TANIA BEAUMONT

Happy New Year.

Ten of us have formed a group/art cooperative, called Fanaan (Artist in arabic) - to try and get round the lack of exhibition opportunities, and exhorbitant fees required by the few galleries that exist in Abu Dhabi.  We are hoping to be able to have an Art Fair somewhere this year, and have been encouraged by the offer of a couple of venues -  even though we will still have to pay a fee to ADNEC, a government institution.  This is not like Dubai - there are very few galleries available. Having said that, 2 new ones have opened in the past six weeks, so things are looking up.

Fanaan's FIRST APPEARANCES show will be at the Ghaf Gallery, Abu Dhabi, 18th-29th Jan 2009.

Next stop  Art-Paris Abu Dhabi ??