The Culture Counter
THE CULTURE COUNTER - Introducing you to some of the most interesting conversations and debates we have about the arts, from our region and beyond, right here from the heart of The Arts Club Dubai. The first international outpost of the historic London private members’ club, The Arts Club Dubai is located in DIFC’s ICD Brookfield Place. The Arts Club was founded in London in 1863 by men of vision, to be a haven for a community of people all connected by their love for the Arts. It has evolved to become a vibrant hub for creative and entrepreneurial members, providing an environment in which they can entertain, exchange ideas and participate in a rich cultural programme of events. The Arts Club Dubai shares this same vision, giving Dubai a unique concept for an extraordinary new membership. For more information, please visit www.theartsclub.ae
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 58 minutes
- Episodes
- 60
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
The Art Cereal: Meet the artist 'M' aka Michael Chow
The world knows him a restauranteur, a pioneer whose eponymous restaurant Mr.Chow changed the canon of fine dining everywhere it went, but to understand Michael Chow is to first understand the artist…
The Culture Dispatch: Dubai: Fashion Capital?
Dubai: Fashion Capital?
You might think so, and yet.. Paris, Milan, New York and London are the “Big Four” fashion capitals of the world, and many others are contending to make it on this coveted list…
Authored: Dr. Omar Kholeif on writing 'Goodbye World! Looking at Art in the Digital Age'
Omar Kholeif is the author, co-author, and editor of over 30 books, of which seven have focused on the concept of internet art. Their anthology, You Are Here: Art After the Internet from 2013 is wide…
Authored: Sarah Khan on writing about travel
“Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller” – Ibn Battuta
Is travel journalism the most coveted job on the face of the earth? We sit down with Editor-in-Chief of Condé N…
A Founder's Story: How Mikey Muhanna Built afikra | عفكرة
Who is the real Aladdin? What was happening in the Arab world during the West’s Roaring Twenties? Why is the evil eye, evil? Mikey Muhanna, who had spent over a decade working at firms Morgan Stanley…
Authored Live: Dania Bdeir on writing WARSHA
Warsha is Sundance Film Festival’s 2022 winner of The Short Film Jury Award for best International Fiction. Written and directed by Syrian/Lebanese Dania Bdeir this incredible 16 minute short film f…
The Art Cereal: Meet the artist Akram Zaatari
We welcome artist Akram Zaatari on the occasion of his exhibition at The Arts Club Dubai titled ‘The End of Love’.
Looking back on his career as a renowned photographer and archivist, Akram will discu…
The Culture Dispatch: Metaverse: 21st Century Breakthrough or Downfall?
Directly from those who are imagining, designing and executing the world of tomorrow, this month we explore the notoriously divisive Metaverse through a legal, social and economic lens.
Will the Meta…
A Founder's Story: How Dr Micheal Fakih Built FAKIH IVF
Since 1987 Dr. Michael Fakih has been responsible for over 12,000 In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) deliveries.
A pioneer in his field, Dr. Fakih co-founded the Fakih IVF Fertility Centre which is today o…
Authored: Mohammed Saeed Harib on writing FREEJ
Mohammed Saeed Harib In conversation with Butheina Kazim, Founder of Cinema Akil.
Since their TV introduction in 2007, and now on Netflix, it is very likely that you have come across the four elderly …
The Culture Dispatch: DEBATE: Social Media is Good for Journalism
Social media’s exponential growth in the past decade has made it an integral part of our daily lives, and in turn has tremendously expanded the scope of content exchange and dissemination across the …
The Culture Dispatch: History Of House Music
Ever wondered about the difference between dubstep, disco house, 2 step, moombahton, gabber and psytrance? What is EDM, anyway?
Join us for this audio-visual journey across the decades to explore the …
The Culture Dispatch: CRYPTO DE-CRYPTED
It's 2021, Cryptocurrency and NFTs have taken the world by storm and become heroes of dinner table talk. Elon Musk is tweeting endlessly about “Doge going to the moon” while the youth on TikTok is sh…
The Art Cereal: WHITE CUBES IN THE DESERT
Three Gallerists' Tales on Setting Up their Dubai Spaces.
Three young and ambitious art dealers steer some of Dubai’s leading art galleries, and in so doing, have tremendously contributed to Dubai’s n…
The Culture Dispatch: Robots, Automation and You
Sensational headlines, dramatic stories and nightly news bring us astounding reports on breakthroughs in robotics, AI and automation almost every day. These are often followed with questions like “Wi…
A Founder's Story: How Ronaldo Mouchawar Built Souq.com
Son of a merchant from Aleppo, Syria, Ronaldo Mouchawar built a company in 2005 which was to make history. He founded the largest online marketplace of the Arab world – Souq.com. In 2017, the e-comm…
The Culture Dispatch: Mohammed Abdulmagied Seddiqi introduces us to Watches of the 70s
An avid watch connoisseur and collector, we look forward to welcoming Mohammed Abdulmagied Seddiqi, Chief Commercial Officer of Seddiqi Holding, as he takes us on a retrospective of iconic watches an…
Authored: Myrna Ayad on writing Assouline’s Sheikh Zayed volume
In 1968, the coastal Arab emirates entered into an unprecedented phase of vulnerability. The British, who had protected the emirates for 150 years, suddenly announced their intention to withdraw from…
A Founder’s Story: How Mona Ataya Built Mumzworld
Mona Ataya is one of the Middle East’s most prominent entrepreneurs. In 2011 she co-founded an e-commerce platform dedicated to all things mother, baby & child called Mumzworld. Today, it has the lar…
The Art Cereal: Meet The Artist Ralph Heimans
We are delighted to welcome London-based artist, Ralph Heimans, one of today’s leading portraitists, to the Club this May to talk about his outstanding career-to-date and the art of Royal portraiture…