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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:20261114
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261120
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SUMMARY:Sharjah Architecture Triennial: opening week
DESCRIPTION:The third edition of the Sharjah Architecture Triennial runs 14 November to to 14 April under the theme Architecture Otherwise: Building Civic Infrastructure for Collective Futures. \nCurated by Vyjayanthi Rao\, with Tau Tavengwa as Associate Curator\, SAT03 brings together 35 participants working across architecture\, art\, design\, urbanism\, research and other fields. Together\, they explore how architecture can contribute to collective life and respond to the rapidly changing conditions of our world. \nThe opening week programme (14-19 November) is the busiest\, of course\, with a range of panel discussions\, workshops\, screenings\, tours and other public activations across Sharjah – full details here. It is free and open to the public. Register your attendance here.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/sharjah-architecture-triennial-opening-week/
LOCATION:[various Sharjah locations]
CATEGORIES:Architecture,Urbanism
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261115
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261123
DTSTAMP:20261105T101811Z
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SUMMARY:Sliman Mansour: Promises and Scars
DESCRIPTION:A mini-retrospective for Sliman Mansour during Alserkal Art Week 2026 covering five decades of his work – “the first time since 2011 that such an extensive body of the artist’s work has been brought together in a single exhibition”\, says Fann à Porter\, which is organising it. \nThe works in this exhibition demonstrate how Mansour experimented with forms and materiality with an open eye to their politics. Mansour’s idealised landscapes and figures are celebrated for introducing a people to itself – images that promise a progressive anti-colonial romance with a guaranteed happy ending\, in which an oppressed people march confidently towards a destined freedom. \nMansour died in August. “This exhibition was originally planned to open in April in his presence; it now opens in his bitter absence.” \nImage: Sliman Mansour\, AlQuds – Metal (2003)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/sliman-mansour-promises-and-scars/
LOCATION:Warehouse 46\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261115
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261123
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SUMMARY:History Otherwise: Women Modernists from the Arab World
DESCRIPTION:Curated by Suheyla Takesh and Rémi Homs\, this exhibition features works from the Barjeel Art Foundation collection\, including pieces by Inji Efflatoun\, Samia Halaby and Mona Saudi; it also has some archival exhibition posters dating from the 1940s to the 1990s\, highlighting the often-overlooked presence and influence of women artists in the region. \nThe works move across painting\, sculpture\, textiles and other media\, and the exhibition has four interconnected sections. ‘Introspecting’ examines portraiture as a way of seeing individuals and the relationships around them. ‘Documenting’ considers artistic responses to social life and political change. ‘Abstracting’ turns to experiments in form and visual language. And ‘Crafting’ places material knowledge and methods of making within the development of modern art. \nThe exhibition forms a central part of Alserkal Art Week (15 to 22 November) alongside gallery exhibitions\, guest projects and cultural programmes across the Avenue. \nImage: Meriem Meziane\, Women’s Orchestra from Rif (1969)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/history-otherwise-women-modernists-from-the-arab-world/
LOCATION:Concrete\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261118
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261119
DTSTAMP:20261020T105924Z
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SUMMARY:Marilina Marchica and Salmah Almansoori: Traces of Home
DESCRIPTION:An exhibition that brings together works by the Italian artist Marilina Marchica and Emirati artist Salmah Almansoori that are rooted in the landscapes respectively of Sicily and Ghayathi. \nMarchica traces the imprints of abandoned buildings and domestic spaces through drawing\, collage and painting\, using materials such as earth\, charcoal and mineral pigments. Almansoori draws on her personal archive of Ghayathi\, transforming photographs and collected materials\, including palm fibres and desert grasses\, into new works. Between them they explore how art can preserve the memories and histories held by a place\, and how a sense of belonging endures through change … \nTo 29 November. The exhibition is curated by Maria Firetti and organised by Firetti Contemporary in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in Abu Dhabi. \nImage: Salmah Almansoori\, Witnessing the Fragments (2026\, section)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/marilina-marchica-and-salmah-almansoori-traces-of-home/
LOCATION:Italian Cultural Institute of Abu Dhabi\, Al Qasbah Street\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261118T140000
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SUMMARY:NYUAD MFA Open Studios
DESCRIPTION:A chance to meet students and faculty on the NYU Abu Dhabi MFA course\, learn more about the programme\, and get a glimpse of life as an MFA student. \nStudents featured: \nShae Nadine\nJingyi Tang\nAmina Yahia\nAmeni Abida\nXingi Duan\nNoura Sadaka\nCarlos Páez\nMaryam Ahli\nMason Rempher\nVal Jimenez Quiroga\nZikuan Zhao\nMai Suheail Alremeithi\nAhed Al Kathiri\nSalmah Bakheet Almansoori\nShahed Jamhour\nZahra Shafie\nShamaylahV iquar\nLayla Doueidi\nHamzeh Zahran\nDivyaaunshi Paveen Purohit\nHuda Mauzzam\nRishita Kohli \nThe aim is partly to show work in progress by the current cohort\, but also to encourage applications to the MFA in Art and Media programme – “a full-time\, interdisciplinary studio art program that sits at the crossroads of practice and theory\, tradition and change in the arts … The only program of its kind in the region\, we provide students with the knowledge\, tools\, and hands-on experience to prepare you for a life as a professional artist or art academic.\, the application process\, and available scholarships”. Scholarships are available for all students\, with exceptional students receiving up to 100% tuition aid.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/nyuad-mfa-open-studios/
LOCATION:NYUAD Campus\, Saadiyat Island\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Open studio
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261118T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261118T210000
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SUMMARY:The Speculative Circle: 100 Ways of Spilling the Beans
DESCRIPTION:Led by Viviana Checchia\, this participatory studio invites participants to explore how everyday acts of gathering\, cooking\, and conversation can become spaces for collective thinking\, exchange\, and connection – and for expressing ideas\, sharing experiences\, and challenging established social structures. \nInspired by Dr. Checchia’s memories of women gathering to cook and exchange stories in southern Italy\, the seminar considers how domestic spaces and shared activities have enabled women to articulate perspectives and exchange ideas that might otherwise remain unspoken. The session will include a visit to the Mina Zayed fruit and vegetable market to source seasonal ingredients\, followed by a collective cooking session centered on a recipe developed by local chef and artist Moza Al Matrooshi. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/the-speculative-circle-100-ways-of-spilling-the-beans/
LOCATION:421 Arts Campus\, Mina Zayed\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Workshop
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