It rained this year for the annual Art Fair, and the tents that the emirate had planned to use for the art displays proved too leaky. We weren't planning to go anyway - the whole thing sounded so small, especially in a city where both the Louvre and the Guggenheim (below) are growing closer to opening every day.
But as we look at the slow-moving construction sites on Saadiyat Island, we realize that an art fair might have been a nice thing to write into our calendars, leaky tents or no. We have seen precious few representations here not featuring falcons, Emirati leaders, horses, or combinations of the three. (Our apartment excluded, of course, where Kazhia Kolb reigns supreme.)
So we were glad to discover Art Hub, a gallery/cafe/studio space where the art on display is various and interesting. And for sale....at pretty exorbitant prices. They can afford to be -- they are pretty much the only show in town.
Art Hub is in Mussafeh Industrial Area, where Margaret has been lost twice....alone, and traumatically. Expat circles speak of finding places in Mussafeh in hushed tones, and advise that anyone venturing there bring a buddy - not because it's dangerous, but because street signs are inscrutable, roads end suddenly, and pedestrians hop in and out of the highways with reckless abandon, sometimes wielding bicycles. So we were glad to find Art Hub after being lost only once.
We saw shadow puppets....
....many rooms full of big oils.....
...and some curiously appealing paintings of sky scrapers, despite (or perhaps because of?) their eerie colors.
But as we look at the slow-moving construction sites on Saadiyat Island, we realize that an art fair might have been a nice thing to write into our calendars, leaky tents or no. We have seen precious few representations here not featuring falcons, Emirati leaders, horses, or combinations of the three. (Our apartment excluded, of course, where Kazhia Kolb reigns supreme.)
So we were glad to discover Art Hub, a gallery/cafe/studio space where the art on display is various and interesting. And for sale....at pretty exorbitant prices. They can afford to be -- they are pretty much the only show in town.
Art Hub is in Mussafeh Industrial Area, where Margaret has been lost twice....alone, and traumatically. Expat circles speak of finding places in Mussafeh in hushed tones, and advise that anyone venturing there bring a buddy - not because it's dangerous, but because street signs are inscrutable, roads end suddenly, and pedestrians hop in and out of the highways with reckless abandon, sometimes wielding bicycles. So we were glad to find Art Hub after being lost only once.
We saw shadow puppets....
....many rooms full of big oils.....
...and some curiously appealing paintings of sky scrapers, despite (or perhaps because of?) their eerie colors.
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