Dubai Culture & Arts Authority, the emirate’s dedicated entity for culture, arts and heritage, will mark the fourth edition of Dubai Art Season with a citywide showcase of art and cultural events, from next month.

Running throughout March and April, Dubai Art Season holds pride of place in the city’s busy cultural calendar, featuring two months of the city’s flagship arts events.

The season transforms the emirate with public art displays, live performances, workshops, and exhibitions that bring art to Dubai’s doorstep. It is being held under the patronage of Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice Chairman of Dubai Culture.

Dubai Art Season 2017 will kick off with the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature – the Middle East’s largest and most exciting celebration of the written and spoken word.

The festival complements the UAE’s National Month of Reading in March, by bringing visitors together with local and international authors to promote reading and writing.

The season continues with the 7th edition of Sikka Art Fair at Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood, which showcases GCC, Emirati and UAE-based artists and invites visitors to become part of the region’s cultural mosaic, which will include new activations this year under the initiative ‘Sikka Around the City’.

The initiative underlines Dubai Culture’s commitment in nurturing home-grown talent and celebrating the region’s flourishing artistic scene. The fair will host new and exciting initiatives

Dubai Art Season will also see the return of Dubai Design Days, a fair dedicated to collectible furniture and design objects, and Art Dubai, the region’s largest international art fair. Both events draw talent from across the world, offering one of the most globalised meeting points in today’s art world, said the organisers.

As well as the eleventh edition of the ArtBus, a commission-based initiative which offers locally based artists the chance to work with a unique exhibition format, whilst also enabling them to reach a wide audience across Dubai.

The ninth edition of the bi-annual Dubai International Calligraphy Exhibition will take place at Wafi Shopping Centre in Dubai, and will celebrate the power and beauty of calligraphy, they stated.  

By offering integrated workshops and diverse exhibits, the event gives visitors an opportunity to try their hand at this compelling art form and discover its special position in Islamic heritage, they added.-TradeArabia News Service