazaar Dubai Khaleej Times Time Out Dubai Yahoo! News
The Guardian Art Forum Art Review Die Zeit Financial Times Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung GQ International Herald Tribune La Repubblica Le Monde
Monocle New Yorker Reuters Telegraph The Economist The Times Vogue India, Italy, Portugal, Paris Wallpaper Wall Street Journal
COVERAGE per year (unique publications)
TELEVISION COVERAGE HIGHLIGHTS 2007 – 2010 Bloomberg BBC CNN CNBC Dubai TV Dubai One
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Year 2007 2008 2009 2010
Number 146 188 264 298
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GLOBA L A RT FORUM TOP ICS A ND SPE AK ERS 2007 – 2010 GLOBAL ART FORUM_1 2007 Programme Art and Dubai Think Tank – Artists Focus Artists’ interviews: Otto Piene, Kader Attia, Jan Faber, Erwin Wurm, Wim Delvoye Working with Artists – Panel Discussions with Collectors, Art Consultants and Philanthropists The Serpentine Gallery as a laboratory Middle East Focus The Next Ten Years of Contemporary Art in the Middle East Open stage for the Middle East – Sharjah Biennial 8 Art Cities Focus Branding Cities through Culture Building Future Art Cities World Art Cities, Cario, Mumbai, Paris, New York, Beijing Speakers Jean-Hubert Martin Jill Silverman Jitish Kallat Judith Greer Julia Peyton Jones Kader Attia Kamran Diba Lance Fung Lisa Ball-Lechgar Maria Finders Mon Mullerschoen Nadim Karam Otto Piene Saleh Barakat Savita Apte Solmaz Shabazi Tirdad Zolghadr Vasif Kortun William Wells Wim Delvoye
Alireza Sami Azar Andreas Angelidakis Andrée Sfeir-Semler Anita Dube Asma M’Naouar Bob Monk Camilla Cañellas Charles Asprey Dana Farouki Daniel Birnbaum David Barri Donna De Salvo Farshid Woussavi Haluk Akakce Hans Ulrich Obrist Hassan Khan Jack Persekian Jalal Toufic Jan Dalley Jan Faber Top: In Conversation with Don and Mera Rubell Bottom: Global Art Forum 30
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GLOBAL ART FORUM_2 2008 Programme
Speakers
Art Patronage in the Business Age Building a Corporate Collection Working with Corporations Creating a Cultural Policy State of Qatar: Building a Cultural Capital Building Cultural Cities Private Passions: Cultural Philanthropy and Collecting
Adila Laidi-Hanieh Ai Wei Wei Andras Szanto Beatrix Ruf Boris Manner Catherine David Catterina Seia Colin Tweedy Corinne Estrada Daniel Buren Djamel Kokene Dr. Farhad Farjam Ebrahim Melamed Eungie Joo Farid Sarroukh Frances Morris Francesco Bonami Glenn Lowry Hassan Khan HE Zaki Nusseibeh Jack Persekian Jan Dalley Jane Wentworth Jemima Montagu Judith Greer Katherine Gass Lamia Joreige Latifa Echakhch Lawrence Weiner Lisa Ball-Lechgar
Artists in Public Space Commissioning Art Today – with Credit Suisse: spreading content and supporting talent The Art of Words: Calligraphy and Text Art in Transition New Art Productions: the Middle East through Video Exiles and Nomads: Keeping up with the new global culture Paris – Dubai: France and the Middle East – Tradition and Transition A Collaboration with FIAC The Future Museum and the Middle East Branding Museums Museums as Educational Institution – Think-Tank Presentation Building a Museum for the Middle East – The Story of the Museum of Modern Art The New Museum Think Tank: Cultural Institutions and the Middle East Visions of Dubai
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Louisa Buck Lulu Al Sabah Mamiko Otsubo Marc Pottier María de Corral Michela Bondardo Michelle Nicol Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian Naiza Khan Nav Haq Negar Azimi Paolo Colombo Peter Aspden Pierre Abi Saab Plamen Dejanoff Rem Koolhaas Salima Hashmi Scott Desmarais Soichiro Fukutake Sonia Brewin Stella Kesaeva Stuart Comer Suzanne Isken Tarek Abou El-Fetouh Tarek Atoui Thukral and Tagra Tirdad Zolghadr Tony Cragg Wassan Al-Khudhairi William Wells
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GLOBAL ART FORUM_3 2009 Programme
Speakers
Creating an Audience: Museums and Art Institutions and the Public Building Museums Creating Spaces: Cultural Development and Art Practices The Museum of the future Good Morning Russia Is Collecting a Statement or a Cause? A Brief History of Curating Discussing Museums
Abbas Kiarostami Abdulla Al-Amri Adila Laïdi-Hanieh Alexandros Stanas Ambassador Cynthia P. Schneider Amirali Ghasemi Andras Szántó Bob Colacello Catherine David Christine Tohmé Daniel Birnbaum Derya Bigalı Dr. Sami El-Masri Dr. Lamees Hamdan Dr. Nada Shabout Dr. Abdulla Al-Thani Elizabeth Duggal Farid Sarroukh Fereydoun Ave Gail Dexter Lord Gilane Tawadros HE Zaki Nusseibeh Hans Ulrich Obrist Hassan Subhi Henri Shabistari Hilwé Hilwé Janah Saadeh Jerome Sans Joseph Backstein Josh Baer Judith Greer Katerina Koskina Katherine Gass
