Bish, BAF, Bosh
Can't get enough of Art this Month? Keep it local with Dubai's fringe art festival. MORE>>

Bastakiya Art Fair - Time Out
Art Dubai's slightly younger (and slightly quirikier) sibling kicks off the week. MORE>>

Fashionistas' guide to Art
Dubai Art Dubai: three days, 70 galleries, 30 countries, more masterpieces than you can stroke your chin at, yes, come March 17 it's time to break out the berets, practice your best furrowed brow and get down to some serious art appreciation. MORE>>

Watch this space
At last year’s Art Dubai, the fair’s director John Martin faced down the economic downturn with the hope that it would knock some of the silliness out of the marketplace. MORE>>

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A peek into Bastakiya 2010 MORE>>

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'Intangible Heritage'
A visitor looks at an artwork tided 'Intangible Heritage' at the Bastakiya Art Fair in Dubai on Wednesday. MORE>>

Art Dubai, a ‘warchestra’ and a show called NO
Art Dubai has become such a synergistic, multi-platform, full-spectrum affair it’s difficult to tell where it ends and the ordinary springtime art season begins. MORE>>

Art, movies, books...in a fair
One of the most important art events this year, Al Bastakiya Art Fair will run from March 15 to 21 in the most aesthetic-looking and historical part of Dubai — the houses of Bastakiya. MORE>>

Designs From The Heart
Charming personal embroideries by rural Pakistani women that now adorn chic handbags and purses will be on display at Al Bastakiya Art Fair in Dubai. Helena Frith Powell reports. MORE>>

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Down by the Creek
Bastakiya art fair runs alongside art Dubai from 15–21 march and brings together artists, galleries and curators from around the region and beyond.
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Art Scene Dubai
This week Twenty Something gets arty. The fourth Art Dubai has just finished and we are celebrating the city’s thriving art scene. VIEW THE VIDEO>>

'Brave ones' of Pakistani art rewarded with show in Dubai
Fatma Shah loves art. She also loves Pakistan. So it made sense to her to embrace her two passions in a single event, and has created a showcase for Pakistani artists who are rising above the troubles in their home country. MORE>>

Painting outside the lines
Al Bastakiya Art Fair, Dubai's only fringe art event, is showcasing seasoned talent as well promoting the best Middle Eastern art from around the region. MORE>>

BASTAKIYA ART Fair!
The annual fringe Bastakiya Art Fair in Dubai got off to a glamourous start this evening, with the city's 'it' crowd out in full force in their Monday best! Held in the stunning heritage village of Bastikiya, the fair has become a must see destination for the fashion and art crowd alike. I even saw a couple of gujerati ladies in traditional garb wandering about with huge grins on their faces, clearly bowled over by the atmosphere and bemused by the quirky fashion fiends! MORE>> 

A Potpourri of Cultures in Dubai
The only fringe art event of the Middle East, the Bastakiya Art Fair 2010, got underway in a simple yet powerful language of art on Monday. With the presence of over 200 budding as well as established local and international artists, BAF 2010 opening proved to be one big artistic jamboree it 
promised to be. Held under the patronage of Dubai Culture and Arts Authority and organised by XVA gallery, BAF – now in its fourth year – is bigger and better than its three predecessors, hosting more artists, more galleries and more 
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Meem Gallery at this year's Al Bastakiya Art Fair
The emirate's Meem Gallery and Mehmoush Fatholahi have announced that they will present a collection of works by art world pioneers Dia AlAzzawi and Abbas Kiarostami at Al Bastakiya Art Fair 2010. MORE>>

Art Festival Ropes in Loads of Budding Talent
If fringe can be this big, then better be on the fringe. Designed to complement the emirate's annual art spectacle, Art Dubai, the Bastakiya Art Fair (BAF) is leaving no stone unturned to be a major spectacle in itself , albeit for the lesser mortals. MORE>>

Ethiopian Artists Take to Global Art Scene
When Frenchman Leo Lefort first heard he was being assigned to be a curator in Ethiopia, he was horrified at the very thought. Despite his reservations about the place, he went on to 
Addis Ababa, capital city of Ethiopia — and was relieved to find it a “very beautiful city” and “everything but what people know of it.” In Dubai for the Bastakiya Art Fair 2010, Lefort is one of the curators participating for the first time this year. He will be showcasing the works of 14 Ethiopian artists, whose themes vary from refugees to land disputes — even falling angels. The projects he works on are interesting and powerful in their own right. Currently, he is working on one called Hotel Distopia , Room #25/55. Those, he says, are the coordinates you can find him on, if you were to enter them in Google Earth. “I’m trying to do the same project in other places too, such as New York and France.” MORE>>

Al Bastakiya Art Fair Starts Tomorrow
The 2010 edition of the Al Bastakiya Art Fair begins on March 15. One of the most eagerly awaited art events of the year, Al Bastakiya Art Fair aims to promote emerging Middle Eastern contemporary art via a non-profit fringe event. MORE>>

Bastakiya Art Fair
As a tribute to — and an endorsement of — the growing art movement in Dubai, the Bastakiya Art Fair (BAF) is organised by the XVA Gallery. The brainchild of Mona Hauser, owner of XVA Gallery, the fair is now in its fourth year, and has been showcasing the best the region has to offer; it has been renamed from the Creek Art Fair in 2009. MORE>>