12 September 2024

Randa Maddah: Hanging Gardens

Tabari Artspace Gate Village Level 2, DIFC, Dubai

The inaugural solo exhibition of the Syrian visual artist whose practice spans painting, drawing, sculpture, video, and installation. In this recent work, Maddah repurposes the vocabulary of traditional miniature paintings to depict "dream-like scenes that negotiate themes of belonging, resilience, [ ... ]

Free

LAST CHANCE Susan Doe: Entwined

NYUAD Project Space NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi

The first Project Space exhibition of the new season features a series of paintings, sculptures, and installations through which Susan Doe explores ideas of intersectionality, rooted in her own bicultural upbringing. Says the gallery: "Reflecting on her Chinese American background, [ ... ]

Alia Ahmad: Aspects [مظاهر]

Lawrie Shabibi Unit 21, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai

The first solo exhibition in the UAE for the Saudi Arabian artist presents a new body of paintings and watercolours that seeks to "peel back the layers in order to expose her personal vocabulary". Her point of departure is the [ ... ]

Free

Armin Najib: -continuum

Aisha Alabbar Gallery Warehouse C19, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai

Najib is a multidisciplinary artist from Iran whose practice includes painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, and art jewellery but primarily revolves around kinetic mechanisms and magnetic fields. His fascination with magnetism, ergonomic placement elements, and environmental sensing has led him to [ ... ]

Free

Istoria: A Retrospective Reimagining Middle Eastern Feminism with Leila Nseir

Ayyam Gallery B11, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

This retrospective for the late Syrian artist honours Leila Nseir’s legacy and celebrates her contributions to art and feminism. Nseir’s art was rooted in humanist concerns and feminist thought, addressing themes of conflict, inequality, and poverty; her career was impacted [ ... ]

Free

Kaikhan Salakhov: Astral Space Exploration ‐ The Cosmic Renaissance

Firetti Contemporary Unit 29, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai

Salakhov's work is “a profound exploration of the intersection between science, art, and spirituality, using sacred geometry to illuminate deep cosmic truths”. On show are 36 “meticulously crafted” acrylic paintings that reimagine Renaissance art through a modern lens, blending classical aesthetics [ ... ]

Free

I Kept The Night Vigil …

Leila Heller Gallery Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Subtitled ‘Exploring Women’s Voices Across and Beyond the Middle East’, this exhibition – curated by Behrang Samadzadegan – is inspired by the evocative poetry of al-Khansa, who eloquently conveyed the nuances of grief, strength, and transformation. Says the gallery: “the exhibition resonates [ ... ]

Free

Sumayyah Samaha: Lines and Forms

Leila Heller Gallery Dubai, United Arab Emirates

A range of works from the Lebanese-born NYC-based artist that are rooted in spontaneity and the intuitive interplay between forms and lines. The exhibition continues an exploration of form, line, and colour in a series that began in 2014 and continues [ ... ]

Free

Maria Jose Benvenuto: Nature’s Pulse

Leila Heller Gallery Dubai, United Arab Emirates

A series of vibrant abstracts inspired by the landscape of North Head National Park in Manly, Australia, the area where Benvenuto works. The series is guided by intuition and emerges directly from the subconscious, drawing on the deep reservoirs of [ ... ]

Free

Bound: Textiles Between Loss and Repair

Green Art Gallery Dubai, United Arab Emirates

The last in a series of exhibitions investigating contemporary approaches to fibre art curated by Murtaza Vali, this group show builds on notions of nurture and care long associated with cloth – which envelopes our bodies from our first breath [ ... ]

Free

Sarah Alagroobi: Slanted Dreamscape

Artbooth Centro Capital Center, Al Khaleej Al Arabi Street, Abu Dhabi

Alagroobi’s evocative, highly textured landscapes provide a glimpse into “a world where reality and imagination intersect”. Her practice celebrates the physical and metaphysical, using layers of acrylic to sculpt imagined landscapes that blur the boundaries between the tangible and the [ ... ]

