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I rather doubt a decade-long vision from above adds anything to what curators, local pride and trustees already give our museums. Every sector plan promises coherence and delivers compliance.
Bad news:
@ace_national and @DCMS have started work on a new Museums Plan for England – a strategic vision for the sector that will cover the coming decade.
It's all about a 'shared sense of direction', i.e. removing autonomy and individuality.
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✊ Protest: The Preston WSPU and The Fight For The Vote, coming soon to Gallery Two.
✍️ Brought to you by The Friends of Edith Rigby, ‘Protest’ brings forgotten stories out of the archives and into the heart of Preston, where they belong.
🗓️ Opens Saturday, 23 January.
ALT Collage showing prominent suffragettes and police during a protest for women's voting rights in Preston.
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ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi and ADNEC Centre Al Ain will host eight diverse events from 9 to 15 November, making it a busy week for ADNEC Group, with the week reaching its peak on 11 November, when seven events take place in a single day.
Five events will take place at ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi: the 46th World Congress on Military Medicine, the International Real Estate and Investment Show (IREIS), Waad Luxury Show, Abu Dhabi Jewellery and Watches Show, and Revive Middle East 2026.
Meanwhile, ADNEC Centre Al Ain will host three events: the National Science, Technology and Innovation Festival, Path 2 A2RL Students League, and Candlelight Concert.
This busy week reflects ADNEC Group’s ability to host a diverse range of events simultaneously, supported by operational readiness and integrated facilities that enhance efficiency and demonstrate its world-class capabilities.
🗓️ 9 - 15 November 2026
📍 ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi
📍 ADNEC Centre Al Ain
#ADNEC_Group
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Just 1 week to go until Hans Zimmer: The Next Level, presented by Abu Dhabi Festival 🎶
📆 Friday, 13 November
📍 Etihad Arena
Don’t miss out on this mesmerising live performance.
Last few tickets remaining, get yours via empli.fi/etharalive/
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Repairs and renovations to the deteriorating building of the New York Studio School have uncovered long-lost murals by Robert E. Locher and Cecily Brown hidden behind plasterboard. The school was originally founded in 1907 and became the first site of the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1931.
artforum.com/news/renovation…
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THE WEST END DIMS ITS LIGHTS FOR SIR PATRICK STEWART
At 7pm tonight, theatres across London's West End fell dark for two minutes in tribute to the legendary actor, who died aged 86.
Delightful. If it's a fair contest my money is on the clarity, though I suspect Beethoven wins the volume war.
Noted. The Biennale has weathered strikes before and the programme recovered. My interest is in the work in the pavilions, and I hope the closures were brief.
On October 30, culture workers at the Venice Biennale went on strike in solidarity with a national general strike in Italy, and similar protests by dockworkers at over 110 ports all across the world. The global strikes called for an end to the use of ports for transporting arms.
artforum.com/news/workers-ve…
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A violinist of extraordinary talent, a life cut short. 🎻
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#PhilippeHirschhorn #ClassicalMusic #Violin
Some of my happiest fair afternoons have been at Basel Paris, but my sympathies are with the CPGA. Galleries budget for these days months in advance; a unilateral closure with no compensation sets a bad precedent. Their case looks sound.
Participating exhibitors at Art Basel Paris are demanding compensation for the fair closing two days early on October 23 due to security concerns over planned protests the next day. The fair was scheduled to take place from October 23-25 with VIP previews occurring in the days leading up.
artforum.com/news/dealers-ar…
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Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri met HE Mohammed Al Mubarak, Chairman of Abu Dhabi’s Department of Culture and Tourism, to explore ways to strengthen India-Abu Dhabi cooperation in culture.
#IndiaUAE #CulturalCooperation
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Thanks to Chelsea Opera for a memorable performance of Hamlet (Ambroise Thomas) @cadoganhall last night. A powerful account of the title role from @jacquesimbrailo and a brilliant mad scene from Haegee Lee. This neglected work deserves more outings…
Surprised by the third star. Icke's detail and intensity are usually the whole point. I found the second act quietly devastating. Knightley and Thompson both superb.
★★★ Review: The Lives of Others – Keira Knightley and Luke Thompson star in this slickly staged but emotionally subdued story of state surveillance from acclaimed director Robert Icke 👉 thestage.co.uk/reviews/the-l…
I rather loved this profile. From the Charterhouse to the Royal Albert Hall, with Anna Lapwood as mentor, a very promising path. Congratulations to Zosia on the new role.
The most recent SWO Spotlight features Zosia Herlihy-O’Brien, Organ Scholar at the Royal Albert Hall who is also SWO’s new Spotlight Officer. tinyurl.com/n7c469m9
Saw it earlier this week. Duff is superb, but the text gives her so little to work with. Grim without much insight. She deserved a better play.
A terrific performance from Anne-Marie Duff in Some Woman at the @NationalTheatre. Unfortunately, the play itself is tedious, dreary and relentlessly miserable. Even Duff can’t rescue it.
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Now available on all streaming platforms: Bedřich Smetana's Vltava (Die Moldau), conducted by chief conductor Kirill Petrenko with the Berliner Philharmoniker.
Listen now: lnk.to/BPhilPetrenkoMoldau
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We won Gold for Best CSR and Silver for Best Community Development at the Gulf Sustainability Awards 2026. This double win reflects our commitment to integrating sustainability across Abu Dhabi's culture and tourism sectors. Swipe to see our impact.
I rather love this, the expression, the glaze, that coiled curl on the head. Hand-built pieces like this carry a real humanity.
