Part two of a catch up conversation between Hind Mezaina and Wael Hattar, this one is about the state of cinema in the UAE and beyond. Topics include: - Changed habits of watching films since the pandemic - Cinema vs streaming debate - UAE cinemas and the inconsistent subtitling of non-English language films, lack of efforts by the multiplexes to attract new and diverse audiences to cinemas, high end cinema experience vs affordable cinema - Lack of financial support for filmmakers in the UAE and new generation of new short films made by independent filmmakers in the - Streaming companies fundi ..read more

Architect and writer Todd Reisz joins Hind Mezaina for a discussion about his book Showpiece City: How Architecture Made Dubai and his exhibition Off Centre / On Stage that is accompanied by a book with the same title at Jameel Arts Centre in Dubai. You can find Showpiece City: How Architecture Made Dubai on https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=29960 and most other online bookshops. Information about Off Centre / On Stage exhibition at Jameel Arts Centre can be found on https://jameelartscentre.org/whats-on/off-centre-on-stage/. The exhibition is on until March 21, 2022. The book Off Centre / O ..read more

Interview with Alessandra Priante, founder and artistic director of European Film Screenings. The third edition of this annual event took place in Abu Dhabi (Novo Cinemas - WTC Mall) and Dubai (Novo Cinemas - Ibn Battuta) between 19th and 27th October 2016. http://www.europeanfilmscreenings.com http://www.theculturist.com/home/european-film-screenings-2016-in-abu-dhabi-and-dubai.html ..read more

MadHattar's Tea Party, an interview series sub-section of Tea With Culture. In this episode Wael Hattar speaks with Deborah Najar and Eve Grinstead, from the Jean-Paul Najar Foundation in Alserkal Avenue in Dubai, about the Foundation in general and their method and archiving. The current exhibition is on until June 30th with shows to follow in September, You can read more about the foundation here http://www.jpnajarfoundation.com ..read more

MadHattar's Tea Party, an interview series sub-section of Tea With Culture. While in Art Dubai 2016 Wael Hattar interviews Diana Al-Hadid and talks about her work process for her solo booth at Marianne Boesky and the show exhibiting in NYUAD until May 26, 2016. More information about her show in AbuDhabi can be found here http://www.nyuad-artgallery.org/en_US/exhibitions/diana-al-hadid ..read more

MadHattar's Tea Party, an interview series sub-section of Tea With Culture. While in Art Dubai 2016 Wael Hattar interviews Timo Nasseri on his work in general and the latest pieces he is exhibiting with Sfeir-Semler Gallery. You can see more of his work at http://www.timonasseri.com and specifically the two pieces shown at the fair and discussed http://www.timonasseri.com/i-j/ and http://www.timonasseri.com/unknown-letter-ii-2015 ..read more

MadHattar's Tea Party, an interview series sub-section of Tea With Culture. In this episode Wael Hattar speaks with Athier Mousawi on the opening of “machine Hearts", his first solo exhibition at Ayyam Gallery in Alserkal Avenue, Dubai. The exhibition opened March 14th and is on until May 21st. You can read more about the exhibition here http://www.ayyamgallery.com/exhibitions/athier_3 ..read more

Mad Hattar's Tea Party, an interview series sub-section of Tea With Culture. In this episode Wael Hattar speaks with Umer Butt about his first curatorial show and the latest exhibition at GreyNoise in Alserkal Avenue, Dubai. The exhibition is on till March 5th 2016. You can read more about the exhibition here http://www.greynoise.org/PresentExhibitionsMiddlePage.aspx?ID=45 ..read more

Mad Hattar's Tea Party, a sub-section of Tea With Culture, a series of interviews conducted by Wael Hattar with artists about their current exhibitions in the UAE. In this episode Wael Hattar speaks with Larissa Sansour about “In the future, they ate from the finest porcelain", the latest exhibition at LawrieShabibi in Alserkal Avenue, Dubai. The exhibition is on till March 3rd 2016. You can read more about the exhibition here http://www.lawrieshabibi.com/exhibitions/45/overview/ You can follow Wael Hattar on Twitter @MadHattar ..read more

Mad Hattar's Tea Party is a new sub-section of Tea With Culture, a series of interviews conducted by Wael Hattar with artists about their current exhibitions in the UAE. In this episode Wael Hattar speaks with Philip Mueller about “Dreams in blue. The year Philip Mueller didn’t wake up", the latest exhibition at Carbon12 in Alserkal Avenue, Dubai. The exhibition is on till March 6th 2016. You can read more about the exhibition here http://carbon12dubai.com/exhibitions/philip-mueller-dreams-in-blue-the-year-philip-mueller-didnt-wake-up/ You can follow Wael Hattar on Twitter @MadHattar ..read more