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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: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;VALUE=DATE:20261112
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261113
DTSTAMP:20261003T111947Z
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SUMMARY:Afrah Shafiq: Nobody Knows For Certain
DESCRIPTION:Afrah Shafiq’s Nobody Knows for Certain is a multimedia game that draws on the illustrated children’s books that were distributed widely in India by the USSR\, highlighting a little-known chapter of Cold War-era cultural exchange. These richly illustrated Soviet fairytales and folk stories shaped many childhood memories and are now the subject of a thriving subculture of collectors across South Asia. \nNobody Knows For Certain is an anthology of stories developed through a field research fellowship with the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art\, Moscow\, alongside an archive Shafiq has built of Soviet children’s books across Indian languages and oral testimonies gathered during her research. Sitting between interactive fiction\, documentary and point-and-click adventure games\, the work invites players to collect books virtually\, find portals from one tale to the next and move through archival findings and historical backdrops that trace how two seemingly disparate lands were closely tied to one another. \nTo 25 April.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/afrah-shafiq-nobody-knows-for-certain/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261112
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261113
DTSTAMP:20261029T101722Z
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SUMMARY:Christo and Jeanne-Claude Award 2025: Safekeeping Stories
DESCRIPTION:Safekeeping Stories\, by UAE-based Indian artist and graphic designer Hannan Arshad\, was the winner of the 2025 Award. A poignant response to cultural loss\, and a compelling example of how historical narratives can be reimagined through contemporary public art\, the installation exemplifies the power of art to bridge memory\, place\, and material tradition. It will be on view at John Sexton Square (Central Plaza) at NYU Abu Dhabi to 4 January.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/christo-and-jeanne-claude-award-2025-safekeeping-stories/
LOCATION:NYUAD Central Plaza\, Saadiyat Island\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Public art
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261112
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261113
DTSTAMP:20261029T111651Z
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SUMMARY:Majdi Al Kuzbari and Randa Hijazi: Talid
DESCRIPTION:A joint exhibition by two Syrian artists who explore their homeland’s living heritage through abstract painting (Hijazi) and mosaic jewellery (Al Kuzbari) – “a dialogue between memory\, tradition\, and the present … heritage as a living presence in contemporary art and design” as the gallery has it. To 3 December.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/majdi-al-kuzbari-and-randa-hijazi-talid/
LOCATION:K Gallery\, Al Barari\, Seventh Heaven\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261112
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261113
DTSTAMP:20261102T141037Z
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SUMMARY:Wadeei Khaled: Nearness
DESCRIPTION:A solo show for the Palestinian artist Wadeei Khaled that considers the family as the foundation through which we understand ourselves\, our histories and our connection to place. “His paintings transform everyday gestures of love and care into a visual language of belonging\, where the home becomes a small homeland\, and the homeland an extended family …” To 31 December 2026. \nImage: Wadeei Khaled\, When an Embrace Becomes Home (2026) \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/wadeei-khaled-nearness/
LOCATION:Artbooth Gallery\, Centro Capital Center\, Al Khaleej Al Arabi Street\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261112
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261113
DTSTAMP:20261106T102750Z
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SUMMARY:Shaikha Al Mazrou: Two Horizons
DESCRIPTION:Significant works and new commissions by the Emirati artist and sculptor known for her material experimentation across steel\, marble\, glass\, resin and copper. Curated by Reem Fadda\, alongside Noor AlMehairbi\, Paz Monge and Afra Saif Almazrouei\, the exhibition unfolds across Cultural Foundation’s atrium and inner galleries in four areas\, with the horizon as its recurring point of reference; highlights include Beyond All Measures (2023)\, a cast-brass diptych at the centre of the atrium\, the new commission Fragmented Horizon (2026)\, and the debut of a series of works in marble. \nTo 15 July. \nImage: Shaikha Al Mazrou\, Beyond All Measures (2023)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/shaikha-al-mazrou-two-horizons/
LOCATION:Cultural Foundation\, Qasr al Hosn\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:3D,Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261112
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261116
DTSTAMP:20261105T094529Z
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SUMMARY:DIFC Art Nights
DESCRIPTION:Under the theme Future Forms\, DIFC Art Nights claims to feature more than 600 artworks in exhibitions\, “interactive art installations”\, creative workshops\, live artistic performances and musical entertainment. This edition also has a dedicated Emirati heritage art corner with works by Alia Bent Sultan and Kira Melnikova\, live Arabic calligraphy by Mohammad AlTamimi\, and a hands-on workshops delivered by thejamjar; and there’s an Art Connects Women showcase of works by 120 women artists.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/difc-art-nights/
LOCATION:DIFC Gate Village\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art/design fair
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261112T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261112T200000
DTSTAMP:20261106T125650Z
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SUMMARY:A Writing Practice: Visual Poetry
DESCRIPTION:421’s writing seminar\, led by  Sarah Afaneh and designed for writers at any stage of their practice\, approaches the page as a spatial site for poetry – considering how typography\, fragmentation\, erasure\, and arrangement can shape meaning. Participants will play with with the visual possibilities of language and experiment with poetry that converses with embodiment\, emotion\, and artistic intuition.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/a-writing-practice-visual-poetry/
LOCATION:421 Arts Campus\, Mina Zayed\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Words,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261112T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261112T220000
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SUMMARY:The Comedy Lab
DESCRIPTION:Mad Cat Comedy’s regular Thursday stop in Silicon Oasis promises “insane laughs every week”.  The door price of AED 99 includes one drink and popcorn.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/the-comedy-lab-24/
LOCATION:Radisson Red\, Dubai Digital Park\, Dubai Silicon Oasis\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261112T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261112T233000
DTSTAMP:20261027T173327Z
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SUMMARY:Cocktails and Comedy
DESCRIPTION:“Dubai’s hottest comedy night” (aka the Mad Cat team) come to the moodily-lit speakeasy style bar in DIFC for a regular Thursday gig. The door price includes one drink.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/cocktails-and-comedy-3/
LOCATION:Bondz\, Unit 156 Level POD\, Emirates Financial Tower\, DIFC\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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