Artist / Legends Interviews The Art of the Party The Party as Performance The Arts and Cultural Heritage: A Contemporary View (ADACH) ADACH Contemporary Culture and Living Tradition Cultural Diplomacy from the Perspective of the Arab World: A Constructive Conversation with the West The Heritage Museum in a Modern Age Cultural Strategies for the Arab World: After and Beyond the Museum ADACH Platform for Venice Building on Collecting Art City: Tehran – Independent and artist-run initiatives in Tehran Abraaj Capital Art Prize recipients – Leyla Fakhr and Nazgol Ansarinia Abbas Kiarostami film screening Rules of Attraction: Cultural Destinations and Audiences Brave New World: The New Deal in the Art World Building on and Building with Biennials Historical Sites and New Art Cities
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Lekha Poddar Leyla Fakhr Louisa Buck Maja Hoffmann Manal Ataya Marc Olivier Whaler Marwan Kassab Bachi Max Hollein Miguel Agueli Mikhail Borisovich Piotrovsky Moataz Nasr Nasrin Seraji Nazgol Ansarinia Negar Azimi Olga Sviblova Oliver Watson Omar Mrad Paolo Colombo Poka-Yio Richard Flood Richard West, Jr. Roger Mandle Shahab Fotouhi Shumon Basar Sohrab Mahdavi Suha Ahmed Sultan Al-Qassemi Susan Hefuna Thomas Krens Wassan Al-Khudhairi Xenia Kalpaktsoglou Yuri Avvakumov
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GLOBAL ART FORUM_4 2010 Programme
Speakers
Future Art School Presentation: 5000 Friends After the Rolodex M.F. Husain in Conversation with Deena Chalabi Institution as Moment Dia Azzawi in Conversation with Nada Shabout
Anna Somers-Cocks Manal Ataya Douglas McLennan Maria Fusco Murtaza Vali Hassan Khan Negar Azimi Fereydoun Ave Kamran Diba HE Omar Ghobash Michael Danoff Mohammed Afkhami Alistair Hicks Dr. Farhad Farjam Maria Baibakova El Anatsui Okwui Enwezor Vasif Kortun Jack Persekian Alessandro Petti Sandi Hilal Reem Fadda Alice Aycock Dennis Oppenheim Jessica Morgan Salwa Mikdadi
Artists and Mapping Historiographies Presentation: 5000 Friends After the Rolodex Arts Writing Keynote Is There A Crisis In Arts Writing? Building the Tehran Contemporary Art Museum, Depicting Rostam, and Piles of Gold Building Regional Patronage in a Post-Crisis Moment The Role of the Corporate Sector in Supporting the Arts Building and Sustaining Patronage I: From Private to Public Collections El Anatsui in Conversation with Okwui Enwezor Palestine Syndrome 112 Greene Street Building and Sustaining Patronage II: Institutions and Museums Don and Mera Rubell in Conversation with Maria Finders Concluding Presentation: 5000 Friends After the Rolodex
Wassan Al-Khudairi Maria Fusco Angela Harutyunyan Anton Vidokle Shumon Basar Haig Aivazian M.F. Husain Deena Chalabi Anton Vidokle Amal Khalaf Karen Mirza Brad Butler Khalil Rabah Dia Azzawi Nada Shabout Hans Ulrich Obrist Monica Narula Mera Rubell Don Rubell Maria Finders Shuddhabrata Sengupta Hala Elkoussy Bassam El Baroni Douglas McLennan Kaelen Wilson-Goldie
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“Dubai plays an important role in turning the Middle East region into a key art market… Art Dubai has become a highlight of the global art world” — Art Collection + Design
“With widespread critical praise from the world ’s press, Art Dubai has confirmed its role as the premier contemporary art fair in the East and a significant new platform for galleries and artists across Asia, Europe and North America” — Zawya
Top: Agathon Gallery Bottom: Larissa Sansour, La B.A.N.K.
SUMMARY DIFC GULF ART FAIR 2007 40 galleries exhibiting from 18 countries
16 large-scale Art Projects at Madinat Jumeirah & DIFC
9,000 visitors Launch of the Global Art Forum ART DUBAI 2008 67 galleries exhibiting from over 30 countries
Launch of a country pavilion
12,000 visitors
Launch of the Internship Scheme ( became the Deyaar Visual Arts Internship Scheme in 2009 )
Attendance of an estimated 200 journalists Launch of Art Park, the underground project space ART DUBAI 2009 70 galleries exhibiting from over 30 countries
Over 85 international museum groups attending Art Dubai and Contemparabia
14,000 visitors attended Art Dubai
Art Dubai, Sharjah Biennial, Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH) and the Qatar Museums Authority (QMA) collaborate to launch Contemparabia, a world-class cultural event
Attendance of an estimated 300 journalists Art Dubai hosts the Abraaj Capital Art Prize, the world ’s most generous art prize.
ART DUBAI 2010 Dubai Culture & Arts Authority (DCAA) and Qatar Museums Authority (QMA) collaborate with Art Dubai to host Global Art Forum_4
72 galleries exhibiting from over 30 countries 18,000 visitors attended Art Dubai Attendance of 320 journalists Bidoun Projects became the curatorial partner for Art Dubai’s special projects
Dubai Culture & Arts Authority debuts the first Patrons of the Arts Award
In its second year, the Abraaj Capital Art Prize unveils its winning artist-curator pairs
START launches a year-round artist-in-residence programme in Jordan
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Cover photo Sam Irons. Design APFEL