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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261106
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SUMMARY:Children's Biennial
DESCRIPTION:What a good idea this is: the Abu Dhabi Festival is running the first outdoor children’s art biennale in the Middle East Under the theme How the World Feels\, the Biennale will explore how children experience the world through touch\, sound\, movement and light. \nFeaturing works and workshops by UAE-based artists and an international collaboration with National Gallery Singapore\, the Biennale – curated by Dana Almazrouei – will offer family sessions\, workshops and an interactive guide Nine participating artists are Alia AlShamsi\, Aya Afaneh\, Hana El-Sagini\, Moza Almatrooshi\, Moza Almazrouei\, Meera Almazrooei\, Nada Almosa and Sarah Afaneh\, plus Indonesian artist Eko Nugroho; says the blurb\, “they will transform Umm Al Emarat Park into a space where audiences of all ages can encounter art through touch\, sound\, movement and light … Through open-ended experiences\, children are invited to experiment\, question\, collaborate\, imagine and create their own meanings”. \nSays Dana Almazrouei: “We wanted to ask the kind of questions adults often stop asking: what stories lie beneath the soil? How does sound travel through a park? Working with each artist\, we thought first about how a child would experience the piece\, and what they might carry with them afterwards … Play is how children come to understand the world. As historian Johan Huizinga observed\, play creates temporary worlds shaped by shared rules and imagination\, and that’s what we hope this park becomes. It isn’t just a way to make art accessible; it’s how children think\, discover and build their own stories\, together.”
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/childrens-biennial/
LOCATION:Umm Al Emarat Park\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Art,Family/kids
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261111
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261112
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Ahmad Tallaa: The Living Archive
DESCRIPTION:A solo exhibition by the Syrian artist that includes large-scale portraits\, a tile installation\, sculptures\, artist books\, and works on paper. At the centre of Tallaa’s practice is the face\, not as portrait or likeness\, but as witness; this exhibition\, curated by Celine Azem\, considers the traces that experience leaves behind on the face\, the body\, and “the materials we touch and are touched by”.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-ahmad-tallaa-the-living-archive/
LOCATION:Firetti Contemporary\, Unit 29\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261111
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261112
DTSTAMP:20260701T082606Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAYAhmad Tallaa: The Living Archive
DESCRIPTION:Built from layers of sand collected in the UAE\, chalk powder\, pigments\, and acrylic\, the surfaces of Ahmad Tallaa’s large-scale portraits at the centre of this show are dense and almost sculptural – as the gallery puts it\, “Faces do not sit on the canvas so much as emerge from within it\, as though the act of painting were one of excavation rather than construction. Cracks\, scars\, and accumulated marks become evidence of time’s passage …”
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chnaceahmad-tallaa-the-living-archive/
LOCATION:Firetti Contemporary\, Unit 29\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261111
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261112
DTSTAMP:20260913T153043Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Ahmad Tallaa: The Living Archive
DESCRIPTION:Built from layers of sand collected in the UAE\, chalk powder\, pigments\, and acrylic\, the surfaces of Ahmad Tallaa’s large-scale portraits at the centre of this show are dense and almost sculptural – as the gallery puts it\, “Faces do not sit on the canvas so much as emerge from within it\, as though the act of painting were one of excavation rather than construction. Cracks\, scars\, and accumulated marks become evidence of time’s passage …”
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/closing-today-ahmad-tallaa-the-living-archive/
LOCATION:Firetti Contemporary\, Unit 29\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261111
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261112
DTSTAMP:20260916T102454Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Katia Kameli: The Canticle of the Birds
DESCRIPTION:A solo presentation by the French-Algerian artist and filmmaker that reinterprets The Conference of the Birds\,a 12th-century epic poem by Farid ud-Din Attar\, in which a flock of birds search for a mighty ruler and ultimately find their strength within themselves. \nIn Kameli’s video Le Cantique des oiseaux (2022) actresses process while playing bird-shaped ceramic instruments\, an eerie procession that stands in sharp contrast to the urban environment of Paris. A follow-up film\, Le Cantique des oiseaux\, variation (2022)\, was staged in a seaside garden on the French Riviera; here\, the physical challenge of dancing while playing fragile ceramic instruments creates a visible tension between the performers’ bodies and the delicate artwork. The earthenware instruments are bird-shaped ocarinas\, created by Kameli with ceramicist Marie Picard; to bring these sculptural birds to life\, Kameli worked with composer Aurélie Sfez and choreographer Youness Anzane.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/closing-today-katia-kameli-the-canticle-of-the-birds/
LOCATION:Taymour Grahne Projects\, Warehouse 31A\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261111
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261112
DTSTAMP:20260916T103416Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Dalal Al-Obaidi: Frogs\, Jazz & Blisters
DESCRIPTION:A new body of 15 paintings by the Kuwaiti artist that takes us into a life split between two worlds\, London and Kuwait– considering what it means to live in two places\, or “to be two Dalals” as the artist put it\, without being entirely settled in either identity.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/closing-today-dalal-al-obaidi-frogs-jazz-blisters/
LOCATION:Taymour Grahne Projects\, Warehouse 31A\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261111
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261116
DTSTAMP:20261105T110905Z
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SUMMARY:Mahmoud Moussa: Sculpture\, Form & Memory
DESCRIPTION:The UAE’s first solo exhibition dedicated to the Egyptian sculptor. Mahmoud Moussa (1913–2003) is described by Maha Al Mansoori Art Gallery – which is responsible for this short-run Frieze-adjacent show – as one of the most important figures in Arab modernism. \nCurated by Al Mansoori\, the exhibition is presented in collaboration with Motion Gallery in Cairo. It considers how material can hold memory\, how reduction can intensify expression\, and how subjects drawn from lived experience can achieve a presence that exceeds their immediate reference; as the gallery has it\, “rather than imposing a single interpretation\, it invites sustained attention to the relationship between each work’s physical construction and its emotional register … Moussa’s sculptures offer a compelling proposition: that the significance of sculpture need not depend on scale or spectacle. It may instead reside in the precision of a contour\, the balance of a volume\, or the quiet transformation of stone into a form that remains at once familiar and enigmatic”. \nMaha Al Mansoori Art Gallery will move into a permanent space in the UAE capital early in 2027. \nImage: Mahmoud Moussa\, Untitled (1968)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/mahmoud-moussa-sculpture-form-memory/
LOCATION:Region Concept Space\, MiZA\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Sculpture
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261111T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261111T210000
DTSTAMP:20261103T095537Z
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SUMMARY:Writing Gym
DESCRIPTION:A nice idea from Emirates Literature Foundation – a casual two-hour hands-on session of writing sprints\, creative challenges\, and independent writing. Useful whether you’re blocked\, halfway through a novel\, starting with a blank page\, or experimenting with poetry or monologues. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/writing-gym/
LOCATION:Emirates Literature Foundation\, Dar Al Adaab\, Al Shindagha\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Words,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261111T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261111T233000
DTSTAMP:20261027T174254Z
CREATED:20261027T174254Z
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SUMMARY:M.O.R.O.N.S.
DESCRIPTION:“A comedy whirlwind featuring a revolving lineup of Dubai’s best comedians and fresh faces! You never know what will happen!” Standup with the Mad Cat folk. The cover charge of AED 99 includes one drink.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/m-o-r-o-n-s/
LOCATION:First Collection\, Al' Amal Street\, Business Bay\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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