Now in its third year, Al BASTAKIYA ART FAIR (BAF) will take place in the houses of Al Bastakiya, the historic area of Dubai, Sunday 15 - Sunday 22 March 2009 from 9am to 8pm daily. All details can now be found by logging on to the new website www.baf.ae
BAF 2009 is an independent fringe art fair which focuses international attention on Dubai's art and cultural agenda and is organized by XVA Gallery.
The BAF opens up the unique environment of Al Bastakiya to contemporary art. Involving international, regional and local galleries, artists and curators. The program of events will include daily exhibitions, the new BAF Art School Brunch lecture series, and for the first time in the Middle East, the Diesel Art Space project.
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The Diesel Art Space provides a public platform for young/ emerging artists and designers to show their work. In the age of billboards, Diesel aims to salvage public spaces from the fate of commercial use.
One winning artist, supported by Diesel, has the opportunity to use an exterior 13 metre wall at Al Bastakiya as their canvas. Visit www.baf.ae for further details.
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The programme, curated by Sara Raza, will present a compact and lively series of talks and artist presentations designed to offer an alternative art curriculum. View the full program at www.baf.ae.
Sara Raza is a London based independent curator, writer and co-editor of ArtAsiaPacific magazine for West and Central Asia and curator of Tashkent Biennale 5. A former curator of public programmes at Tate Modern, Sara chaired, taught and programmed 100 education events on contemporary art practice, with a focus on international art, performance and architecture.
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Confirmed artists include Halim Al Karim, Mizmah - A collective of six fine art graduates from Abu Dhabi, Madjid Asgari, Hadieh Shafie, Hind Mezaina, Yara El Sherbini, Laudi Abilama, Arnaud Rivieren, Alfred Tarazi, Jonathan Gent, Mark Pilkington, Patricia Millns, Colleen Quigley, Hafis Bertschinger and curator Ana Finel Honigman.
Additional involvement by UCLA Architecture & Urban Design in Dubai, A Vintage Bollywood Collection - Tatla Gallery, Bidoun Projects, Art Asia Pacific Magazine, Goethe Institute, UAE and Hannah Hertzig, a UAE Pavilion artist for the 53rd Venice Biennale.
With the generous support of Dubai Culture and Arts Authority, and in partnership with S*uce, Eon, The Art Newspaper, Contemporary Practices, Hia magazine, 7Days, Dubai Eye, Brownbook magazine, Wilson Griffin and The Fridge.
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