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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260806
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260807
DTSTAMP:20260603T114938Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Juma Al Haj: Interoception
DESCRIPTION:Centred on the concept of ‘interoception’\, the body’s ability to sense and process its internal state\, this exhibition examines how moments of crisis are internalised and transformed into material expression. Developed in response to the first missile attacks reported in the UAE in February 2026\, Interoception traces Al Haj’s instinctive return to painting as a means of processing fear\, uncertainty\, and collective anxiety; working through layered surfaces\, fragmented script\, and visceral mark-making\, the artist transforms deeply personal reactions into visual expressions of disruption and resilience.  The show is curated by Shamma Al Mheiri.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-juma-al-haj-interoception/
LOCATION:Iris Projects\, Studio 20\, Madar 39\, MiZa\, Port Zayed\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260808
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260809
DTSTAMP:20260804T091626Z
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SUMMARY:Shan Castelino: To Live Boldly\, To Love Wildly
DESCRIPTION:Castelino has spent nearly three decades in Dubai with an extensive career at Christie’s and senior positions within leading contemporary galleries\, working with some of the most celebrated contemporary artists of our time and gaining a rare perspective on artistic practice\, materiality\, and the emotional possibilities of abstraction. As a result\, her debut solo exhibition – a new body of paintings that covers “resilience\, memory\, transformation\, and the enduring dialogue between humanity and the natural world” – should be well worth the visit. \nRather than depicting landscapes\, says the gallery\, Castelino paints “emotional terrains”. So nature is never treated simply as scenery; instead\, it becomes a living metaphor for the human condition. Built through successive layers of paint\, texture\, gesture\, and light\, the paintings reveal themselves gradually. “Botanical forms emerge before dissolving into luminous fields of colour. Leaves become fragments of memory. Water suggests movement\, surrender\, and healing. The surface itself records time\, with each layer preserving traces of experiences that can never be erased but continue to shape what follows …”
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/shan-castelino-to-live-boldly-to-love-wildly/
LOCATION:Leila Heller Gallery\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260808
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260809
DTSTAMP:20260804T140424Z
CREATED:20260804T140424Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260804T140424Z
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SUMMARY:Habeeb Abu-Futtaim: The Ongoing Performance of Melancholia and Songs in Solitude
DESCRIPTION:Two interconnected exhibitions\, both curated by Mo Reda and supported by the Department of Painting and Printmaking at VCUarts Qatar. Together\, The Ongoing Performance of Melancholia and Songs in Solitude mark the culmination of a two-month residency at Bayt AlMamzar; they present several different bodies of work developed over the past ten years\, drawing from an artistic practice shaped by sustained research\, investigation\, and critical inquiry. \nWorking across painting\, installation\, performance\, video\, and writing\, Abu-Futtaim investigates the construction and performance of collective identities\, examining how inherited symbols\, political imaginaries\, and cultural narratives become internalized as expressions of belonging. Songs in Solitude reflects on the intimate space of artistic practice through playfulness\, imagination\, intimacy\, and selfhood; The Ongoing Performance of Melancholia turns outward to examine the inherited performances of collective identity and the burden of unrealized political futures. Between them the exhibitions move between the personal and the political\, revealing how solitude\, memory\, and collective imagination continually shape one another. \nTo 2 October.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/habeeb-abu-futtaim-the-ongoing-performance-of-melancholia-and-songs-in-solitude/
LOCATION:Bayt AlMamzar\, House 2\, 26 Street\, Al Mamzar\, Deira\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.2769434;55.3338022
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260813
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260814
DTSTAMP:20260813T143442Z
CREATED:20260813T143442Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T143442Z
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SUMMARY:Mutable Devotions
