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MAWASIM: 20 Years of Modern and Contemporary Middle Eastern Art

The Abu Dhabi Edition Al Bateen Marina, Abu Dhabi

Christie’s first live auction of fine art in Abu Dhabi takes place on 1 November, preceded by two viewing days open to all. There will be more than 70 works from six decades of museum-quality art that traces the evolution [... more]

Free

Sharjah Film Platform 9

[various Sharjah locations]

Sharjah Art Foundation’s annual celebration of indie/experimental cinema returns for its ninth edition with a 10-day lineup of films (26 of them) plus talks and artist development programmes. Screenings and events will take place at Mirage City Cinema, SAF’s open-air [... more]

Per screening: AED 15

CLOSING TODAY Artists’ Rooms: Kamruzzaman Shahdin

Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf, Dubai

A monumental one-room installation that restages the Bangladeshi artist's The River Remembers. Originally commissioned by the Diriyah Biennale Foundation and created in 2023, this large-scale textile work has handcrafted threads mapping the colour of the water of the Teesta and [... more]

Free

Salah Elmur

Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf, Dubai

Bringing together paintings, archival photographs, sketches and ephemera produced after 2018, this exhibition promises an immersive encounter with Salah Elmur’s world – "where memory, landscape and identity merge and ripple through time", exploring the artist’s shifting sense of belonging and [... more]

Free

Comedy at the Speakeasy

Moon Bar Mina Al Salam, Madinat Jumeriah, Dubai

The Mad Cat team does the rather cool Moon Bar at the Sana Restaurant in Mina Al Salam – a great venue: quite intimate, few distractions. Featuring surprise drop-ins, fresh material, and “the kind of intimate room where sitting in the [... more]

AED 99

The Big Wooden Whoopsie

The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai

The final performance for this original comedy. Written and co-directed by top Dubai photo/videographer Ovidiu Dugulan, it surveys the final stretch of a ten-year siege of Troy, a job that should've taken three days ...

AED 120