E-Issues is Global Art Daily’s newest vehicle for promoting multidisciplinary and multicultural artists. One city at a time.

E-Issue 02++
Spring/Summer 2021

Image: Ayman Zedani, Earthseed, 2021. 3-channel video installation. Dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: © Riyadh Art

The choice of Light (Noor in Arabic) as the main curatorial theme for the Festival speaks of the accessibility of Noor Riyadh.

RUH Noor Riyadh Shines Light on Saudi Arabia’s 2030 Art Strategy
By Sophie Arni
Published on April 16th, 2021

Image: Ishmael Randall Weeks, Concretos penetrables (Chakana), 2020. Grout 700, bronze, corrugated steel ¼_, 250 x 250 x 250 cm. Courtesy of the artist and Lawrie Shabibi.

When we contemplate those lines off the intersection, we often question the point of their existence: at what point does the boundary of the first space ends and where does the second begins?

DXB A Riot Towards Landscapes
By Athoub Al Busaily
Published on April 5th, 2021

Image: Amina Yahia, In Parallel - Malak, 2021. Courtesy of the artist.

After years of cementing and complimenting each other, today we enjoy exhibitions that raise nuanced, urgent and critical issues.

DXB A ‘Menu Poem’ and All That Follows
By Daniel H. Rey
Published on April 1st, 2021

Image: Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Abu Dhabi Archipelago (Al Habel Al Abyad), 2015-, Digital Print, 60 x 80cm. Courtesy of the artist and The Third Line Gallery.

Alserkal Art Week has just ended and has left Dubai’s Alserkal Avenue with a fresh new sense of artistic-led initiatives, activations, and exhibitions for this new spring season.

DXB Alserkal Art Week Top Picks
By Global Art Daily Editorial Board
Published on March 28th, 2021

Image: Installation view of Growing Like A Tree, curated by Sohrab Hura at Ishara Art Foundation, 2021. Images courtesy of the artists and Ishara Art Foundation. Photography by Ismail Noor/Seeing Things.

“When I’m talking about growing like a tree, it’s me growing and other people who are growing with each other too, people who know each other.”

^{- Sohrab Hura}

DXB Permeability and Regional Nodes: Sohrab Hura on Curating Growing Like a Tree at Ishara Art Foundation
By Global Art Daily Editorial Board
Published on March 21st, 2021

Image: Installation view. Hyphenated Spaces: “The Cup and The Saucer” Reinterpreted, 15 December 2020 - 30 March 2021, hosted by Warehouse421. Virtual exhibition.

Curation is as important as creation.

AUH Re-viewing Contrasts: Hyphenated Spaces at Warehouse421
By Hanan Sultan
Published on March 7th, 2021

Sara Ahli, Balloon Stacks 4, 2021. Courtesy of Engage 101.

One begins to imagine the ways in which Sara Ahli’s art interrupts the untarnished veneer of Downtown Dubai.

DXB There’s a Hurricane at the Foundry
By Sarah Daher
Published on March 3rd, 20

E-Issue 02 NYC
Spring 2021

1. GAD E-Issue 02, NYC, Spring 2021. Cover Image: You Can Take The Girl Out Of The City by Blair Cannon and Christian Barberena. Photography by Allegra Messina. Model: Halimotu Shokunbi.

2. Sala Shaker, “What’s On in NYC” Image: Larry Cook, The Visiting Room #4, 2019. Digital photograph, 40 x 30 inches. Courtesy of the artist and MoMA PS1.

3. Daniel H. Rey and Sophie Arni, “Pop(Corn): Zeid Jaouni” Image: Zeid Jaouni in New York, 2020. Photo: Amal Flower Kay.

4. Blair Cannon and Christian Barberena, “YOU CAN TAKE THE GIRL OUT OF THE CITY” Image: Creative Direction and Styling: Blair Cannon. Photography: Allegra Messina. Model: Halimotu Shokunbi with The Lions La. Makeup: Taylour Chanel. Hair: Jordan Alex.

5. GAD Editorial Board, “Rapport: NYC” Image: The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection, The New York Public Library. "Up Broadway from Bowling Green, New York, N. Y., U. S. A.." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1850 - 1930. [cropped]

6. GAD Editorial Board, “Kindergarten Records Discuss The Future of Electronic Music” Image: Kindergarten Records at Elsewhere, Brooklyn. Photo: Raul Coto-Batres.

7. Larayb Abrar, “Sole DXB Brings NY Hip-Hop To Abu Dhabi” Photo: Contact High: A Visual History of Hip-Hop. December 15, 2020 - May 31, 2021. Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi. Installation views. Photo: Farel Bisotto.

