Man of the world
Neil MacGregor, director of the British Museum, has made it his mission to forge links with ‘difficult countries’, such as Iran and China.
Art of our time
Resources
This is a time of great cultural change. Bold architecture is reshaping cities and the making of art, galleries and museums is racing ahead. This brings challenges as well as pleasures, and in this website we explore some of the concerns, as well as the passions, that we all share.
Artistic impressions
A selection of artists, architects and curators from across the world talk about their work and offer their views on and experiences of Dubai and the broader Gulf region
Conspicuous construction
Cash-rich economies are employing the skills of star architects to help put them on the cultural map. But are these wonders of design in danger of becoming devalued?
Cost effective
Galleries are ever more reliant on gifts from philanthropists, collectors’ circles and artists
In character
‘Word into Art’, the British Museum’s show of work inspired by calligraphy comes to Dubai
Arts survey
Artists, curators and museum directors pick their favourite Middle Eastern art
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In depth
Monumental ambition
Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s latest endeavour has been 40 years in the making and is wildly audacious, even by their own standards
Belgian gothic
Wim Delvoye explains why his devotion to the beauty of excess means the Middle East is a fitting home for his work
Shaping the world
Ricky Burdett talks to Emily Stokes about the explosion of megacities and what ingredients are needed for successful urban living
Sights unseen
Iran’s modern art treasures have rarely seen the light of day in the past 30 years but a new Tehran initiative offers fresh hope
Beyond the backstreet
The Townhouse Gallery has re-energised Cairo’s art scene and its latest initiative is to create pioneering curators.
