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CLOSING TODAY Mohamed Monaiseer: 85 Seconds To Midnight

Tabari Artspace Gate Village Level 2, DIFC, Dubai

Monaiseer’s solo show examines history through cycles, repetition and flows, while testing the unstable boundary between imagination and reality. The title references the current status of the Doomsday Clock and its measurement of humanity’s proximity to catastrophe; notions of war, [... more]

Free
Ongoing

Abstractions: A Journey Between Islamic and Contemporary Art

Louvre Abu Dhabi Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi

Guggenheim Abu Dhabi is preparing the local audience for its 11 December opening with a series of events “for the public to engage with artists, ideas and conversations that are shaping the new museum”. The mini-package closes with artist Rachid [... more]

Free, but pre-register

Youness Atbane: Untitled 14km

The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi

The UAE premiere of a multidisciplinary work by the Moroccan artist Youness Atbane that combines dance theatre, performance, and installation in a satirical examination of how contemporary art engages with questions of identity – particularly what is framed as “Arab [... more]

AED 105

An Evening of Mohamed Abdelwahab

Cultural Foundation Qasr al Hosn, Abu Dhabi

Mohamed Abdelwahab was one of the voices who helped shape the musical heritage of the Arab world, a pioneering composer who blended traditional Arabic melodies with Western influences and so helped to redefine the sound of Arabic music today. This [... more]

From AED 100

You Think You Can Joke?

Champions Sports Bar Four Points By Sheraton, Dubai Production City, Dubai

A standup open mic where fresh and regular comics take the stage; newbies are getting three minutes, the more established comics get six. There's a minimum spend of AED 70.

Min spend AED 70