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PHOTO GALLERY: Art Dubai 2014 in twenty photos Ahram Online gives an overview of the Modern, Marker and Contemporary halls at Art Dubai, which takes place between 19 and 22 March
The 8th Art Dubai, hosted in Madinet Jumeirah, features works by over 500 artists estimated to be worth $40-45 million. The works on display are divided between Modern, Marker and Contemporary halls. There are more than 70 galleries exhibiting new works in the Art Dubai Contemporary exposition hailing from the world over. Marker, a dynamic programme of invited art spaces that is dedicated to showcasing a different theme or geographical location each year, and which focused on West Africa in last year's edition of the fair, zooms in on art from Central Asia and the Caucasus. Markeris curated by Slavs and Tartars this year. This year's fair programme features an unprecedented showcase of Middle Eastern and South Asian modern art dating back to the twentieth century. Art Dubai Modern,features 11 galleries, includes Cairo's very own Karim Francis gallery, which showcases the works of painter Hamed Abdalla and sculptor Adam Henein. Read more on this year's Art Dubai here, and read our interview with its director Antonia Carver here. Ahram Online is one of the media partners of this year's Art Dubai. All photos by Rowan El-Shimi http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/97018.aspx
