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Dubai, UAE, 26 April 2024: World Art Dubai (WAD), the largest contemporary art fair in the region, is poised to celebrate its 10th edition. This year WAD will unveil 12 international pavilions dedicated to showcasing the vibrant artistic diversity from different countries and regions. From 2^nd to 5^th May 2024, art enthusiasts will have the opportunity to explore artworks from different pavilions. Namely, the UAE, America, Asia, China, Europe, GCC, India, Iran, Japan, Russia, and the UK, highlighting the universal language of art that transcends borders.

The fair, held at Dubai World Trade Centre in partnership with Dubai Culture, will feature over 4,000 artworks from over 65 countries. It will be presenting a dynamic snapshot of Dubai’s unique blend of local and international influences. The fair will be reinforcing the city’s position as an arts powerhouse for the Global South, elevating the global positioning of WAD

As a matter of fact, the international pavilions also stand as cultural gateways. Each offers a unique window into the country or region’s artistic heritage and contemporary creativity. From the traditional to the avant-garde, these pavilions curate a rich tapestry of artistic expressions. They underscore the universal language of art that unites us all. Each pavilion is a testament to the global nature of World Art Dubai and its commitment to fostering cultural exchange and appreciation. Moreover, it is adding positive economic impact to a city where 9% of the GDP comes from tourism.

World Art Dubai’s landmark 10^th edition will showcase a diverse array of pavilions and artists from around the world.

UAE and GCC Pavilion Highlights

The UAE and GCC Pavilions will spotlight both the talent of residents who call Dubai home and talented citizens. Undoubtedly, this demonstrates how the two populations exist and interact through their creative drives. These artists include Daria Avdeeva, Javeria Khan, and Francine Kaspar. They present their vibrant artworks, harmoniously blending classical techniques with contemporary interpretations, reflecting the UAE’s multicultural identity. Additionally, Hend Rashed, a Dubai-based abstract artist, will present her dynamic creations. Distinctly, with a repertoire spanning seven years at prestigious exhibitions worldwide, including in Singapore, Oman, and Italy, Rashed’s artistry has garnered recognition. She has earned nominations for the UAE Residence Artist Award by World Art Dubai for three consecutive years.

Bahraini artist Leena Al Ayoobi, Iraqi artist Nabil Ali, and Lebanese artist Lydia Moawad will showcase their unique artistic visions. They blend cultural influences and personal experiences to create compelling artworks. Specifically, their pieces demonstrate the wide variety of styles and cultural influences in Middle Eastern art.

Representing Diverse Global Regions

The pavilions of World Art Dubai feature artistic fusion among cultures, continents, and art schools that converge in Dubai from diverse global regions. The Europe Pavilion is curated by Tablinum Cultural Management. It presents innovative contemporary art, with artists like Tatiana Kramarenko, Follow Med, and Petr Shebarshin exploring themes of chaos, spirituality, and life’s profundity. China’s presence, facilitated by Artaflo Collective from Hong Kong, reflects the belief in art as a universal language. India’s offering showcases the dynamic art scene. This includes Sanuj Birla’s pop art, Raihan R Vadra’s immersive installations, and Niyati Parekh’s art and interior design.

Japan Promotion’s ‘Japan Tide’ project presents a curated blend of traditional and contemporary Japanese arts. The Russia Pavilion, featuring Igor Kirillov and IMMI Art, offers immersive experiences in romantic hyperrealism. Iran’s pavilion, represented by Ronas Gallery and Negara Group, highlights the vibrant contemporary art scene. In addition, insights from America, Asia, and the UK are incorporated, including contributions from the Museum of Modern Renaissance, Art Muse Gallery, and Lenny Lopes, respectively. These offerings provide fresh perspectives and innovative approaches to art.

Asma Al Sharif, Assistant Vice President at Exhibitions, Dubai World Trade Centre remarked about the fair. She said, “World Art Dubai’s 10th edition underscores our commitment to making art accessible and celebrating the diversity of the global art scene. The 12 international pavilions serve as portals, inviting visitors to immerse themselves in a vibrant mosaic of artistic expressions and explore a rich tapestry from around the world.”

Spotlight on Legacy and Innovative Artists

Notably, legacy exhibitors include Japan Promotion and Art Plus Photographers Production who have been loyal exhibitors at the fair for the past eight years. This signifies their longstanding commitment to World Art Dubai. Alongside them, new artists like Rinko Lim and Liz Ramos-Prado bring fresh perspectives to the Dubai art scene.

Rinko Lim uniquely blends art, design, and energy therapy. She harnesses her experiences from the United States to delve into themes of self-discovery and spiritual wellness. Meanwhile, Liz Ramos-Prado seamlessly merges graphic design with fine art, bridging the gap between commercial and personal artistic expressions. With a decade-long career in the UAE’s media and design landscape, Ramos-Prado’s work delves into the intricacies of human emotion.