DESCRIPTION:This is the MFA thesis exhbiition from six graduating students\, presenting the culmination of their research and work – “informed by a deep commitment to risky multi-media exploration The works are by Maha Alasker\, Yuehan Dai\, Nour Elbery\, Almaha Jaralla\, Tooba Shaikh\, and Shaima Shamsi. To 31 August.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/mutable-devotions/
LOCATION:Rizq Art Initiative\, Leaf Tower\, Al Reem Island\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:24.4988505;54.3946197
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260819
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260820
DTSTAMP:20260813T155256Z
CREATED:20260813T153651Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T155256Z
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SUMMARY:Phenomenological Alphabet
DESCRIPTION:A group exhibition for six artists – Aya Afaneh\, Sarah Afaneh\, Sarah Brahim\, Amir Hazim\, Yoonsik Chico Park\, and Andrew Riad – exploring how language is formed through the body\, voice\, gesture\, and mark making practices. Each contributes a distinct artistic perspective on how meaning and communication are created. \nTo 4 October.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/phenomenological-alphabet/
LOCATION:NYUAD Arts Centre Project Space
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260822
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260823
DTSTAMP:20260817T110601Z
CREATED:20260817T110601Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260817T110601Z
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SUMMARY:The Glitch: Fragmented Becoming
DESCRIPTION:A Diarbid show for 35 artists “who explore identity as fluid\, layered\, and continuously evolving. Through fragmented\, distorted\, duplicated\, and incomplete forms\, the works examine how the self is shaped by memory\, displacement\, shifting environments\, and the uncertainties of contemporary life. The glitch functions as both a visual language and a metaphor for these shifting states …  By interrupting familiar forms and unsettling recognition\, it opens alternative ways of seeing and becoming. Fragmentation is approached not as loss\, but as a generative space where the familiar can be disrupted and the incomplete can remain open to new possibilities …” \nTo 15 September.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/the-glitch-fragmented-becoming/
LOCATION:Al Shindagha Museum – House 353\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.2048493;55.2707828
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260831
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260901
DTSTAMP:20260427T185450Z
CREATED:20260427T185450Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260427T185450Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY A Return to Presence
DESCRIPTION:Described by the gallery as “a significant new exhibition” and “a return to the essential experience of art as presence\, encounter\, and shared space”\, this show features a curated selection of 50 newly arrived 2D and 3D works by Annalù\, Stefano Bombardieri\, Cveto Marsič\, Umberto Ciceri\, Giuseppe Maiorana\, Robert Hromec\, Youn Kyoung Cho and Gustavo Vélez.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-a-return-to-presence/
LOCATION:Oblong Contemporary Art Gallery\, Al Khayat Art Avenue\, Al Quoz\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.0796205;55.1224096
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260831
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260901
DTSTAMP:20260630T143957Z
CREATED:20260630T143957Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260630T143957Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY In Transit
DESCRIPTION:A group exhibition featuring works by Wadeei Khaled\, Ahmad El Badawi\, Bahram Hajou\, Hanibal Srouji\, Jamal Bassiouni\, Rania Amoudi and Yervant Hawarian – an introduction to artists who will be featured in upcoming exhibitions throughout the year\, alongside others whose works have previously been shown. Says the gallery: “The exhibition reflects a curatorial intention to trace evolving artistic narratives while highlighting recurring themes of memory\, identity\, displacement\, and visual perception”.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-in-transit/
LOCATION:Artbooth Gallery\, Centro Capital Center\, Al Khaleej Al Arabi Street\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:24.4176064;54.4408235
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260831
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260901
DTSTAMP:20260813T143609Z
CREATED:20260813T143609Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T143609Z
UID:10014032-1788134400-1788220799@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Mutable Devotions
DESCRIPTION:This is the MFA thesis exhbiition from six graduating students\, presenting the culmination of their research and work – “informed by a deep commitment to risky multi-media exploration The works are by Maha Alasker\, Yuehan Dai\, Nour Elbery\, Almaha Jaralla\, Tooba Shaikh\, and Shaima Shamsi.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-mutable-devotions/
