From digital art galleries to fine-dining deliveries, here’s how to spend this weekend at home…
Takeaway from Coya Dubai
THE BALCONY BRUNCH
Missing your favourite Friday brunch? Bring Dubai restaurant Coya to your casa, and recreate your own brunch experience from the comfort of your home — or balcony. Available though the COYA 2 U delivery service or Deliveroo, the Latin American restaurant is delivering its popular Peruvian dishes Arroz Nikkei, Costillas de Res and Pollo a la Parilla to your doorstep. Best of all, every order comes with a free kit of guacamole and tortilla chips, all packed in recyclable and biodegradable boxes; +971 4 316 9600
Fresh flower dress from McQueen’s Sarabande collection
THE CRAFT CHALLENGE
This weekend get onboard with the #McQueenCreators crafts challenge which invites everyone to make a three dimensional flower using materials you can find your home — whether it’s scrap paper, old clothes or discarded twigs from the garden. Take inspiration from Lee Alexander McQueen’s fresh flower dress for the Sarabande show, and Sarah Burton’s red rose dress from the AW19 collection, and for a chance to be featured online; take a photograph and share your final piece on Instagram tagging @AlexanderMcQueen #McQueenCreators.
Nammos Dubai beach club
THE BEACH CLUB VIBE
Recreate Nammos’ beach club ambience and cook up a storm with one of the restaurant’s signature Mediterranean recipes. The famed Mykonos hot-spot — also located at the Four Seasons Resort, Jumeirah beach — has launched a series of easy-to-follow recipes (think Stuffed Arabic Pita, Fried Zucchini Tzatziki and Prawn Tempura) alongside a chilled daytime playlist on SoundCloud; perfect for laid-back Saturdays dreaming of the beach; Try the Prawn Tempura recipe
Kenzo AW20
THE VIRTUAL PARTY
Kenzo’s weekly series of Instagram live events are designed to inspire optimism and creativity during this challenging confinement period. On Friday, the French fashion house is lifting spirits with a live music set featuring performances from artists and DJs across the globe. To join the party from your own home, all you have to do is visit @Kenzo on Instagram.
Artwork by André Butzer
THE ONLINE EXHIBIT
If you’re tired of binge watching series after series, try visiting an art exhibition — virtually, of course. Running on Alserkal Online until May 10, André Butzer’s fourth solo exhibition with Carbon 12 gallery in Dubai, showcases a series of large-scale Neo-Expressionist paintings that are just as striking digitally as they are in real life. The online viewing platform, enables visitors to browse through a selection of the contemporary works by the German artist and get lost in a world of colourful canvases; Alserkal.online
