ITALIANS ART WORLD IN DUBAI
The metropolis of oil, of daring skyscrapers, of finance, of Expo, of expats, of health tourism, of desert, of future, and of hundreds more clichés, that often do not tell the whole truth. Along with Sharjah and Abu Dhabi, Dubai is growing as art city, as focal point of Arab Emirates responsive to visual contemporary creativity, with festivals, exhibitions, museums, galleries, exhibiting centres, urban installations, international calls for public and private projects. The arrival in the capital of
Ida Zilio Grandi from Venice as director of the “Istituto Italiano di Cultura, the opening of
Oblong Contemporary Gallery on the Bluewaters island with
Paola Marucci,
Emanuela Venturini and the
Galleria Contini, the new designation of
Giuseppe Moscatello as art-consultant with many prestigious assignments including, after Sharjah Abu Dhabi and Dubai, the new governmental role for the Arab Emirates of Ajman, the commitment of Paolo Glisenti, General Commissioner for Italy in bringing to Expo 2020 testimonies of Italian art and culture with the visionary project of two top architects such as
Carlo Ratti and
Italo Rota and the direction by
Davide Rampello, all are indications of a new sensitivity building bridges between the Gulf States and the “Belpaese”. The Oblong gallery focuses on many Italian artists including Lorenzelli, Bombardieri, Lucchini, Fiore, Tolomeo, Arlati, Ferrari, Veneziano