LOCATION:Rizq Art Initiative\, Leaf Tower\, Al Reem Island\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:24.4988505;54.3946197
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260901
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260902
DTSTAMP:20260826T102129Z
CREATED:20260826T102101Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260826T102129Z
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SUMMARY:Hamad Almuzaini: Precarious Beings
DESCRIPTION:“What is the ultimate goal of a city?” asks architect/artist Hamad Almuzaini: “Governance and the streamlining of lived experience – an impossible task – or something more open\, broken\, and constantly reinvented?” He says these questions guide his work across photography\, drawing\, and sculpture as he probes the entangled systems and countless stakeholders that make and remake environments we call ‘home’. “My practice involves observing and researching built environments and the ways we generate and respond to the notion of ‘place’ … By examining widely encountered subjects within cities\, I reinterpret how we navigate and interact with these places – uncovering gestures\, behaviours\, and motivations that quietly shape the act of placemaking.” \nThe exhibition looks at placemaking within the context of Kuwait City\, considering everyday details\, overlooked objects\, and urban infrastructures that shape places to trace the subtle relationships between people\, objects\, systems\, and the built environment. \nTo 11 October.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/hamad-almuzaini-precarious-beings/
LOCATION:Tashkeel Studio and Gallery\, Nad Al Sheba\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Urbanism
GEO:25.1435458;55.3475331
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260901
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260902
DTSTAMP:20261002T161234Z
CREATED:20261002T161234Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261002T161234Z
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SUMMARY:All Manner of Experiments: Legacies of the Baghdad Modern Art Group
DESCRIPTION:Curated by Nada Shabout of NYUAD’s al Mawrid Arab Center for the Study of Art\, this exhibition investigates and celebrates the work and influence of one of the most important art movement of the mid-Century Middle East. Dr Shabout brings together work by the artists from the Baghdad Modern Art Group\, as well as those who the group influenced both at the time and in later generations. \nEstablished in 1951 by two of Iraq’s most influential artists\, Jewad Selim (1919–1961) and Shakir Hassan Al Said (1925–2004)\, the Baghdad Modern Art Group grew to engage many of Iraq’s leading artists\, architects\, poets\, and more; together\, they sought to develop a new art form that reflected the secularised\, modern society emerging from the dismantling of the Ottoman Empire. Says the gallery: “Artists questioned the ability of traditional ‘Islamic art’ practices to present their contemporary realities\, searching for a more effective visual language. In this context\, modern art provided a conduit for exploration and was perceived by Iraqi artists as a global space of shared humanity …” \nAt the same time\, those artists were conscious of their role in developing a sense of identity for their newly formed nation\, alongside broader decolonisation processes. “This set the stage for Iraq’s so-called golden age of the 1950s: a time of maturation for a generation of artists pivotal in initiating rigorous standards of art theory and practice\, thus charting new possibilities for future generations.” \nArtists included in the show: Faraj Abbo\, Sadik Kwaish Alfraji\, Himat Mohammad Ali\, Rasoul Alwan\, Suad al-Attar\, Qahtan Awni\, Dia al-Azzawi\, Bogus Bablanian\, Amar Dawod\, Ghassan Ghaib\, Faiq (Faeq) Hassan\, Mohammed Ghani Hikmat\, Jabra Ibrahim Jabra\, Rand Abdul Jabbar\, Fouad Jihad\, Saadi Al Kaabi\, Ardash Kakafian\, Salma Khoury\, Hanaa Malallah\, Mahmoud Obaidi\, Widad al-Orfali\, Khalid al-Rahal\, Kareem Risan\, Miran al-Saadi\, Mahmoud Sabri\, Naziha Salim\, Nizar (Nazar) Salim\, Shakir Hassan Al Said\, Delair Shaker\, Jewad Selim\, Lorna Selim\, Walid Siti\, Ismail Fattah (Al-Turk)\, Madiha Umar\, Khalil al-Ward\, Nazar Yahya. \nTo 3 January.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/all-manner-of-experiments-legacies-of-the-baghdad-modern-art-group-2/
LOCATION:NYUAD Art Gallery\, Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:24.5302924;54.4451578
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260905T000000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260905T000000
DTSTAMP:20260529T122244Z
CREATED:20260529T122041Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260529T122244Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY The Two Walks: Works on Paper selected by Judy Karkour
