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, [... more]
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 [... more]
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 [... more]
The fair for upmarket collectible design, contemporary art, jewellery and crafts returns to the iconic decommissioned Terminal 1 of the old Abu Dhabi Airport with more than 50 exhibitors and a much expanded programme. "This year, we have a better [... more]
Building on nearly two decades of Abu Dhabi Art, the inaugural edition of Frieze Abu Dhabi marks a new chapter for the region's international art scene. The aim is to connect Abu Dhabi and local arts ecosystem with Frieze's global [... more]
The region's premier affordable art fair is back, with all its stalls having sold out and the promise of more than 10,000 artworks from 300+ artists and galleries to see (the exhibitor list is here). There's a busy programme of [... more]
As part of the programming for Ayyam Gallery’s 20th anniversary, Gallery Director Maya Samawi leads an "intimate tour" of the exhibition, sharing stories from the gallery’s journey and her family’s role in shaping Ayyam Gallery.
A regular Mad Cat Comedy night – “Dubai’s wildest comedy show on Saturday” at “the first purpose built comedy room in the country”. The cover charge of AED 99 includes two F&B coupons.
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