No Customs
EXHIBITION CURATED BY JENNIFER AND KEVIN MCCOY 4-27 November 2010, Sama Tower, Abu Dhabi an exhibition of transmissible ideas with Vito Acconci Jason Robert Bell / Marni Kotak Torsten Z. Burns Jennifer...
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INTERVIEW BY ALEJANDRA PINTO AP: Have you ever curated an exhibit before? KM: I have. Two other times, but that was a while ago. We will be curating another show in in New York in the spring. AP: How...
View ArticleEmirates Korean Film Festival 2012
ON LOCATION IN ABU DHABI BY SORA YANG The second Emirates Korean Film Festival (EKFF) was held at the Abu Dhabi Theatre over four days, from the 5th to 8th of April 2012. The opening night gala began...
View ArticleManifesting “Multidisciplinarity”
BY SACHI LEITH “Multidisciplinary” is, to me, one of the most enticing pieces of educational jargon there is. As someone who has been described as chronically indecisive, I have a hard time keeping my...
View ArticleThe “Cast” of Abu Dhabi’s Qasr al Hosn
The Qasr al Hosn Festival was a ten-day community exhibition organized by the Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority and held at the site of fort Qasr al Hosn, the city’s oldest building. Celebrating...
View ArticleArt in Review: XVA Gallery’s I Hate My Friends
XVA Gallery’s I Hate My Friends, an exhibition featuring works by five NYUAD students and curated by fourth-year student Grace Hauser, showed technical mastery, consistency in themes, and offered...
View ArticleWhat Do Our Artists Say About Us?
Last summer, while interning at a contemporary art gallery in Manhattan, my boss assigned me the prestigious task of purchasing a jeroboam (a three liter bottle) of champagne for her friend’s...
View ArticleCrocheting Community
Approximately one year ago, at the beginning of my freshman year at college, I was required to attend an NYUAD Institute talk about coral reefs made out of crochet. In all honesty, I wasn’t entirely...
View ArticleNight Light
All photography by Jack Dickson. When I walked into the NYUAD Project Space to meet Julie Stopper for a tour of her exhibition Night Light, I saw a group of students sprawled on the floor, huddled...
View ArticleU.A.Eat
My friend looked on, aghast, as oil spilled down my shirt. One second earlier, I had bitten down into, quite simply, the greasiest sandwich I have ever eaten, purchased for the equivalent of 12 US...
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