Sikka Arts Festival: A multidisciplinary celebration of local creativity in Dubai
Dubai’s Sikka Art and Design Festival has grown into a year-round initiative that supports emerging creatives across disciplines, revitalises historic districts, and drives cultural participation while positioning the city.
Creative Districts: Al Quoz Creative Zone in Dubai
Dubai’s Al Quoz Creative Zone is transforming a former industrial area into a dynamic cultural district that fosters creative enterprises, community engagement, and sustainable urban regeneration while advancing the.
Impact Measurement: Dubai’s first ever creative impact report shows culture is a huge economic driver for local and foreign investment
Dubai’s first Creative Impact Report reveals that the city’s cultural and creative industries contribute significantly to GDP, jobs, and foreign investment, positioning culture as a central driver of economic.
Public Art: Inaugural Abu Dhabi Biennial explores relationship between public life and culture
From November 2024 to April 2025, the inaugural Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial “Place Matters” explored the evolving concept of public space in Abu Dhabi through the lens of.
How Abu Dhabi is protecting culturally significant buildings
Launched in 2023, Abu Dhabi’s Modern Heritage initiative identifies, safeguards, and maintains sites that have shaped Abu Dhabi’s cultural identity in the last 50 years. These sites are safeguarded.
Significantly expanding Abu Dhabi’s cultural infrastructure
To solidify its role as a nexus of cultural innovation and attract 39.3 million visitors by 2030, Abu Dhabi has developed the Saadiyat Cultural District, which is home to.
Dubai to host the World Cities Culture Summit 2024
City leaders from the world’s largest creative cities including London, New York, Tokyo and Rio de Janeiro will meet in Dubai for the 13th World Cities Culture Summit, taking place.
Disused port to creative centre: how Mina Zayed became a centre of innovation in Abu Dhabi
Abu Dahbi regenerated a disused part of the city to bring together different creative disciplines with commercial enterprises to facilitate collaboration and innovative cultural projects.
UNESCO heritage site Al Ain inspires future generation in Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi creates a groundbreaking educational resource using interactive media to support social studies and national education students in 11th grade in all public schools. The programme is a.
How the Louvre Abu Dhabi created an ingenious way to reach new audiences
As a new museum in the city with relatively limited domestic audiences, Louvre Abu Dhabi needed to find new ways to bring art to the people and increase footfall.