It happens in the time it takes to order an espresso. A man steps onto the sun-bleached deck of a Jumeirah beach club, his trousers breaking with deliberate nonchalance over what appears, …
Jae Yong Kim’s ceramic donuts are as much about hunger as they are about art. Egor Sharay meets the sculptor who turned an everyday indulgence into a language of desire. Jae Yong Kim’s …
It was, I confess, over a decidedly unglamorous saffron latte in Alserkal Avenue – that industrial-chic theatre of Dubai’s creative ambition – that I first overheard the words “Bukhara …
As Australia prepares to unveil its largest cultural project since the Sydney Opera House, a monumental bronze by the London-born, New Delhi-based artist reframes public sculpture for a …
Dubai’s brunch culture, for all its opulent excess, has long been a theatre of repetition. The white tablecloths, the dutiful jazz trio mangling an Adele ballad, the lukewarm sushi station …
There are, I have learned, two ways to experience ecstasy in Dubai: one involves a rooftop infinity pool and a very good rosé; the other, a quiet room, a set of electrodes, and a fragrance …
At Foundry Downtown, 35 independent UAE-based artists have staged something quietly radical: an exhibition that asks what we are really doing when we buy art – and whether the entire sacred …
The mercury in Dubai does not so much rise as stage a silent, velvet-gloved coup. By early June, the city has transformed into a sprawling solarium where every pavement reflects a heat …
In a year of quiet upheavals and ever-escalating auction records, Rolex has chosen not to amplify its voice but to lower it. The release of the Cosmograph Daytona ref. 126502 arrives without …
The Pen Is Mightier Than the Logo: Burberry’s Quentin Blake Capsule Is a Masterclass in Grown-Up Whimsy. Daniel Lee’s latest collaboration turns a childhood icon into the season’s most …