DESCRIPTION:A group show of new and archival works on paper selected by Judy Karkour that brings together 14 artists with distinct material and artistic backgrounds – Sarah Almehairi\, Faris Alshafar\, Olaf Breuning\, Bernhard Buhmann\, André Butzer\, Nadine Ghandour\, Monika Grabuschnigg\, Amir Khojasteh\, Nour Malas\, Solimar Miller\, Philip Mueller\, Mayar Obedo\, Edgar Orlaineta\, Amba Sayal-Bennett. \nThe title refers to “the corridor that souls use to travel between worlds\, to the thousand lives that live within one\, and to those who resist conformity” and the exhibition explores paper as a medium that challenges scale as grandiose; there is something uniquely revealing about working with paper\, and each of the artists uses and manipulates it in different ways that expand beyond its traditional associations – to express hidden existential thoroughfare\, complex intentions\, and explore innovative techniques.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/the-two-walks-works-on-paper-selected-by-judy-karkour-2/
LOCATION:CARBON 12\, 17th Street\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.1431157;55.2246127
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260909
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260910
DTSTAMP:20260821T084358Z
CREATED:20260821T084309Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260821T084358Z
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SUMMARY:Amna AlMemari\, Lubnah Ansari\, MG\, Andrew Riad: Infrared
DESCRIPTION:This group show is the culmination of the second edition of NIKA Project Space’s Open Studio programme: four artists based in the UAE were invited to develop new bodies of work in dialogue with the space\, one another\, and the public. Curated by Rahel Aima\,  the exhibition brings together projects developed during the residency themed around the observer effect – “in which a wave becomes a particle and the body becomes a tongue through ritual\, accumulation\, and the heat of the eye … Rather than producing works in response to a prescribed theme\, the participating artists continued investigations proposed during the Open Studio application process. Over the course of the residency\, these projects evolved through experimentation\, research\, conversation\, and material exploration\, offering a glimpse into artistic practice as an unfolding process”. \nDubai-based Singaporean artist MG has new paintings from her ongoing series Collecting the Collectors\, which examines the private interiors of art collectors as psychologically charged spaces where identity and power are negotiated through objects and images. Drawing from real interiors while deliberately disrupting their spatial logic\, her paintings transform domestic settings into unstable environments in which artworks\, decorative objects\, and their owners become participants in an intricate theatre of collecting and self-construction. \nAndrew Riad expands his multidisciplinary research into dance\, ancient Egyptian mythology\, and the material history of copper through an installation combining painting\, sculpture\, text\, and ritual gesture. The project interweaves personal memory\, Coptic funerary traditions\, and the persistence of language; copper\, roses\, milk\, water\, and movement recur throughout the installation and individual objects\, connecting ideas of ancestry\, spirituality\, and cultural survival. \nLubnah Ansari continues the material investigations initiated through recent research; her practice considers the migrations and transformations of the word haq across South and Southwest Asia\, approaching language as a material capable of translation and renewal. Working with ash\, stone\, sand\, glass\, photography\, and found objects\, Ansari develops sculptural and photographic works that reflect on memory and the ways meaning persists across histories and geographies. \nAnd Emirati artist Amna AlMemari presents a new chapter in her ongoing exploration of Tarflowers\, a fictional ecosystem that draws on the landscapes and visual culture of the Gulf. Combining photography\, drawing\, and mixed media\, her works construct speculative environments where geological\, political\, and media narratives become layered into new visual ecologies. \nTo 31 October. \nRight: Amna AlMemari\, Tarflowers (fragment) (2026)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/amna-almemari-lubnah-ansari-mg-andrew-riad-infrared/
LOCATION:NIKA Project Space\, Unit 11 Al Khayat Avenue\, 19th Street Road — Al Quoz 1\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.1399294;55.2285748
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260913
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260914
DTSTAMP:20260504T120608Z
CREATED:20260504T120608Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260504T120608Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Time That Grows Slowly
