After our spectacular Emirates Woman Woman of the Year Awards last night we’re breathing a collective sigh of relief at a job well done and thoroughly looking forward to a laid back weekend. This weekend is a feast for the eyes…
ENVIOUSLY ADMIRING LIZ TAYLOR’S BULGARI JEWELS
With the Emirates Woman Woman Of The Year Awards we have one night of the year of guaranteed glamour. We get the opportunity to be princesses for the night, decked out in gowns and fine jewellery, but for some people, like the late silver screen siren Elizabeth Taylor, that life of glitz and glamour is a way of life. For the first time in the UAE, there will be an exhibit of eight pieces of her very personal Bulgari jewellery collected through momentous periods of her life, such as the Cleopatra Mirror, a gold and turquoise encrusted mirror commissioned for Taylor, rumoured to have been a gift for her 30th birthday and the ‘Taylor Burton fiancée ring’. The exhibition runs from November 7 to November 15 at the Cuadro Fine Art Gallery, DIFC.
GETTING CULTURAL AT THE QUOZ ARTS FESTIVAL
In it’s third year, the Al Quoz Arts Festival is getting bigger and better. A one-day event, the festival will offer public events spanning design, music, art and film, across 45 creative spaces in Al Quoz’s arts district. Intended to be a community event and encourages participation from local artist and visitors, this year’s line-up will include live art and public murals by local artists, workshops, film screenings, gallery openings, live music performances and a street food market. The festival is free and runs from 10am to 10pm, with free Uber rides and shuttles to get you there hassle free. For more information on the programme visit here.
SEEING NAZANIN POUYANDEH’S FIRST SOLO SHOW AT THE MINE
While at the Al Quoz Arts Festival be sure to pop over to The Mine to see the acclaimed French-Iranian artist Nazanin Pouyandeh’s first solo show, Jour De Silence, in the UAE. With richly coloured paint and elaborate, often hyperrealistic detail, the artist draws the viewer into a world of “metaphors, narratives and a confused tangle of reality and fiction.” The exhibition runs from November 2 to November 27. For more information visit here.
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