For anyone who has spent time at Alserkal Avenue, The Third Line needs little introduction. Since opening in 2005, at a moment when Dubai’s cultural infrastructure was still tentative and often viewed with skepticism, the gallery has become one of the most consistent presences in the city’s art ecology.
I saw the show and wrote a review for ArtAsiaPacific
Naima Morelli is an arts writer and journalist specialized in contemporary art from Asia-Pacific and the MENA region.
She has written for the Financial Times, Al-Jazeera, The Art Newspaper, ArtAsiaPacific, Internazionale and Il Manifesto, among others, and she is a regular contributor to Plural Art Mag, Middle East Monitor and Middle East Eye as well as writing curatorial texts for galleries.
She is the author of three books on Southeast Asian contemporary art.
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I completely agree, it’s amazing to see how The Third Line has remained such a vital part of Dubai’s art scene for so long.