DESCRIPTION:A group exhibition based around site-specific installations and considering ecological\, feminist\, philosophical\, and postcolonial concerns. The core inspiration however is “philosophical reflections of time as growth rather than movement … Time\, as humans experience it\, is inseparable from the vegetal. The oxygen we breathe\, the food we consume\, the rhythms of agriculture and settlement — all are shaped by plant life. Yet this dependency remains largely invisible”.  The curator\, Alexander Burenkov\, suggests that the exhibition “proposes a toolkit for slowing down\, a reorientation of our sensorium to the rhythms of plants\, the creation of space for vegetal attunement\, reflection and contemplation in dynamic urban conditions\, and the raising of questions about how duration\, memory\, and lived experience are produced within such environments …” \nThe artists: \nMaha Alasaker Kuwait / UAE\nSrijon Chowdhury Bangladesh / USA\nOdonchimeg Davaadorj Mongolia / France\nPatricia Domínguez Chile\nLouis Guillaume France\nMevlana Lipp Germany\nSulafa Mohammed UAE\nTabita Rezaire France / French Guiana\nShaima Shamsi Saudi Arabia / Bahrain / UAE\nFarah Soltani Iran / UAE\nAntoine Renard France\nNadia Waheed Saudi Arabia / Pakistan / USA
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-time-that-grows-slowly/
LOCATION:Dom Art Projects\, Al Khayat Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.1399294;55.2285748
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260913
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260914
DTSTAMP:20260504T121510Z
CREATED:20260504T121510Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260504T121510Z
UID:10013725-1789257600-1789343999@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Petr Kirusha: Every moment is a fresh beginning
DESCRIPTION:A solo show featuring works that Petr Kirusha developed during his residency at Dom Art Projects. At a time of heightened geopolitical tension between the US and Iran\, Kirusha documented the landscapes of Al Quoz and the rapidly changing cityscape of Dubai – observations that evolved into paintings and works on paper. “Working with a post-digital approach to colour\, he leaves the white of the paper active — like a blank screen — and employs a technique that preserves luminosity in the lower layers of paint”. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-petr-kirusha-every-moment-is-a-fresh-beginning/
LOCATION:Dom Art Projects\, Al Khayat Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.1399294;55.2285748
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260913
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260914
DTSTAMP:20260512T091803Z
CREATED:20260512T091803Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260512T091803Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Rana Begum: Boundless Geometry
DESCRIPTION:Selected works from the Farjam Collection. Through a refined language of Minimalist abstraction\, the London-based artist blurs the boundaries between sculpture\, painting and architecture – “bringing together works that explore light\, colour\, perception\, and spatial experience\, the exhibition reflects Rana Begum’s distinctive visual language\, where geometry becomes fluid\, atmospheric\, and deeply sensory … Through shifting reflections\, layered structures\, and luminous surfaces\, Boundless Geometry invites viewers into a contemplative encounter with form\, movement\, and space”.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-rana-begum-boundless-geometry/
LOCATION:Farjam Foundation\, Gate Avenue 3\, GF-97\, DIFC\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260913
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260914
DTSTAMP:20260603T095504Z
CREATED:20260603T095453Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260603T095504Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Ahmad AlAttar: Human in the Loop
DESCRIPTION:Human in the Loop is a sound-based interactive installation that takes the form of a game of hide-and-seek between visitors and an unseen algorithm. Hanging ropes are suspended from the ceiling and visitors are invited to pull on them; each pull interrupts the continuous ambient sounds of nature with a brief\, glitch-like sound. At first\, these responses may feel random\, but with repetition\, patterns begin to emerge; and when the correct rope is found\, the system responds with a distinct and heightened auditory moment – a brief reward that signals discovery. Almost immediately\, the algorithm relocates\, hiding once again within the field of ropes\, and the search resets. \nSo what begins as playful interaction gradually becomes an act of careful listening and navigation. Human in the Loop reflects a contemporary paradox: we take pleasure in interaction even as it draws us deeper into technological rhythms that are increasingly difficult to step away from. \nAhmad AlAttar\, currently is a Senior Robotics Engineer at Dubai Future Labs\, was a participant in the 2024 cycle of the 421 Artistic Development Program (ADP)\, facilitated by Jolaine Frizzell. During preparation for the exhibition he was also mentored by Khalid AlAwadhi\, Founder & CEO of Remal\, and Dr Pradeep Sharma\, Director of the Arts\, Culture and Heritage program at the Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation. \nTo 13 September.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-ahmad-alattar-human-in-the-loop/
