13 September 2024
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LAST CHANCE Echoes of the Orient

Bassam Freiha Art Foundation Cultural District Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi

The inaugural exhibition of the brand new Bassam Freiha Art Foundation is curated from the private collection of Bassam Said Freiha to offer a perspective into how the Middle East has been perceived, portrayed and romanticised over time – particularly [ ... ]

Free

Susan Doe: Entwined

NYUAD Project Space NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi

The first Project Space exhibition of the new season features a series of paintings, sculptures, and installations through which Susan Doe explores ideas of intersectionality, rooted in her own bicultural upbringing. Says the gallery: "Reflecting on her Chinese American background, [ ... ]

Uncharted Paths: DocuShorts in Focus

421 Arts Campus Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi

An evening of short documentary films from the region, works by artists taking part in Image Nation Abu Dhabi's Arab Film Studios programme: Luminary: dir Nada Jahed Arabic, 9.5 mins A poetic portrait of a blind father who is strongly [ ... ]

Free

Summertime: dir David Lean (1955)

Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi

David Lean’s lush love letter to Venice was his personal favourite among his own films. A sublimely bittersweet tale of romantic longing, it also has Katharine Hepburn at her best, portraying the conflicting emotions in a lonely, middle-aged American tourist [ ... ]

Free, but pre-register