Free

LAST CHANCE Carpets of Eden, Gardens of Fantasy

Leila Heller Gallery Dubai, United Arab Emirates

This exhibition of carpets designed by artists and curated by Behrang Samadzadegan is described by the gallery as "a territory where artists navigate unbridled fantasies ... Like architects of dreams, they go beyond the surface, delving into the unseen, weaving [ ... ]

Free

Majd Kurdieh: Butterflies

Fann à Porter The Workshop, Villa 45, St. 23b, off Al Wasl Road (opposite Box Park), Jumeirah 2, Dubai

A solo show for the Aleppo-born Lebanese-based artist with a very distinctive practice – he paints with cartoon-like characters to talk about the current state of the world, usually a boy (Fasoon) and a girl (Fasooneh) who are always smiling [ ... ]

Free

Way of the Forest

421 Arts Campus Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

This travelling edition of the Colomboscope arts festival features work by 19 artists from South Asia and Africa. Taking over Galleries 1 and 2 inside 421 Arts Campus, it focuses on interdependence, custodianship, and restorative practices across rainforests, wilderness, mountain [ ... ]

Free

Putting the Record Straight: The Lost Women of Art History

Society Dubai Jumeirah Street, Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

The second in this seven-part lecture series by art historian Rose Balston on female artists from the 16th through to the 18th century – “women who have not only been side-lined, but literally (and shockingly) blocked out of history”, mainly [ ... ]

AED 250

Candice Lin: Night Stone

Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf, Dubai

The Los Angeles-based artist’s first solo exhibition in West Asia. Through ceramics, liquids and organic materials, Lin spotlights histories of trade, colonialism and extraction in this new central installation. It's co-commissioned with the Biennale of Sydney and Monash University Museum [ ... ]

Free

Magnus Gjoen: The Future of The Past

Mestaria Gallery Unit 35, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai

Gjoen invites the viewer to explore the delicate balance between history and modernity, as envisioned through a distinctive style that fuses street art influences with pop culture and fine art – symbols and themes from the Renaissance and Baroque are [ ... ]

William Kentridge: A Shadow of a Shadow

Bait Al Serkal Arts Square, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

A master draughtsman, illustrator, filmmaker and sculptor, William Kentridge is also a prolific theatre-maker who has collaborated with local theatre groups and world-renowned opera houses. This is the first exhibition to focus solely on Kentridge’s theatre practice and surveys 23 [ ... ]

Free

Antonio Dias: The Search for an Open Enigma

Bait Al Serkal Arts Square, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Work by Antonio Dias (1944–2018), an artist who relentlessly transgressed material and conceptual boundaries, tackling complex sociopolitical issues across diverse mediums. Drawing upon Hélio Oiticica’s 1969 analysis of Dias’ practice, the title embraces the versatile, ever-changing and subversive nature of [ ... ]

Free

LAST CHANCE At the Edge of Land

Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf, Dubai

This group exhibition, curated by Lucas Morin, highlights unexpectedly interconnected geographies, resources and commodities, moving between land and sea to tell stories of conflict, erosion and extraction; it's based on works from the Art Jameel Collection plus loans and new [ ... ]

Free

LAST CHANCE Ghizlane Agzenaï: Kaleidoscope

Volery Gallery Maze Tower - 5201, Dubai International Financial Center, Dubai

The Moroccan artist's debut Middle East exhibition is described by the gallery as "a milestone event that offers a unique opportunity to experience Agzenaï’s vibrant and dynamic art in person". On show is a collection of Agzenaï’s signature totems and [ ... ]

Free

LAST CHANCE Mohamed Yousif and Maggie Otieno: Solace in Soil

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

A duo exhibition for Emirati artist Mohamed Yousif and Kenyan sculptor Maggie Otieno that "celebrates the grounded connections between the practices of the two artists and the cross-cultural exchange between the Middle East and Africa". Or as curator Shamma Al [ ... ]