LOCATION:421 Arts Campus\, Mina Zayed\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:24.5224833;54.3877183
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260915
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260916
DTSTAMP:20260817T111753Z
CREATED:20260817T111753Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260817T111753Z
UID:10014039-1789430400-1789516799@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY The Glitch: Fragmented Becoming
DESCRIPTION:A Diarbid show for 35 artists “who explore identity as fluid\, layered\, and continuously evolving. Through fragmented\, distorted\, duplicated\, and incomplete forms\, the works examine how the self is shaped by memory\, displacement\, shifting environments\, and the uncertainties of contemporary life. The glitch functions as both a visual language and a metaphor for these shifting states …  By interrupting familiar forms and unsettling recognition\, it opens alternative ways of seeing and becoming. Fragmentation is approached not as loss\, but as a generative space where the familiar can be disrupted and the incomplete can remain open to new possibilities …”
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-the-glitch-fragmented-becoming/
LOCATION:Al Shindagha Museum – House 353\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.2048493;55.2707828
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260915
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260916
DTSTAMP:20260825T102809Z
CREATED:20260825T102809Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260825T102809Z
UID:10014051-1789430400-1789516799@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:Stephan Kaluza: From Dust to Bloom
DESCRIPTION:Stephan Kaluza’s practice is fundamentally concerned with depictions of nature\, either as hyper-realistic oils or near-abstract renderings. These two modes of painting should be seen as different stages of the same subject in a process of transformation: disruptions creep in\, and appearances prove deceptive. Says the gallery: “At first glance\, the paintings appear to be precise\, almost preservative images of an intact world – until a second layer emerges\, sharply challenging what is being seen”. To 31 October. \nRight: Stephan Kaluza\, Impact (2026)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/stephan-kaluza-from-dust-to-bloom/
LOCATION:JD Malat Gallery\, ACT 2 Tower\, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Blvd 13A \,Downtown Dubai\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.1926401;55.2716753
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260916
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260917
DTSTAMP:20260507T101506Z
CREATED:20260507T101506Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260507T101506Z
UID:10013744-1789516800-1789603199@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Kevork Mourad: The Echoes of Silent Bells
DESCRIPTION:A descendant of Armenian Genocide survivors and raised in Syria\, Mourad approaches his work with a profound sense of responsibility to preserve culture and history; his practice aims to give voice to places that no longer exist\, offering an interpretation of what has been lost while seeking ways that history and culture might be recovered\, at least within emotional memory.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-kevork-mourad-the-echoes-of-silent-bells/
LOCATION:Leila Heller Gallery\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260916
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260917
DTSTAMP:20260507T102825Z
CREATED:20260507T102825Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260507T102825Z
UID:10013746-1789516800-1789603199@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Sultan Bin Fahad: Blue Note
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition by the Saudi artist embraces the experimentation of jazz\, commemorating its role as an audiovisual gathering for culture to flourish from and exact its designs on the world as it moved from older models of audiovisual art – “these musicians’ ancestral mixologies harmonising into an open-ended future\, its rhythm never finished …”
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-sultan-bin-fahad-blue-note/
LOCATION:Leila Heller Gallery\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260916
