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Salasil: Practitioners of Care and Experimentation
The UAE-based curatorial duo favours slowness, depth and imagination, resisting extractive cultural models and spectacle-driven sameness of today’s institutions. Studio salasil responds to the shifting contours of the world, forging encounters where care grounds the work and experimentation keeps it breathing
Alserkal × Design Miami 2027 Brings the Design Conversation Home
The partnership triangulates Dubai with Design Miami’s platforms in Miami and Paris
Looking Back at Five Years of the ICD Brookfield Place Arts and Events Programme
Where art meets access
The Imitation Game
How counterfeits, social media, and a shifting global narrative are rewriting the rules of fashion prestige
Arab Accidents: The Birth and Evolution of the Egyptian Surrealist Movement
“What I want to show in my images is the beauty of failure” (Salvador Dalí)
ICON Recommends: 5 Books You Should Be Reading Right Now
From identity and resistance to fashion and family, these intriguing books navigate the complexities of our ever-changing world
Jasem Alsanae: Too Close For Comfort
Kuwaiti artist Jasem Alsanae creates hyperrealistic sculptures inspired by Khaleeji mythology, engaging with political and social discourse