Free

Putting the Record Straight: The Lost Women of Art History

Society Dubai Jumeirah Street, Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

The third in this seven-part lecture series by art historian Rose Balston on female artists from the 16th through to the 18th century – “women who have not only been side-lined, but literally (and shockingly) blocked out of history”, mainly [ ... ]

AED 250

LAST CHANCE Nika Neelova: Beghost

NIKA Project Space Unit 11 Al Khayat Avenue, 19th Street Road — Al Quoz 1, Dubai

A solo exhibition for the London-based artist that draws inspiration from Buhais Geology Park and Jebel Buhais archaeological site in Al Madam. Neelova's sculptures, crafted from a variety of materials including glass, clay, and fossilized shark teeth, offer a speculative [ ... ]

Free

LAST CHANCE One Hundred Years of Painting: Arab Art from 1916 to 2017

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

An explicitly-titled exhibition of 27 paintings selected from two Dubai collections, those of the International House Group and Al Noon Residence; included are works by Farid Aouad, Amine El Bacha, Saliba Douaihy, Farghali Abdel Hafez, Faek Hassan, Shaker Hassan, Emanuel [ ... ]

LAST CHANCE Mouza Al Hamrani: Homepage

FN Designs Unit 26 Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

The first solo show by the Emirati illustrator and multimedia designer reflects the duality of the digital age — “celebrating the opportunities the internet has provided, while also expressing the exhaustion and apprehension that come with a prolonged digital presence. [ ... ]

Free

LAST CHANCE Magnus Gjoen: The Future of The Past

Mestaria Gallery Unit 35, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai

Gjoen invites the viewer to explore the delicate balance between history and modernity, as envisioned through a distinctive style that fuses street art influences with pop culture and fine art – symbols and themes from the Renaissance and Baroque are [ ... ]

LAST CHANCE Majd Kurdieh: Butterflies

Fann à Porter The Workshop, Villa 45, St. 23b, off Al Wasl Road (opposite Box Park), Jumeirah 2, Dubai

A solo show for the Aleppo-born Lebanese-based artist with a very distinctive practice – he paints with cartoon-like characters to talk about the current state of the world, usually a boy (Fasoon) and a girl (Fasooneh) who are always smiling [ ... ]

Free

LAST CHANCE Alia Ahmad: Aspects [مظاهر]

Lawrie Shabibi Unit 21, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai

The first solo exhibition in the UAE for the Saudi Arabian artist presents a new body of paintings and watercolours that seeks to "peel back the layers in order to expose her personal vocabulary". Her point of departure is the [ ... ]

Free

Putting the Record Straight: The Lost Women of Art History

Society Dubai Jumeirah Street, Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Fourth in this seven-part lecture series by art historian Rose Balston on female artists from the 16th through to the 18th century – “women who have not only been side-lined, but literally (and shockingly) blocked out of history”, mainly by [ ... ]

AED 250

LAST CHANCE Sarah Alagroobi: Slanted Dreamscape

Artbooth Centro Capital Center, Al Khaleej Al Arabi Street, Abu Dhabi

Alagroobi’s evocative, highly textured landscapes provide a glimpse into “a world where reality and imagination intersect”. Her practice celebrates the physical and metaphysical, using layers of acrylic to sculpt imagined landscapes that blur the boundaries between the tangible and the [ ... ]

Free

LAST CHANCE I Wish To Be Happy, I Want To Be Yellow

A group show for an eclectic collection of artists — Mohammad Alfaraj, Aminah Al huqail, Dalia Baassiri, Richi Bhatia, Jumairy, Tamara Kalo, Adrian Pepe, and Alia Zaal. The common factor is that they “cultivate a visceral and intimate relationship with nature” [ ... ]

Vian Sora: House of Pearls

The Third Line Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

The Third Line's first solo exhibition with Louisville-based artist Vian Sora features new paintings and works on paper that explore pearls as "a metaphor for achieving stability and the needed structural integrity for life itself to regenerate". Sora draws on [ ... ]