8. GAD Editorial Board, “Wei Han Finds ‘Home’ In New York” Image: Graphics accompanying The Saints - Home music video, 2020. Graphic design by Wei Han.

9. Zeina Abedarbo, “Vikram Divecha: Encounters and Negotiations” Image: Vikram Divecha, Boulder with hole, Quarry yard, Fujairah. Research image. 2014. Courtesy of the artist.

E-Issue 01++ AUH/DXB
Fall/Winter 2020-21

Photo: Luisa Soipi, Issue 01, 2020. Image courtesy of MIA Anywhere and the artist.

What is my work about? Migration, memory, war, human rights, memories, dreams, death, women's rights.

^{- Asia Umarova}

^{GRV MIA Anywhere Hosts First Virtual Exhibition of Female Chechen Artists}
By Global Art Daily’s Editorial Board
Published on February 1st, 2021

Photo: Clementine Paradies, Absence of Commas and Apostrophes, 2020. Mixed media. Image courtesy of Sa Tahanan Collective and the artist.

“20% of Dubai’s population is Filipino. That’s one-fifth of the population. Is that represented in the art and cultural spaces that we frequent? How is the distribution of that exposure?”

^{- Anna Bernice}

^{DXB Sa Tahanan Collective Redefines Home for Filipino Artists}Interview by Sophie Arni
Published on January 25, 2021

Photo: The Flying Saucer, Sharjah, UAE, 2020. Image courtesy Sharjah Art Foundation

Formerly a French-inspired cafe and newsstand, then a supermarket and pharmacy, and finally a fast-food restaurant, the Flying Saucer now serves the Sharjah Art Foundation’s permanent inner-city art venue.

^{SHJ Sharjah Art Foundation Jets Ahead on the Flying Saucer}By Nada Ammagui
Published on December 9, 2020

Photo: Sara Ahli, Balloon Baggage, 2020. Latex balloons, plaster. Photo by Sarah Daher.

A number of works in the show appear to interrogate the effect of architecture and space on the body.

^{AUH SEAF Cohort 7 at Warehouse 421}By Sarah Daher
Published on November 23, 2020

Photo: Talal Al Najjar, Tuwatam (Fairuz), 2020. 30.5 x 8 x 5 cm. Image courtesy of 101.

“101’s second sale gives me the possibility to share my work directly with art collectors, the wider art market, and art communities in the Gulf and beyond.”

^{- Talal Al Najjar}

^{DXB 101 Strikes Again with Second Sale at Alserkal Avenue}By Global Art Daily Editorial Board
Published on November 21, 2020

Photo: Christopher Benton, How to Be at Rest, 2020. Courtesy of Dubai Design Week and the artist.

While these chairs lack sturdiness, they possess prized qualities in today’s world: adaptability and long life-cycles.

^{DXB Spotlight on Dubai Design Week 2020}By Sophie Arni
Published on November 19, 2020

Photo: New Waves: Mohamed Melehi and the Casablanca Art School Archives, Alserkal Arts Foundation. Mustafa Aboubacker for Seeing Things. Courtesy of Alserkal Avenue.

An artist whose work I knew nothing about until September suddenly became one of my main sources of artistic, political, and cosmopolitan inquiry.

^{DXB Melehi’s Waves Complicate Waving Goodbye}By Daniel H. Rey
Published on November 16, 2020

Photo: Augustine Paredes, courtesy of Jameel Arts Centre.

With the Youth Takeover, Jameel Arts Centre continues to affirm its position as an essential pillar for emerging artists in the UAE.

^{DXB Kanye Says Listen to the Kids: Youth Takeover at the Jameel Arts Centre}By Christopher Benton
Published on November 13, 2020

Photo: Maxime Crammate (Satwa 3000), Satwa 3000 Cafétéria, 2019.

All these works spoke of the nostalgia for the UAE that exists beyond the cosmopolitan us expats know.

^{DXB Do You See Me How I See You?}By Anna Bernice
Published on October 19, 2020

Photo: Dan Hobson, courtesy of Tawahadna.

I want to be part of the Arab entrepreneurial community that can recognize each other and realize how we can support each other.

^{UAE Tawahadna Introduces MENA Artists to a Global Community} Interview by Daniel H. Rey
Published on September 14th, 2020

Photo: courtesy of BAIT 15.

“When like-minded people come together, it just works.”

^{AUH BAIT 15 Welcomes New Member Zuhoor Al Sayegh}By Global Art Daily Editorial Board
Published on September 27th, 2020

Image courtesy of Taaboogah.

“We want to develop this industry so that the people who come after us could have a platform in which they can comfortably express themselves.”

