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Alserkal Avenue<br />
resembles a manuscript, with seven<br />
tapering columns representing the pens<br />
used to sign the unification agreement.<br />
Open daily from 8am-10pm. Dhs25 for<br />
adults, Dhs10 for students and free for<br />
children under five.<br />
At Dubai Frame (dubaiframe.ae) in<br />
Zabeel Park, you’ll be guided through<br />
a multimedia exhibition charting the<br />
city’s rapid transformation from fishing<br />
village to modern metropolis, before<br />
scaling the 150-metre-high observation<br />
deck, and then exiting via a swirl tunnel<br />
58<br />
depicting the future of the city. Open<br />
daily from 9am-9pm. Dhs50 for adults<br />
and Dhs20 for children (aged 3-12).<br />
Under threes go free.<br />
WORKS OF ART<br />
Dubai has a thriving art scene that<br />
runs the full gamut of styles and<br />
influences. Hip art hub Alserkal Avenue<br />
(+971 50 556 9797, alserkalavenue.<br />
ae), in Al Quoz, comprises more than<br />
60 art, design and creative spaces,<br />
including galleries The Third Line (+971<br />
4 341 1367, thethirdline.com) and<br />
Custot Gallery Dubai (+971 4 346 8148,<br />
custotgallerydubai.ae).<br />
Over, in Dubai International Financial<br />
Centre (DIFC), there are several art<br />
galleries, each attuned to its swanky<br />
surrounds, including an outpost of<br />
the internationally renowned Opera<br />
Gallery (+971 4 323 0909, operagallery.<br />
com), home to some magnificent<br />
contemporary art pieces, and The<br />
Empty Quarter (+971 4 323 1210,<br />
theemptyquarter.com), the city’s only
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