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Dubai: Expo 2020’s Public Art Programme was launched on Sunday with the unveiling of Kuwaiti artist Monira Al Qadiri’s ‘Chimera’, an iridescent sculpture resembling an oil drill. “Her bold sculpture with its magnified size and reflective colour makes it seem like a futuristic creature from outer space. Through this sculpture, the artist attempts to merge the pre- and post-oil eras into one body," says Tarek Abou El Fetouh, Public Art Curator for Expo 2020 Dubai. "She creates aesthetic connections between pearls and oil, through their colour, materiality, symbolism, ecology and econo...

Expo 2020’s Public Art Programme unveils first permanent artwork DUBAI, 16 hours, 50 minutes ago A gigantic iridescent, oil drill-shaped sculpture by Kuwaiti artist Monira Al Qadiri has launched Expo 2020 Dubai’s striking Public Art Programme, which brings together 11 leading artists from the UAE, region and the world.   Alongside Al Qadiri, the commissioned artists are Hamra Abbas, Afra Al Dhaheri, Shaikha Al Mazrou, Abdullah Al Saadi, Asma Belhamar, Olafur Eliasson, Nadia Kaabi-Linke, Khalil Rabah, Yinka Shonibare and Haegue Yang.   The immersive 11 contemporary artworks will fo...

May you spring into life during the Bealtaine Festival in Laois Laois elements of the national month of activities for senior citizens launched Reporter: news@leinsterexpress.ie ');  '); Laois County Council Arts and Library Sections have partnered with the Dunamaise Arts Centre and Music Generation Laois to present a selection of safe and creative projects during the month of May to celebrate the Laois Bealtaine Festival for older people.  The month of May offers glimpses of new beginnings in nature and also hope for our communities, as we tentatively emerge from Covid-19 lockdown restric...

Nomo Fomo benches are social distancing devices to help prevent FOMO Studio Hai has imagined a set of quirky outdoor benches and planters to help counteract the fear of missing out, or FOMO, during the coronavirus pandemic. Nomo Fomo, an acronym of No More Fear of Missing Out, is a collection of curved barriers with protruding plants that could be used as interactive social distancing devices. Nomo Fomo is a collection of curved shapes "Each object can be interpreted in multiple ways," said Studio Hai founder Andrew Furmanski. "Either as a sculpture, planter, or an interactive object that is ...

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