^{AUH Taaboogah Infuses Comedy into Khaleeji Menswear}By Global Art Daily’s Editorial Board
Published on September 7th, 2020

Image courtesy of Tamila Kochkarova and No Boys Allowed.

“Growing up in the fashion and art scene in the UAE, you realize how fresh and new it all is to this country. It makes you believe that anyone can be the first to do it.”

^{DXB Meet Tamila Kochkarova Behind ‘No Boys Allowed’}
Interview by Global Art Daily’s Editorial Board
Published on September 4th, 2020

“I find it extremely important to identify myself by my cultural background yet not be trapped by its traditions.”

^{LHR/MCT Hanan Sultan Rhymes Frankincense with Minimalism}Interview by Sophie Arni
Published on August 23rd, 2020

Image courtesy of Augustine Paredes.

“I am proud to say that I am from the Philippines. I am proud that I am brown-skinned. I am proud of my roots. I am proud to speak English with an accent.”

^{DXB Augustine Paredes Taking Up Space}Interview by Daniel H Rey
Published on August 24th, 2020

Mohamed Khalid. Receipts - DHL, 2020. Mixed media on paper. Image courtesy of 101, Noor Al Thehli and Mohamed Khalid.

“We are trying to debunk the exclusivity of what contemporary art and art-buying insinuate.”

^{AUH 101 Pioneers Ethical and Curious Art Collecting}
By Global Art Daily’s Editorial Board, in conversation with Munira Al Sayegh and Gaith Abdulla
Published on August 28th, 2020

^{BEY GAD Map: Arts & Culture Relief for Beirut}
By Sarah Daher, Map by Global Art Daily’s Editorial Board
Published on August 16th, 2020

E-Issue 01 AUH/DXB
Summer 2020

1. GAD E-Issue 01, AUH/DXB, Summer 2020. Cover Image: Hashel Al Lamki, ADNOC Gas Station (2019). Acrylic on canvas. Image courtesy of Warehouse421 and the artist.

2. Sala Shaker, “What’s On in the UAE” Image: Larissa Sansour, In Vitro (2019). Install shot at Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai. Photo by Brent Galotera

3. Daniel H Rey, “Pop(Corn): Hashel Al Lamki” Photo: Courtesy of the artist.

3. Daniel H Rey, “Pop(Corn): Hashel Al Lamki” Image: Hashel Al Lamki, Jabel Hafeet (2019). Acrylic on canvas. Image courtesy of Warehouse 421 and the artist.

3. Daniel H Rey, “Pop(Corn): Hashel Al Lamki” Image: Hashel Al Lamki, Untitled (2015-2019). Glass bottle, light bulb, cotton, children's toy, 15 x 37cm. Image courtesy of Warehouse 421 and the artist.

4. Sophie Arni, “Tailoring in Abu Dhabi” Image: GAD x abu dhabi F/W 2017 campaign shoot, Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi. Photo: Ev Zverev

4. Sophie Arni, “Tailoring in Abu Dhabi” Image: Al Omara Textiles inside Madinat Zayed Shopping Center. Photo: Sophie Arni

5. Editorial Board, “Rapport: Dubai” Image: Christopher Benton, Say No to Bachelors Thronging Residential Neighborhoods, 2019. Copyright Christopher Benton, courtesy of Christopher Benton and of Salama Bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation.

5. Editorial Board, “Rapport: Dubai” Image: Christopher Benton, Ghetto Majlis, 2017. Copyright Christopher Benton, courtesy of Christopher Benton and SIKKA Art Fair.

5. Editorial Board, “Rapport: Dubai” Image: Dubai Airport, circa 1960s. Copyright: Abdulghafoor Al Qasim, courtesy of Akkasah: Center for Photography. AD-MC-031_ref75

5. Editorial Board, “Rapport: Dubai” Image: Man walking in Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, 2020. Photo: Rocio Avelino. Courtesy of Rocio Avelino.

5. Editorial Board, “Rapport: Dubai” Image: Ashley Al Busmait in Alserkal Avenue, 2019. Fashion: Hessa Falasi. Courtesy of Ashley Al Busmait.

5. Editorial Board, “Rapport: Dubai” Image: Ashley Al Busmait in Alserkal Avenue, 2020. Photography: Saskia @the_profashional and @lensqueendubai, Stylist: Kim Barik @kimbarik. Courtesy of Ashley Al Busmait.

5. Editorial Board, “Rapport: Dubai” Image: Alserkal Avenue at night. Courtesy of Alserkal Avenue.

6. Daniel H Rey, “Michael Rakowitz From the Diaspora” Image: The invisible enemy should not exist, close-up. Photo: Dani H Rey