With Hotel Indigo Dubai Downtown, the first certified boutique hotel in the UAE, proudly serving as the fair’s Art Hotel Partner. Additionally, Al Hathboor Group have joined WAD as Artistic Sponsor. There is an anticipated turnout of over 15,000 visitors at World Art Dubai 2024. The fair promises an immersive cultural journey, celebrating the transformative impact of art and its ability to forge global connections. Secure your tickets for World Art Dubai now on Platinumlist: https://shorturl.at/ekqI8.

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Kevin Champeny an American artist specialized in drawing, painting, sculpture, design and building. He has been able to combine all of his skills into the mosaic work he is currently doing. He started drawing at a very early age. He is very interested in the styles that elevate craft into art, such as, fiber artists, ceramicists, glass blowers, and assemblage artists. When asked what does your artwork aim to say, he added, “I allow my work to speak for itself through the viewer. I provide an ambiguous yet provocative image and I let the viewer become an active participant in the meaning of the work.” his artworks are so appealing and different that it urges the viewers to think and appreciate it.

He always had jobs that were art related but always in the background. He was essentially creating work anonymously. When he met his business partner a few years back and he convinced him to leave the aerospace job that he had and do his art work as full-time job. He was able to use all of the skills he had developed over the years and combine them into the work he is doing now and with the help of his partner, he has been able to make a career out of it, and this is how he struggled and moved towards his passion to develop a career opportunity that he enjoys.

He is proud of the fact that he is being able to do the one thing that he loves, creating art, for a living. Which is such an important thing, “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” and he is a perfect example for this. During the novel Corona Virus Pandemic, he was able to become more organized. He typically works in 5-7 pieces at a time and the pandemic allowed him to streamline much of the process that allows him to work on a large scale.

His message to the fellow artists is, “Never give up. Always push yourself to learn new things and develop your skill set to allow you to push through any adversity.” so motivating and inspiring. Working hard and smart is the key to success. If one gives up on their dreams are the losers. One should keep fighting until and unless they get what they want. According to him, the importance of art for a student in his view is that art is Creative problem solving. Art gives you an opportunity to see the world in a different way and the ability to see connections in a way that otherwise would have been impossible to see.

His greatest inspiration is, “My own mortality. The fact that I will not live forever is one of my greatest motivators to create the best work I can. I am compelled to create and to discover as much as I can in the limited time we are graced to have in this earth.” he idolized, Chuck Close for his entire life. His paintings were some of the earliest memories he has from going to art museums as a child. The scale and precision in which he works motivates him to work harder every day.

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Jennifer Balkan is an American modern artist who specialized in oil painting, figurative painting, and portraiture. Portraiture is the recording of an individual’s appearance and personality, whether in a photograph, painting, sculpture, or any other medium. What makes it so charming is its ability to depict not solely the physical but also psychological characteristics of a figure. She follows the trends of abstract realism; optical mixing; a realism that knows its painting where the form appears broken up close but holds along at a distance. She says, “There is so much magic in the brush strokes.” And one cannot agree more. Abstract realism is an infusion of two distinct styles of art: abstract and realistic.

The abstract doesn’t commit to depict real objects, because it is concerned solely with the colors, lines, shapes, and rhythms that create the artwork. In a sense, abstract art is art without a concrete, physical construct to work from. Realistic art aims to make realistic interpretations of real objects. When you combine these two concepts, you get a new style of art that tries to depict the emotions behind a specific real-life object. She didn’t realize she wanted to be a professional artist until she was in her 30s. This was after she had gone to lots of schools already where she already got her Ph.D. in sociology. She was so passionate about painting and wanted to learn and explore as much as she can.

She painted all the time, taking an occasional class and fully committing herself to working in her studio. Eventually, she was invited to have an exhibition in her town in Austin, Texas. A true example for, “it is never too late to do something you are so passionate about.” Meanwhile, she was interested in teaching figurative art and portraiture. she was invited to teach a drawing class at the Sculpture Academy. From this point, she began to teach small group classes in her studio. She submitted work to galleries and soon began showing work regularly in a couple of galleries around the U.S. This was in the early 2000s. And from that point, she found more opportunities to show work. Later, she started working on social media platforms. She says, “Being active on social media has made the art world feel smaller.”

She was able to connect across the globe that has been an incredible opportunity for her to socialize as much as possible. And she has been able to find exhibition opportunities and sold work through social media. Then two years ago in 2018, she also co-founded with two fellow artists an art school atelier in Austin, Texas called Atelier Dojo. Her artistry aims to say, “I strive to evoke emotion in my paint. I want my subjects to live and breathe through the paint; for the viewer to engage and feel a painting. I am inspired and moved to make a particular statement with my subject matter but once I begin the painting, the technique and the actual paint take on a life of their own. And sometimes the direction might change. This is what keeps painting alive for me.”

