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The Language of Silver: Heritage Auctions Examines the Refined Grammar of Gilded Age Dining

To dine during the Gilded Age was to navigate an intricate landscape of implements, each one designed with such deliberate specificity that the untrained eye might…

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Zhang Yunyao renders the uncanny beauty of form and symmetry

At White Cube Hong Kong, the artist presents a mesmerising suite of graphite drawings executed with near photographic precision, collapsing the boundaries between representation and abstraction through classical statuary, ancient masks and the geometric language of science.

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Jonas Wood’s Japanese Garden: Pattern and Presence in Contemporary Abstraction

The eye moves across surface and depth simultaneously. Colour sits in deliberate conversation with form. Space breathes and dissolves by turns. This is the terrain Jonas…

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Artist-led gallery space at Bluewaters The Wharf, showcasing contemporary UAE-based artwork

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Bluewaters Becomes Canvas for UAE’s Emerging Artistic Voices

Seven artist led galleries open at The Wharf, transforming a waterfront destination into a vital cultural platform. The collaboration with Studio Thirteen and Dubai Culture gives established and emerging practitioners space to exhibit, experiment and connect with audiences through December.

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Félix Vallotton's 'Box Seats at the Theatre, the Gentleman and the Lady' (1909), depicting two figures in refined evening dress seated in a theatre box, rendered in muted tones of black, cream and gold with masterful attention to psychological distance and unspoken tension

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The Theatre’s Unspoken Language: Vallotton’s Mysterious Encounter

A painting from 1909 captures a moment suspended between intimacy and distance, where gesture and expression pose more questions than they answer. Félix Vallotton's portrait of two figures in a theatre box invites us into a scene thick with ambiguity and intrigue.

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Overview of Perrotin's booth at Art Taipei 2026, displaying paintings, sculptures and works on paper

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Perrotin traverses continents and generations at Art Taipei

The gallery returns to the fair with a carefully curated selection of works that celebrate material innovation, figuration and the subtle poetry of everyday experience across a diverse roster of artists.

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Iván Argote's Mamarrachos work, a large-scale line extending beyond the canvas onto MDF structures

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Iván Argote’s Mamarrachos: Monumental Gestures Escape the Frame

A landmark series returns fifteen years on, transforming fleeting digital marks into sculptural interventions that dissolve the boundaries between painting, object and space.

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The ZS Urban Jazz Quartet performing in the intimate setting of Tivoli Avenida Liberdade's lobby

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ZS Urban Jazz Quartet Brings Lisbon’s Pulse to Tivoli

The hotel's Live Sessions series welcomes an accomplished ensemble exploring the intersection of improvisation and composition, with the intimate lobby performance offering a window into the city's evolving musical landscape.

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Reem Superstars competition banner at Reem Mall, Al Reem Island, inviting performers to showcase their talent

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ADGM District Opens Stage for Emerging Talent Across the Emirates

Reem Superstars offers performers from across the UAE a platform to showcase their artistry, from music and dance to comedy and live art. The competition runs through November at Reem Mall on Al Reem Island.

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Gallery view of MAWASIM exhibition at The Abu Dhabi EDITION featuring modern and contemporary Middle Eastern artwork

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Abu Dhabi Marks Two Decades of Fine Art Stewardship

A landmark exhibition celebrating twenty years since Christie's first auction in the Emirates reflects the capital's ascendant position as a nexus for serious collectors and cultural institutions. Seventy works spanning nine decades of modern and contemporary Middle Eastern art converge in a historic sale.

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