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In its 10th year, World Art Dubai (WAD), one of Middle East's largest contemporary art fairs, will showcase more than 4,000 artworks through 12 international pavilions. To be held at Dubai World Trade Centre from May 2nd to 5th 2024, the art fair will see artists participating from over 65 countries. The international pavilions this year are from America, Asia, China, Europe, GCC, India, Iran, Japan, Russia, the UK and the UAE.
WAD offers viewers a chance to explore an exciting and accessible world of art through paintings, prints, sculptures, street and digital art from both emerging artists, pop-art icons, fashion art disruptors, experimental expressionists to fine art and photography practitioners. The four-day event features activities for all art enthusiasts, inclusive of practical workshops, talks, art consultancy, live performances and for the first time, a match-making programme between artists and galleries.
Visitors at WAD
At the helm of this mammoth event are three curators -- Batool Jafri, Samar Kamel and Gottfried Eisenberger. While Batool is a Dubai based Pakistani artist, who specialises in mixed media, Samar is an Egyptian artist, whose work explores cultural attributes towards women and Gottfried, an Austrian, has extensive curatorial experience, is the founder of SCAN.ART, an innovative web app for art fairs, galleries and artists.
The curators share that visitors should gear up to see artworks from over 300 artists in one of largest display of art in the world. "One of the best features of WAD is that visitors can purchase affordable art right there," points out Gottfried.
The daily live events happening at WAD, tells Samar, should be on everybody's must do list. This year, she is particularly excited about visitors viewing the work of Dubai-based artist, Matt Harding, who creates stunning and intricate leather art works. Other art exhibits the curator revealed that everyone should head to include Rikka Art Gallery with its unique technique recreating sea movements on wooden boards and French artist Irina Biatturi's vivid canvases celebrating femineity and sensuality in women.
Curator Batool Jafri
For upcoming artists and art students, the fair can be a great learning experience. So, Batool suggests that they should take a close look at the kind of art that they are interested in at WAD. "This is a great opportunity to connect with artists and understand their creative process. You can learn from their experiences, know about their style and probe how they overcame stumbling blocks," she shares.
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