Free

Rand Abdul Jabbar

Lawrie Shabibi Unit 21, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai

Rand Abdul Jabbar’s first gallery solo show, curated by Meitha Almazrooei, weaves narrative with sculpture and textile to explore myth-making as a method of preservation and transformation. The exhibition follows on from her award of the Richard Mille Prize ('Earthly [ ... ]

Free

LAST CHANCE Randa Maddah: Hanging Gardens

Tabari Artspace Gate Village Level 2, DIFC, Dubai

The inaugural solo exhibition of the Syrian visual artist whose practice spans painting, drawing, sculpture, video, and installation. In this recent work, Maddah repurposes the vocabulary of traditional miniature paintings to depict "dream-like scenes that negotiate themes of belonging, resilience, [ ... ]

Free

LAST CHANCE Bound: Textiles Between Loss and Repair

Green Art Gallery Dubai, United Arab Emirates

The last in a series of exhibitions investigating contemporary approaches to fibre art curated by Murtaza Vali, this group show builds on notions of nurture and care long associated with cloth – which envelopes our bodies from our first breath [ ... ]

Free

LAST CHANCE I Kept The Night Vigil …

Leila Heller Gallery Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Subtitled ‘Exploring Women’s Voices Across and Beyond the Middle East’, this exhibition – curated by Behrang Samadzadegan – is inspired by the evocative poetry of al-Khansa, who eloquently conveyed the nuances of grief, strength, and transformation. Says the gallery: “the exhibition resonates [ ... ]

Free

LAST CHANCE Sumayyah Samaha: Lines and Forms

Leila Heller Gallery Dubai, United Arab Emirates

A range of works from the Lebanese-born NYC-based artist that are rooted in spontaneity and the intuitive interplay between forms and lines. The exhibition continues an exploration of form, line, and colour in a series that began in 2014 and continues [ ... ]

Free

LAST CHANCE Maria Jose Benvenuto: Nature’s Pulse

Leila Heller Gallery Dubai, United Arab Emirates

A series of vibrant abstracts inspired by the landscape of North Head National Park in Manly, Australia, the area where Benvenuto works. The series is guided by intuition and emerges directly from the subconscious, drawing on the deep reservoirs of [ ... ]

Free

Putting the Record Straight: The Lost Women of Art History

Society Dubai Jumeirah Street, Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Continuing this seven-part lecture series by art historian Rose Balston on female artists from the 16th through to the 18th century – “women who have not only been side-lined, but literally (and shockingly) blocked out of history”, mainly by the [ ... ]

AED 250

LAST CHANCE Armin Najib: -continuum

Aisha Alabbar Gallery Warehouse C19, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai

Najib is a multidisciplinary artist from Iran whose practice includes painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, and art jewellery but primarily revolves around kinetic mechanisms and magnetic fields. His fascination with magnetism, ergonomic placement elements, and environmental sensing has led him to [ ... ]

Free

LAST CHANCE Artist’s Rooms: Amba Sayal-Bennett

Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf, Dubai

Works spanning the last eight years of the artist’s practice that critically engage with the socio-political contexts of architectural heritage and modernist ideologies and aesthetics. Drawing is at the centre of Amba Sayal-Bennett’s practice, expanding across works on paper, projections [ ... ]

Free

Putting the Record Straight: The Lost Women of Art History

Society Dubai Jumeirah Street, Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Continuing this seven-part lecture series by art historian Rose Balston on female artists from the 16th through to the 18th century – “women who have not only been side-lined, but literally (and shockingly) blocked out of history”, mainly by the [ ... ]

AED 250

LAST CHANCE Artist’s Rooms: Sancintya Mohini Simpson

Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf, Dubai

Sancintya Mohini Simpson is a descended from indentured labourers sent from India to work on colonial sugar plantations in South Africa; her work navigates the complexities of migration, memory and trauma, moving between painting, video, poetry and performance to address [ ... ]

Free