Dubai ranked as number one city in the world for FDI capital inflows into cultural and creative industries
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Art Dubai
Art Dubai gives $39m boost to city
Art Dubai exhibition delivers $39m boost, creates 23,500 hotel bookings
digital art
Dubai’s Infinity des Lumières to close indefinitely
The largest immersive digital art museum, located in Dubai Mall, is closing its doors on March 30
Al Quoz Creative District
Dubai guide: Top destinations to visit in Al Quoz Creative Zone
The guide features art galleries, workshops, retail stores, restaurants, entertainment and more
Crown Prince of Dubai
Sheikh Hamdan issues new Dubai regulation to bolster reading among residents
A new regulation was issued in regards to the public libraries in Dubai
Al Quoz
Dubai’s new creative zone project kicks off latest phase
The project, scheduled to be completed by 2025, is being implemented to ensure Dubai’s future economy relies on sustainable knowledge and creativity
Art Dubai
Promoting art is a social responsibility
Julius Baer’s collaboration with Art Dubai is in line with the bank’s long-term commitment to supporting the UAE’s emergence as a cultural hub in the region
Dubai cultural attractions
Dubai sees cultural rebound as heritage sites, museums defy Covid impact
Dubai Culture and Arts Authority says museums, heritage sites and public libraries attracted more than 521,000 visitors in 2021
book publishing
UAE launches new publishing house to promote local authors
Emirates Literature Foundation has announced the launch of a new independent publishing house, ELF Publishing
Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood
Sheikh Hamdan approves plan to put Al Fahidi at heart of Dubai’s cultural push
Dubai Crown Prince approves the Rehabilitation and Revitalisation of Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood Strategy
Creative economy
Build it and they will come: Dubai as a creative hub
Eighty percent of global creative hubs are created from the top-down with government money funding infrastructure development and legislation passed in an active effort to build mature ecosystems
digital art spaces
Dubai set to launch immersive digital arts centre amid creative push
Collaboration announced between Infinity des Lumieres and Dubai Culture and Arts Authority
Al Quoz Creative District
Dubai sets out 100-day plan to drive priorities for creative industry ambitions
Progress made in developing the Al Quoz Creative Zone, the first phase in Dubai’s ambition to become the capital of the global creative economy
Art Dubai
Why Dubai is the region’s commercial art hub
Art Dubai typically brings in AED120 million to the city, and 45 percent of galleries’ annual sales depend on the business they do during the week of Art Dubai
Al Shindagha Days
In pictures: Dubai’s new culture festival Al Shindagha Days
The celebration of Emirati culture underway around the Al-Shindagha neighbourhood, including Al Shindagha Museum, the Perfume House, the Historical Documents Centre, Saruq Al Hadid Archaeological Museum and the waterfront area in old Dubai.
artists
UAE to introduce ‘cultural visa’ for artists, authors
Dubai will also launch a new literature season and book fair expected to attract 2 million visitors
Al Ras Library
Dubai’s oldest public library closes for renovations
Dubai Culture and Arts Authority has announced the closure of Al Ras Public Library in Deira