Her artworks are something one can get lost in till eternity. With the strokes and the color combination, each piece sends across a strong message. Her artwork, “Two-Faced” was selected for the ModPortrait2020 Juried Exhibition of the MEAM – Museu Europeu d’Art Modern Special Catalog. The painting is honestly one of the most beautiful pieces. She is proud of the fact that she can always have the drive and excitement to create beautiful pieces and that keeps her going. The message she wants to put across to the fellow artists is,” It takes constant work and undying motivation to be a professional artist. Sometimes it’s tough to stay driven when you haven’t made a sale in a little while and/or when you’ve been rejected from a gallery submission or an art competition. You’ve got to have a thick stomach and be able to keep going, to keep painting. Know that nearly all artists experience this.” with such few sentences she has given such a heavy message to the artists across the globe. Her greatest inspiration is the fellow artist’s mothers who can push their work while doing the best job they can for their kids. She idolizes, Emanuel De Sousa out of Scotland, Lucian Freud, and Euan Glow.

According to her the importance of art from the student’s point of view is, “We need to be creative, as humans. Being creative with our hands is one such way. Seeing art made by humans across time and history teaches us about the thoughts and whims of others across time and space, and this may inspire us to be creative. Making art with our hands, minds hearts and spirits enables us to express ourselves and to use our voice.” The spirit she has towards art is seen when during the pandemic when everyone was feeling overwhelmed and pessimistic, she learned a new technique of using POSCA acrylic paint pens for creating her eye candy creations.

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 In the rat race capital of the United States, Mr. Taylor is one of those who choose to stop and admire the beautiful surroundings; with his works, he aims to capture the vanishing landscape; his artworks are a form of communication that highlights the common issues. Mr. Taylor’s art not only fills him but fills the admirer with joy, tranquility, and radiance. All of his works have been inspired by the natural surroundings and are versatile and spontaneous. With the everlasting impression of his art, Mr. Taylor can be the perfect exemplification of a “Renaissance Man.” From time to time his work has been displayed in some of the most reputed art platforms like American Art Collector, Fine Art Connoisseur, Image FX, and American Art Workshop magazines. He is also a remarkable mentor and has conducted various courses all over the USA including Pixar and Scottsdale Artists School. The painting system, popularly known as “Strada Easel” is used globally by the Plein Air artists.

 Mr. Taylor developed his charming career by finishing his MFA at the Academy of Art University in 2005. He is an influential American artist who sponsored a 30-days painting challenge during the pandemic through famous social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook from September 2020 up to January 2021. Mr. Taylor solemnly believes that art is our greatest source of inspiration, consolation, and innovation.

 Mr. Taylor idolizing the great Leonardo Da Vinci creates his magnificent artworks with his creative mind and takes great pride when his works are presented in various museums across the world. With his exceptional experiences in this field, his message for fellow artists is “Master the fundamentals and then try to break them.” One of his paintings is “Weekend Drivers” which he describes as “a typical example of San Francisco’s steep hills bathed in the light of the Bay Area.”Another of his vividly lifelike works, “Downtown L.A”, was captured by him while he was at a conference in L.A, is one of his gorgeous oil artworks. He claims that his goal is to discover harmony in the chaos and to combine them as one.

Mr. Taylor’s work has been recognized and appreciated at a global level. He has won numerous accolades including “Best of Show”, “Collectors Choice” along with a gold medal at the California Art Club’s Annual Show. He is currently represented by galleries in California and Utah. His work is found in private, corporate, and museum collections all over the country.

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The exhibition brings together some 400 works picked from the unparalleled collection of French filmmaker Bruno Decharme, as well as the museum’s own holdings. It includes works by 40 artists, who found in photography a space to reconstruct their lived realities into new worlds.

For the artists “art making and the way they are living on a daily basis is fused; art is not a separate activity”, Valérie Rousseau, who co-organized the show said. 

These artists “use the camera to play against type, by making their daily life an unreality or making their chimeras hyperreal,” said art historian Michel Thévoz. “They use photography in spite of or beyond its presumptive objectivity, to imbue fantasy with the stamp of realism or, inversely, to sublimate an ordinary subject.”

The work of Morton Bartlett, one of the best known artists in the exhibition, is a helpful entry to the subject. From 1936 to ’63, Bartlett meticulously fabricated a series of lifelike plaster dolls, all styled as young girls and boys, and photographed them in sweet and sexual, pure and prurient way.

