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Children’s Biennial

Umm Al Emarat Park Abu Dhabi

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]

Standard park entry AED 10

CLOSING TODAY Shamin Sharum: Provisional Sanctuaries

Tashkeel Studio and Gallery Nad Al Sheba, Dubai

A solo exhibition by Malaysian artist and designer that reflects on the quiet, temporary musollas that pop up in the UAE’s warehouses, shopfronts, and back rooms, modest prayer spaces that are shaped by necessity rather than formal design. Through paintings, [... more]

Free

Cocktails and Comedy

Bondz Unit 156 Level POD, Emirates Financial Tower, DIFC, Dubai

“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.

AED 99