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- Khaleej Times
Claire Dominics Buro curates 'Between Worlds' - the groundbreaking launch of Lens by Noor at Noor Royal Gallery
Noor Royal Gallery, one of Dubai's most elegant and conceptually curated art spaces, has extended its debut photography exhibition, Between Worlds, until July 23, following overwhelming public response.
Curated and art-directed by the award-winning interior design studio Claire Dominics Buro, the exhibition launched as the inaugural show under the gallery's new visual arts programme, Lens by Noor, and brings together works by 16 international photographers in a sensory experience unlike any other in the UAE.
Rather than organising by theme or style, Between Worlds is divided into five immersive zones, each unfolding like a chapter, exploring transitions between silence and motion, presence and memory, the real and the imagined.
A hallmark of Claire Dominics Buro's design philosophy is the intentional placement of each photograph - from the stillness of a desert at noon to the blurred motion of passing strangers. The result is a spatial and emotional journey guided by contrast, composition, and narrative rhythm.
'Photography is the pause between reality and reflection,' says Claire Ordovsky-Tanaevsky, founder and creative director. 'But when staged with curatorial sensitivity, that pause becomes a story—immersive, layered, unforgettable.'
With a strong background in cultural storytelling and high-end hospitality design, the studio approached the exhibition not just as a display, but as an experience. Walls were sequenced like sentences. Light became narrative. Silence became space.
One visitor described the experience as: "Frames filled with grace and stillness. Countries and cities that speak no louder than the silence. People no longer posing. These photographs aren't watched - they're entered. Each one feels like a revelation spoken in a forgotten language we instantly recognise.'
The venue itself - home to rare works by Picasso and Pissarro, and set within Noor Royal Gallery's refined architectural frame - added further depth and dignity to the exhibition.
'Curating in a space as beautiful and serene as Noor,' says Konstantin Ordovsky-Tanaevsky, CEO and partner of Claire Dominics Buro, 'allowed us to shape something both visually strong and emotionally resonant.'
As Noor Royal Gallery deepens its cultural footprint, and Claire Dominics Buro continues to redefine the language of design and emotion, Between Worlds stands as a testament to what can emerge when vision, story, and space align.
