"Tales from the City: Dubai" - Mark Rappolt's article in Art Review (issue 11) that puts forward a 'seemingly' critical of the flourishing art market in the Emirates made me smile... "[...] As a gang of Indian labourers dragged and shoved a sculpture across the beach, a gaggle of (mainly) Western art critics were listening to (mainly) Western artists describing what they do. This was convened as part of a Global Art Forum, held in a crenellated pavilion complete with AstroTurf lawn. At the opening of the fair itself (of the 40 galleries exhibiting, only one was local), an Emirati stood in front of a Damien Hirst butterfly piece and complained that the whole thing wasn't shocking enough."
