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Art Seeding Festival: Al Khayat Chapter

Al Khayat Avenue 10 19 Street, Al Quoz, Dubai

An interesting concept: "art can be 'seeded' into the urban environment, where it evolves over time through interaction with people, space, and context ... Rather than presenting finished works within gallery walls, the festival invites artists to engage directly with [ ... ]

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LAST CHANCE Maggie Otieno: Sojourner – The Difference Is the Same

Efiɛ Gallery 2 Al Khayat Art Avenue, First Al Khail Street, Dubai

Otieno’s first solo presentation with Efie centres on her signature transformation of reclaimed and distressed materials. Working across wood, metal, and mixed media, her semi-abstract forms explore layered narratives of history, memory, human interaction, and environmental survival.

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Safwan Dahoul – The Eye: An Aperture Into the Soul

Ayyam Gallery B11, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai

Safwan Dahoul’s most recent body of work continues his Dream series – an ongoing body of work investigating the dream state that he began back in the late 1980s, exploring "the physical and psychological effects of alienation, solitude, and longing [ ... ]

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In Abstracto, In Concreto: On Memory and Presence

Efiɛ Gallery 2 Al Khayat Art Avenue, First Al Khail Street, Dubai

A summer-long group show for Luke Agada, Tunji Adeniyi-Jones, Ludovic Nkoth, and Naila Opiangah, curated by Brice Arsène Yonkeu – whose curatorial statement defines the show as "an encounter with works on paper and paintings that move between visibility and [ ... ]

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Collage Art Exhibition

Kutubna Cultural Center Madina Avenues 17, Nadd Al Hamar, Dubai

More than 70 artworks for 43 artists, included those who responded to an open call – "a bold exploration of contemporary collage art" says Kutubna, promising "work with paint, paper, textiles, photography, digital collage, and found materials to build layered [ ... ]

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