From left to right: Murtaza Vali, critic, historian and educator based in Sharjah; Hassan Khan, artist and musician based in Cairo; Kaelen Wilson-Goldie, staff writer at The National and contributing editor to Bidoun based in Beirut; Maria Fusco, director of MFA Writing at Goldsmiths College in London, and Douglas McLennan, founder and editor-in-chief of ArtsJournal.com in Seattle.Walk into this year's Art Dubai, and it hits you long before the art does: there are Middle Eastern art publications seemingly everywhere.
Bidoun, the old standby, yes, but also
Canvas,
Brownbook and even the new, Abu Dhabi-based
Unfair, its cover, featuring a model in a gold and pearl bolero designed by the Sharjah-born, London-based designer Qasimi, a kind of manifesto about the role that the Middle East and the UAE in particular can play in contemporary global culture.
