Yugen among the Best Of Art Dubai 2022
March 12th, 2022
In its 15th edition, Art Dubai this year had seamlessly integrated digital and real-life at the fair. This could be given their decision to go virtual in 2020 to host the fair, or perhaps an example of the art world’s adaptiveness. This year, they embraced the idea that art today is also impacted by digital spaces. Their annual transdisciplinary summit, the Global Art Forum titled ‘This is the Picture,’ examined the idea that “online is no longer secondary to offline.” In its place, they asked “are we now extensions of our screens?” Divided into four broad themes, each gallery at the fair spotlighted both local and global art by emerging, young artists and galleries from under-represented art capitals alongside established names. The four themes were Art Dubai Contemporary, Art Dubai Modern, Residents, and (added in 2019) Bawwaba.