INTRODUCTION TO ISLAMIC ART
Abu Dhabi – Emirates Palace Hotel, 14 to 16 June 2008 (limited seats)
Abu Dhabi – Emirates Palace Hotel, 15 to 17 June 2008 (fully booked)

DAY 1 - INTRODUCTION TO ISLAMIC ART: ARAB CIVILISATIONS
DAY 2 - THE REACH OF ISLAM: ARTS & CRAFTS
DAY 3 - CALLIGRAPHY: FROM TRADITIONAL TO MODERN

Application Fees
Option 1:
Single-seminar attendance: $800 (1 day)
Students & Gallerists: $480
Canvas Magazine subscribers: $400
Option 2:
Two-seminar package: $1,500 (2 days)
Students & Gallerists: $960
Canvas Magazine subscribers: $800
Option 3:
Three-seminar package: $2,200 (3 days)
Students & Gallerists: $1,440
Canvas Magazine subscribers: $1,200

Transportation
Complimentary transportation from Dubai to Abu Dhabi is provided by Canvas.
Pick up/Drop off point: Madinat Jumeirah
Departure from Dubai: 8:00 AM
Return from Abu Dhabi: 5:30 PM

To book your place online please click here or download the application form and fax it to +9714 3672645.

PICASSO’S CENTURY

Abu Dhabi – Emirates Palace Hotel, Monday 19 May 2008

Module 1: The Birth of a Genius, the Blue and Rose Periods: 1889-1907
Picasso’s impact on 20th century art in Europe (until 1950) and America (until 1980) is just as unique as it is predominant. The lyrical Blue and Rose Periods can be interpreted as a single entity, which dealt with all the important Avant-garde movements around 1900.

Module 2: The Triumph of Cubism: 1907-1921
Cubism is the essential revolution in the history of painting. Instead of employing an imitative concept of painting, Picasso and his friend Georges Braque created a painterly world, which from 1907 onwards began to stand for itself.

Module 3: The return to tradition and the Metamorphosis: 1917-1945
Picasso, over nearly 10 years, rejuvenates the avant-garde by immersing it in everything from the rich humanistic traditions of Antiquity to the theatrical conventions of Diaghilev's Russian Ballets.

Module 4: Variations on the Masters: 1945-1973
From 1945 until his death, Picasso explored great masterpieces of the past in painting and ceramics. His paraphrases always reflect a deep passion for art of any time.

Module 5: Picasso at the Metropolitan Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, boasts one of the world’s most extensive collections of the work of Picasso, exceeded only by the Museum of Modern Art, New York and the Musée Picasso, Paris

Module 6: Picasso & the Art Market
This module will examine Picasso’s productivity and his relationship with his dealers. The evolution of the international market will also be explored with a focus on the artworks that affected the market, leading to their status in the Contemporary art scene.

Application Fees
Regular Fee ($800)
Students & Gallerists ($480)
Canvas Magazine subscribers ($400)

Transportation
Complimentary transportation from Dubai to Abu Dhabi is provided by Canvas.
Pick up/Drop off point: Madinat Jumeirah
Departure from Dubai: 8:00 AM
Return from Abu Dhabi: 6:00 PM

To book your place online please click here or download the application form and fax it to +9714 3672645.

Smart Collecting - Modern & Contemporary Middle Eastern Art - Understanding Jewellery & Watches

For the first time in the Middle East, art lovers will be able to select from a range of intensiveone-day courses. Presented by internationally renowned experts, experience the beauty of original works of art and jewellery up close and personal.

Courses:
Smart Collecting is addressed to emerging and established art collectors who wish to acquire art and build collections. It will offer practical advice on the aesthetic and financial aspects of art and will explore the mechanisms of the art market, the value of art, insurance, transport, and conservation. The course will better equip collectors to establish relationships with art advisors, galleries and auction houses.
Lectures by: Lisa Ball-Lechgar, Philip Hoffman, Ruth Johnson and Ray Waterhouse.

Modern & Contemporary Middle Eastern Art has rarely been given on an academic level let alone in the format of a short class. The syllabus will be specially designed to examine the key movements of Middle Eastern art starting from the 1950s to the present day. The class will cover various artists such as Paul Guiragossian, Rabab El Nemr, Farhad Moshiri, Walid Raad, Shirin Neshat, etc. Throughout the class, a political synopsis will accompany the artistic content in order to contextualise it. The geographical scope of the course includes the Levant, the Gulf and Iran.
Lectures by: Lisa Ball-Lechgar, Saleh Barakat, Paul Hewitt, Rose Issa and William Lawrie.

Understanding Jewellery & Watches will cover a wealth of subjects such as the evolution of value, history, design and fashion of jewellery and watches. Pieces will be available for examination where possible.
Lectures by: Catherine Cariou, Sukaiyna Gokal, Joanna Gribben and David Warren. (This seminar is fully booked in Kuwait)

Register for more than one seminar and benefit from reduced rates:
Attendance of a single seminar: $800 (1 day)
Two-seminar package: $1,500 (2 days)
Three-seminar package: $2,200 (3 days)

Coming soon to: Amman, Beirut, Cairo, Damascus, Doha, Jeddah, Manama, Muscat, Riyadh.