This month’s selection of current and fourthcoming global exhibitions features art works that ask viewers to consider difficult questions about the relationship between style and substance and form and function. Indeed, all art highlights these relationships, but in some ways these exhibitions offer canvases for tough questions about the freedom of speech, representations of gender and sexuality, modernism, design, social and political policies, architecture and photography. Specifically, they ask us to consider how the codification of cultural moments and artifacts expresses how we we want our public conversations about them – and who we are as individuals, nations and cultures – to unfold. – Joanne Molina
Art now: the medium is the message
These 6 global exhibitions explore the power of art, fashion and design.
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Showcasing Talent: The UAE Designer Exhibition at Downtown Design 2024
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Where Nature Meets Artistry
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Off-Grid
Folly Mojave, designed by Malek Alqadi, offers a wilderness retreat that is designed to deliver Read more >
id library: Bahrain Crafts
Explore the revival of the country’s crafts and its contribution to creativity and development Read more >
Transforming 8 Canada Square
This project will represent the world’s largest transformation of an HQ office tower into a Read more >
Shining Bright
Sans Souci unveiled spectacular marine-inspired glass installations at the FIVE LUXE hotel Read more >