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For five years curators have crowned ArtReview's Power 100, eclipsing the likes of Hirst and Saatchi. From Hans Ulrich Obrist to Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, we examine the quiet figures now steering contemporary art's direction.
When Mohamad Bitar struggled to find a falafel in Dubai, he turned his disappointment into Just Falafel, a venture to take the humble dish to new audiences. With Fadi Malas as chief executive, the idea is going global.
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin arrived at our Manhattan coffee shop with a frenzied confidence, fiddling with phone, hat and jacket. His physical hyperactivity mirrors the racing pace of a mind navigating the chaotic industry he has chosen for himself.
In another life, Ahd Kamel might have been a lawyer. She might have been an animation artist. Or she might have stayed right home in Jeddah. But in this life, Ahd is a filmmaker and actor, readying herself for the world stage. The filmmaker/actress known simply as Ahd is at the helm of …
Milan-based Mario Griariotto, CEO of retail and marketing at Slowear, reflects on a working life in fashion, a sector brimming with creativity, talent, glamour and culture that represents Made-in-Italy excellence the world over.
Two things strike you on meeting David Crickmore, CEO of luxury fragrance house Amouage: a confident manner so disarming you forget it is an interview, and impeccable taste in ties. We meet at Muscat's Chedi hotel.
The young team of DGT is pushing architectural boundaries between theory and practice with their projects. From their award-winning proposal for the Estonian National Museum, they have moved on to design cultural and commercial spaces in Denmark, Poland, Japan and Lebanon. Contemporary …
Barely thirty-two and only a year into his first restaurant, Ollie Dabbous is already turning heads. He serves simple, refined meals at remarkably low prices; the only difficulty at Dabbous is getting through the front door.
It began with garbled Arabic signs at Westfield welcoming visitors to the Games in gibberish. Yet the hundreds of arriving Arab athletes paid the omen no heed, proceeding instead to compete in a year of historic firsts.
French-Algerian photographer Michel Haddi made his name shooting fashion and celebrities before founding his own publishing house. Based between London and New York, he has become a considerable celebrity in his own right, his subjects forever beguiling.
Palestinian-Lebanese, raised in Germany and now based in London, Husam El-Odeh could almost be the poster child for cosmopolitanism. From everywhere and nowhere, his present incarnation as jeweller suits a talent as versatile as his.
Runner-up at Miss Lebanon 2010, winner of Miss Australia 2012 and third at Miss World, Jessica Kahawaty speaks four languages, is completing a double degree in law and finance, and is passionately involved in charitable work.