 Bartlett was clearly aware of the camera’s capacity for world creation. His work was undeniably artistic in its craft and concept, but whether or not it was intended for an audience beyond himself is unclear. Similar points could be made for nearly all of the artists in the show. They operated from a place of marginality, made work with little intention to show it, and, with few exceptions, experienced a great deal of trauma in their life.  Czech artist Miroslav Tichy, for instance, who made his own low-quality cameras to surreptitiously photograph women in public places, resisted showing his work even as curators took a liking to it late in his life.

“Photo Brut” is on view through June 6, 2021 at the American Folk Art Museum in New York.

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Americans in Spain explores a pivotal moment in the 19th and early 20th centuries when American artists and their European counterparts flocked to Spain to capture its scenic charms and customs. The first major exhibition to present this important aspect of American art to a wide audience, it brings together more than 100 artworks, including paintings from the 17th-20th centuries, photographs, prints and travel guides. It showcases works by American artists Mary Cassatt, William Merritt Chase, Robert Henri, John Singer Sargent and others alongside their Spanish contemporaries and Spain’s old masters. A newly documented painting by Cassatt that has never been shown in the U.S. is one of the highlights. Visitors will be able to access a 3D Visualization of the Prado Museum in Madrid and an Interactive Artist Travelers Project using their mobile devices to visit the Prado Museum and other famous sites in Spain.

“At a moment when global movement has been severely curtailed, this exhibition highlights the critical role that international travel and exchange played in shaping American art,” said Corey Piper, Ph.D., Brock curator of American art at the Chrysler Museum of Art and co-curator of the exhibition. “Like most tourists, American painters arrived in Spain with preconceived ideas about the sights and people they would encounter. The works they created in Spain and after journeying onward reveal the many exciting and sometimes unexpected ways in which their experience of the art, culture and people of Spain transformed their own perspectives and the larger course of American painting.”

The exhibition draws upon the Chrysler Museum’s collection of American and old master works and the Milwaukee Art Museum’s holdings of realist paintings, specifically by the Ashcan Circle and the Eight. Old master paintings by Diego Velázquez and Claudio Coello, given to the Chrysler by Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., as well as an early Spanish themed canvas by Édouard Manet feature prominently in the exhibition. The Chrysler’s extensive photographic holdings, including Spanish subjects by Jean Laurent, Charles Clifford and Francis Frith, also are on view. In addition to major works by Robert Henri, Milwaukee’s collection of old master prints by Francisco de Goya and Manet contribute to the exhibition’s narrative. Other works come from a wide range of national and international collections, including the Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain; Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; Musée d’Orsay in Paris, France; Getty Museum in Los Angeles; and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

“Americans in Spain is a wonderful reminder of our nation’s ongoing engagement with the world. The exhibition tells compelling stories about the American artists who drew inspiration from the great Spanish artists, landscapes and monuments,” said Erik Neil, director of the Chrysler Museum of Art. “It is an honor to partner with the Milwaukee Art Museum to bring these stories to our visitors.”

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Art Bridges is a nonprofit arts foundation that creates and supports programs that expand access to American art around the country. It partners with art institutions on projects that deeply engage communities via thematic traveling exhibitions, long-term loan sharing collaborations, among additional initiatives. In addition to the loans, the MFA is also working with Art Bridges to create exciting programs, such as film screenings, lectures, and virtual performances, centered around the five paintings. Visit our website for regular updates.

With these loans on view, the MFA continues its commitment to share diverse stories, and elevate the traditionally underrepresented voices of Black, female, and gay artists.

“The quality of these artworks is outstanding. Thanks to the extraordinary generosity of Art Bridges, we are honored to share these stories from this inclusive group of artists with our community,” said MFA Executive Director & CEO Kristen A. Shepherd. “Each painting complements and resonates with our collection, and builds upon the greater narrative of this illuminating time in American art. We believe these important works will be a catalyst for many powerful connections with our visitors.”

The MFA, St. Petersburg is the first museum to have both Krasner’s Re-Echo (1957) and Lawrence’s In the Heart of the Black Belt (1947) on view from the Art Bridges Collection.

The artworks by Krasner, Lawrence, Lee-Smith, and Lewis are on display at the MFA through February 2022. Hartley’s painting will be on view from June 2021 to August 2022. The five paintings can be seen in the MFA’s Modern and Post-War galleries.

The MFA has prints by Krasner, Lawrence, Lee-Smith and Lewis in its own collection, however due to those pieces being works on paper, they are not on permanent display because of their light sensitivity. One of the great strengths of the MFA’s holdings is its collection of modern American paintings from 1920–1960. These five loans will amplify and create new connections among the existing works in the galleries, as well as fill gaps in the MFA’s presentation of twentieth century American art.

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