With the 59th Venice Biennale just around the corner, tune in as James chats with Maya Allison, curator of the National Pavilion UAE 2022 exhibition and Executive Director of The New York University Abu Dhabi Art Gallery. Find out what to expect from the 'Olympics for the art world' this year, why the UAE has chosen to exhibit only one special work by Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, and why we shouldn't really be asking why art in the middle east is finally gaining more traction in western society.

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