Sheikha Latifa: Dubai Art Season reflects UAE's growing profile as cultural, creative hub

Dubai - Dubai Art Season will run throughout the months of March and April.

The fifth edition of Dubai Art Season, the city's annual flagship arts event, reflects the UAE's growing profile as a global cultural hub that brings together some of the world's most exceptional creative talent, said Vice Chairman of Dubai Culture, Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, under whose patronage the event is being held.
Launched in the last week of February by Dubai Culture & Arts Authority (Dubai Culture), the emirate's dedicated entity for culture, arts and heritage, Dubai Art Season will run throughout the months of March and April.
Sheikha Latifa said: "Dubai Art Season is inspired by the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai to not only transform the UAE into a global hub for diverse cultural activities but also to spread happiness through art and creativity."
"Dubai Art Season also serves to support the country's arts, literature and heritage scenes by fostering homegrown talent, and encouraging the growth of its thriving cultural and creative communities in line with the leadership's efforts to support the country's cultural development," Sheikha Latifa added.
Dubai Art Season 2018 kicked off with the city's most celebrated art and literature events that have grown into notable events in the worldwide cultural landscape over the last few years - the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature and Dubai Canvas. 
Dubai Canvas, the public art festival returned for a fourth edition to showcase Dubai's unique artistic vibrancy. The week-long event brought to life the vision of Sheikh Mohammed to transform Dubai into an open-air art museum. 
The Season continues with Art Week from March 17 to 24, headlined by the eighth edition of SIKKA Art fair at Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood and then Art Dubai - the region's largest international art fair - from March 20 to 24.
Dubai Art Season will also see the return of DIFC Art Nights, for which Dubai Culture is the Cultural Partner this year, and Al Serkal Avenue Galleries Night, which will bring two major areas of Dubai to life with art installations, exhibitions and talent. The Season continues with Van Gogh Alive - The Experience, an acclaimed art exhibition that has been touring the world and will stop off in Dubai. 

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