I’ve barely left the house recently except to run errands but already it seems that I’ve returned to a different city. Galleries are disappointing, but everything else in the art scene is looking up. Dubai constantly resurfaces itself of course, but in the past that has meant new roads, new skyscrapers unfurling in a scant few months. Now, it feels like the timbre of the city itself has changed—more on this next week in my own culture diary, which goes out to paid subscribers.