HELLO DUBAI
by Ana Finel Honigman



After two years as arts editor for Alef, the bi-monthly pan-Arab art and fashion magazine that is published in London but focuses on the Middle East, I had finally made it to Dubai, the superwealthy Persian Gulf emirate that is undergoing a dramatic modernization. The occasion for my visit was to curate an Alef-sponsored exhibition for the second annual Creek Art Fair, Mar. 15-30, 2008, an edgier satellite to Art Dubai, Mar. 19-22, 2008.

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