05 NOVEMBER 2014 I ISSUE 2 I ABU DHABI ART EDITION Masterpieces in Dubai-Bound Q&A Abu Dhabi The exhibitions at Dubai The Guggenheim's Susan The Louvre Abu Dhabi galleries participating in Davidson on the Seeing announces over 300 Abu Dhabi Art, including Through The Light loans from major French solos by Mohammed exhibition and its varied institutions, including a Kazem and Faisal Samra. explorations of light. da Vinci and a Matisse. READ ON PAGE 6 READ ON PAGE 8 READ ON PAGE 12 Mohammed Ahmed Ibrahim. Mountain Rocks With Copper Wire. 2007. Sold! Image courtesy Cuadro Fine Art Gallery, Dubai. Vernissage sales at the VIP preview of Abu Dhabi Art. This year’s Abu Dhabi Art sees Art and Salwa Zeidan; most the 46 participating galleries galleries reported reserves. all housed under the Manarat Thaddaeus Ropac (A3), which Al–Saadiyat roof; a set-up, has recently signed Imran which many agreed, was much- Qureshi to its roster, sold Love improved. The evening saw a Me, Love Me Not, a small heavy vernissage turnout that acrylic paint and gold leaf on included members of the royal paper work by the Pakistani family, dignitaries, collectors artist for an undisclosed price. and art enthusiasts. Though London’s Kashya Hildebrand many galleries had still not (B14) was abuzz with three made any sales on the eve large tapestries (part of a set of the VIP preview, all were of five) by Egyptian calligrapher confident that the fair would Dr Ahmed Moustafa. His prove to be lucrative. Crowds Night Journey And Ascension flocked to the booths of Kashya painting, on which one of the (Detail) Abdallah Akar. Antara Poesie. 2014. Mixed media on tarlatan. Hildebrand, Lisson, Acquavella, 132 x 132 cm. Image courtesy Kashya Hildebrand, London/Zurich. Edward Tyler Nahem Fine CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 Ta re k A l - G h o u s s e i n . (In) Consideration Of Myths 1132. To new beginnings 2012–13. Archival digital print. 100 x 150 cm. In the news Taymour Grahne Gallery flls this year’s Bidaya THE NEW NYUAD GALLERY slot, presenting works by Nicky Nodjoumi, ABU DHABI – On 1 November, New York University Abu Fayçal Baghriche and Tarek Al-Ghoussein. Dhabi launched the 664-square-metre NYUAD Art Gallery on its Saadiyat Island campus with On Site, an exhibition New York’s Taymour Grahne gallery recently celebrated its one-year featuring works by Ebtisam Abdulaziz, Mohammed anniversary and makes its second art fair stop at Abu Dhabi Art (the Ahmed Ibrahim, Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Rashid Rana and first was at the 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair in London last Mary Temple. The second exhibition will open during Art month). “Abu Dhabi has a strong collector base and some excellent Dubai in March 2015 with works by artist collective Slavs museums opening up close to the fair, so the city is definitely an and Tatars. important art centre for my gallery to participate in,” says Taymour CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 CONTINUED ON PAGE 6 05 NOV 2014 I ISSUE 2 I ABU DHABI ART EDITION Sold! CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 500 ARTWORKS AT THIS YEAR'S ABU DHABI ART A R E A I N S Q A U R E M E T E R S , O F T H E F O S T E R + PARTNERS- D E S I G N E D Safwan Dahoul. Dream 90. 2014. Acrylic on canvas. 120 x 120 cm. Image Sahand Hesamiyan. Gole Kashi. 2013. Steel, mirrored stainless steel and courtesy Ayyam Gallery. paint. 60 x 56 x 54 cm. © Canvas Archives. PAVILION tapestries is based, sold for an undisclosed price to a foundation. was seen chatting to Khaled Ben Slimane. Untitled. 2008. Bronze. 30 x 12 NEW Meanwhile, a 200 x 200 cm ink on canvas work, Tawaf 3, by people all night, made x 6.5 cm. Image courtesy Galerie El-Marsa, Tunis. Iranian calligrapher Azra Aghighi Bahkshayeshi sold to a regional no sales but interest PARTICIPATING collector for between $35,000–40,000; Poeme Suspendu – Antara in the Algerian artist's GALLERIES by Abdallah Akar sold for between $15,000–25,000 and two works work, as well as in from Khaled Al-Saai's new series of mixed media and collage were Ghanain sculptor El on reserve at time of press. New York’s Leila Heller Gallery (A13) Anatsui’s shimmering sold three works: Wedding Bouquet (1965) by Marcos Grigorian to installation, was a collector from Europe for over $20,000 and two works by Steven steady. Over at Naifeh to collectors from Abu Dhabi and Doha, one for around HanartTZ Gallery $30,000 and another for approximately $20,000. (B19), the solo booth TEN SECTIONS AT ABU DHABI ART At Dubai’s Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde (A26), two works by Liu Guosong drew by Nargess Hashemi and three from Rokni Haerizadeh’s The lots of interest and Reflection Of The Moon Is Dry In A Bowl Of Water series sold reps were “very to Emirati collectors. Dubai’s The Third Line (B5) sold Sahand confident”. At the Today's Schedule Hesamiyan’s Gole Kashi for $10,000 to a collector from the Middle busy Lisson Gallery East. Abu Dhabi’s Salwa Zeidan Gallery (B9) sold two works by (B6) booth, Anish LOUVRE ABU DHABI TALKING ART Emirati artist Fatema Al-Mazrouei’s Nostalgia series for around Kapoor’s alabaster SERIES: MUSEUMS AS SITES FOR NEW $3000 each. Over at Ayyam Gallery (B12), Khaled Jarrar’s Olive Tree work and a glass EXPERIENCES by Jean Nouvel, Ernesto Neto and Vincent Pomarède at the Stump and Olive Tree, both from 2013, were sold, as well as Syrian vase by Shirazeh Manarat Al-Saadiyat auditorium. artist Safwan Dahoul’s Dream 90. Reps would not disclose prices. Houshiary were top 15:00–16:00 Tunis’s Galerie El-Marsa (A8) sold two works by Khalid Ben draws, but the gallery Slimane, a bronze piece from 2008 and Les Soleils 1 from 2014, made no sales. At ABU DHABI ART ARTIST TALK: MARTIN to a regional collector for an undisclosed price. Istanbul’s Galeri Kamel Mennour (B4), Lee Ufan’s La Peinture Ensevelie drew a lot CREED - WHAT IS ART? Zilberman (B15) sold Ahmed Elhan’s Old Mosque VIII C-print for of curious and hesitant visitors, but the Paris-based gallery had 16:00–16:45 $30,000, while Jeddah’s Athr Gallery (B16) disclosed the sale of made no sales, yet. Fair regulars Galleria Continua (A1) reported ABU DHABI ART ARTIST TALK: RICHARD Dana Awartani’s Jesus, from the Seal Of Prophets series. The price two works on reserve, one by Mona Hatoum and a mirror work by LONG - LAND-ART was not revealed. October Gallery (B20), where Rachid Koraïchi Michelangelo Pistoletto. 16:45–17:30 HOURS AND COLOURS: THE BLUE HOUR Screening of Blue, A True Colour in Art, a film directed by Fabrice Bousteau, at the plaza. INI CANVAS NOVEMBER/DECEMBER ISSUE 18:00–19:00 FourF specially commissioned artworks by Emirati artist Ebtisam Abdulaziz celebrate our 10th HOURS AND COLOURS: THE ORANGE anniversaryana issue, which surveys art and patronage in the Emirates through dedicated features. HOUR Re-broadcast of Killer Road at the plaza, featuring Patti Smith. 19:00–20:00 HOURS AND COLOURS: THE VIOLET HOUR Moussa Sarr’s Rising Carpet at the plaza. 20:00–21:00 DURUB AL TAWAYA: PAPER MUSIC Video animations by William Kentridge and live music by A special feature that looks Special feature dedicated to 10 Inside the studio space of Emirati Philip Miller at the Manarat Al-Saadiyat auditorium. at different genres and of the most influential Emirati artist Mohammed Kazem, in a 20:30–21:30 generationsge of Emirati artists patrons of the arts warehouse in Dubai’s Al-Quoz area Registration required for all talks and performances taking place in the auditorium. Register at the Abu Dhabi Art Desk or call +971 2 657 5800. 3 05 NOV 2014 I ISSUE 2 I ABU DHABI ART EDITION STARE AT: Baya’s Femme à la robe rouge et verte, a 1973 work by the late Algerian artist at Tunis’s Galerie El-Marsa (A8). A self-taught artist who was orphaned young, she went to Paris and was discovered by André Breton. Her fairy tale-like paintings are adorned with magical symbols and predominantly feature animals and women. As Baya. Femme à la robe rouge et verte. 1973. with all Modern Arab Image courtesy Galerie El-Marsa, Tunis. works, this is precious. ATTEND: The Curating A National Pavilion talk tomorrow at 16:30 at the auditorium featuring the curator of the next UAE National Pavilion, Sheikha Hoor Al-Qasimi alongside the last Pavilion’s curator Ai Weiwei. Forever. 2013. Image courtesy Lisson Gallery London. Reem Fadda. The talk will be curated by David Bailey, Director of the Patti Smith. © MIQU77. International Curators Forum. So far, no news has been released on Al-Qasimi’s Pavilion, but she may reveal some info. REMINISCE: Just like Ai Weiwei did, about bicycles that remind WATCH: A one-hour replay of the live opening performance of him of his childhood. "In our village, there were no real roads and Killer Road – a sound exploration focused on the death of the Velvet we always had to ride bikes to carry things. I thought they would be Underground’s vocalist Nico. It features the incredible Patti Smith, good for a public sculpture because people relate to bikes," said the who narrates Nico’s last poems for an hour. Hours And Colours: The Chinese artist, who showed Forever this year at Lisson Gallery.