More than 50 artists at Sikka Art Fair

Artists from 25 nations will participate in this year's Sikka Art Fair.

Visitors at the GYEM project during the Sikka Art Fairlast year. Jaime Puebla / The National. March 14, 2013
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The fourth edition of the Sikka Art Fair kicks off in Dubai this weekend with more than 50 artists displaying commissioned work from 25 ­nations.

Organised by Dubai Culture & Arts Authority (Dubai Culture), it is the first event to be held under the new umbrella initiative, Art Season, and is housed in the ­city’s Al Fahidi Historical ­Neighbourhood.

Emiratis make up the majority of the talent, including artists in residence Maitha Demithan, Maryam Al Qassimi and Sara Al Haddad, the painters Khawla Darwish and Musab Al Rais, the multidisciplinary creative Khalid Mezaina and the Mobius Design Studio.

Sheikha Wafa Hasher Al Maktoum, the director of FN Designs in Alserkal Avenue, and the Japanese architect and the programme director Kayoko Iemura, are the fair’s curators, assisted by Yusaka Imamura, the official art adviser.

• Sikka Art Fair runs from Saturday to March 25 in Dubai's Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood. For more information, visit www.sikka.ae