McArt: Can culture be created?
This article originally appeared on March 27th, 2009 in wknd. magazine.
By Emily Meredith
The cement factories, car showrooms and warehouses that dominate Dubai’s haphazard industrial Al Quoz area reveal little about the district’s contribution to the local art scene.
Drawn by the cheap, large warehouse space, several galleries turned to the industrial district — one of few [...]
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Reel Distortion
Despite a one billion dollar film fund in Abu Dhabi, recently but firmly established film festivals and new studios, the UAE is still too expensive to sustain the much talked about film industry.
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