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The sixth Dhaka Art Summit (DAS) is under way at the National Art Gallery of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy presented by  the Samdani Art Foundation with the theme of ‘Bonna’, both the natural disaster and the Bengali name. Emerging Bangladeshi artists from home and abroad have addressed corruption, social and environmental concerns, ecological heritage, paid homage to their

The 2022 Arctic Arts Summit will kick off on June 27 in Whitehorse, the capital of Canada's northwestern Yukon territory. This year's event, which was supposed to take place in 2021 but was delayed because of the pandemic, is the first time Canada has hosted the event. "It's only the third sum

Marc Glimcher, CEO of a href= http://www.pacegallery.com target= _blank Pace Gallery /a , and Erick Calderon, Founder of Art Blocks, announced a mu

Antonio De Luca has been appointed as the new bar manager at cocktail bar Off the Wall at Hotel Indigo Dubai Downtown. His role is to conceptualise the drinks menu and oversee all operations. Originally from Italy, his career as a mixologist has seen him travel across the globe as a bartender and gain a wealth of knowledge that he will be bringing to the property.

The Triennial artists chosen for Hawai‘i State Art Museum focus on Hawaiian culture and related social and environmental issues, through May 8.

New design studio opens on Nuuanu Roberta Oaks in front her new store at Nuuanu and Pauahi. Credit Noe Tanigawa / Hawaii Public Radio Did you know that Nuuanu Ave is the center of town? Our major streets, like Beretania and King, are numbered North and South relative to Nuuanu. This essential thoroughfare is also home to several art hubs, including its newest addition, designer Roberta Oaks store. Oaks spoke with Noe Tanigawa about opening a brick-and-mortar location during the pandemic, as wel...

Your Guide to the Perfect Weekend: February 10-16, 2021 Get into art, share love, celebrate shave ice, bake and enjoy the holiday. February 10, 2021   Navid Najafi will perform during ‘Ohana Day as part of the 2021 Virtual Art Summit. Photo: Courtesy of Hawai‘i Contemporary Art Summit.   Free with registration Listen to keynote speakers, artists, curators, and thinkers from Hawai‘i and around the world known for educational programming focused on art and ideas. They include multi-genera...

  Credit Daderot/WikimediaCommons / CC BY-SA 3.0 Tobacco heiress Doris Duke fell in love with Islamic culture and art on her round-the world honeymoon. Stopping in Honolulu on her way home, Duke decided to house her collection here, in an Islamic style setting on Diamond Head. After Dukes death, her collection and home opened to the public as the Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture, and Design. Leslee Michelsen is Curator of Collections and Exhibitions at Shangri La. While the museum is...

Jessica Morgan and Joan Jonas at the 2020 Verbier Art Summit. Courtesy of Alpimages. In the five years since it launched, Switzerland’s Verbier Art Summit has defined itself as a unique annual retreat where thought leaders in the art industry come together, away from a world of buying and selling, for a weekend to discuss how the cultural sector might create positive change in the larger global landscape.  “Summit” is the ideal word to describe the event: It takes place in the Swiss Alpi...

5:25 Jan Harada, Executive Director of the HT Hayashi Foundation; Trisha Kehaulani Watson, President of the Kalihi Palama Culture and Arts Society   Island Insurance Foundation on supporting arts and education Dana Tokioka is President and Executive Director of Island Insurance Foundation, which gave away close to $900 thousand in 2020, including seed funding for the new Downtown Art Center. Under Danas leadership, the foundation also bought the house for Lee Catalunas play at Kumu Kahua last ...