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260917
DTSTAMP:20260913T150024Z
CREATED:20260913T144206Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T150024Z
UID:10014095-1789516800-1789603199@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:Library Circles: Rend Beiruti
DESCRIPTION:Rend Beiruti’s research display\, sharing insights into her investigation of the baqala neighbourhood grocery store as a vital urban entity in Dubai\, exploring its history\, its influence on urban development\, and its role as a cultural signal. Through photographs\, mapping\, and archival documents\, the display brings together the findings of this urban investigation and considers the ubiquitous baqala as both an everyday space and a cultural signal. To 11 January.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/library-circles-rend-beiruti/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.216757;55.3309395
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260917
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260918
DTSTAMP:20260913T142329Z
CREATED:20260913T142329Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T142329Z
UID:10014089-1789603200-1789689599@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:Essence of Egypt
DESCRIPTION:A presentation of Palestinian artistic journeys shaped in Egypt and inspired by its art and culture\, featuring works by Nabil Anani\, Samira Badran\, Tayseer Barakat\, Mostafa Al Hallaj\, Kamel Al Moghani and Abdul Rahman Al Muzayyen that range from the 1960s to the early 2000s and present a diversity of media and approaches – from printmaking and etching to mixed media and leather. Considered together\, the works offer insight into the influence of mobility\, exchange and experimentation on the formation of modern Arab art. \nTo 25 November. \nRight: Nabil Anani\, Intifada (1988)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/essence-of-egypt/
LOCATION:Fann à Porter\, The Workshop\, Villa 45\, St. 23b\, off Al Wasl Road (opposite Box Park)\, Jumeirah 2\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.1966736;55.2461631
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260917
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260918
DTSTAMP:20260913T142626Z
CREATED:20260913T142626Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T142626Z
UID:10014090-1789603200-1789689599@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:Oussama Diab: Reimagined
DESCRIPTION:A solo show for the Palestinian-Syrian-Dutch artist that reinterprets celebrated masterpieces from Western art. Diab revisits iconic works by artists including Picasso\, van Gogh\, Michelangelo and van Dyck\, applying his own distinctive visual language to allow the images to speak to contemporary realities. Highlights of the exhibition are two striking reinterpretations of Picasso’s ‘Guernica’\, alongside ‘La Coiffure’ also after Picasso\, two sunflower paintings inspired by van Gogh\, and reinterpretations of Anthony van Dyck’s ‘Jupiter and Antiope’ and ‘Moses and the Serpent’. \nTo 31 October. \nRight: Oussama Diab\, Middleeastern Guernica (2026)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/oussama-diab-reimagined/
LOCATION:Artbooth Gallery\, Centro Capital Center\, Al Khaleej Al Arabi Street\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:24.4176064;54.4408235
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260918
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260919
DTSTAMP:20260616T104411Z
CREATED:20260616T104411Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260616T104411Z
UID:10013899-1789689600-1789775999@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Tangerine Dreams
DESCRIPTION:Ayyam Gallery’s summer collective exhibition focuses on the colour orange: “occupying a unique space between intensity and comfort\, orange embodies both vitality and reflection. Associated with sunlight\, fire\, ripened fruit\, and shifting horizons\, the colour carries a rich spectrum of meanings that traverse cultures\, histories\, and emotional states …” For this show\, orange becomes a vehicle through which artists explore memory\, landscape\, identity\, and transformation: “the colour appears in varied forms\, guiding viewers through moments of energy and stillness while revealing its ability to shape perception and mood”. \nThe artists: \nTammam Azzam\nMouteea Murad’\nElias Izoli\nThaier Helal\nKhaled Akil\nAbdalla Al Omari \nSama Alshaibi\nFaisal Samra\nKais Salman\nKhaled Takreti\nAsaad Arabi\nOussama Diab\nLeila Nseir
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-tangerine-dreams/
LOCATION:Ayyam Gallery\, B11\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.1431157;55.2246127
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260918
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260919
DTSTAMP:20260916T110530Z
CREATED:20260913T162558Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T110530Z
UID:10014126-1789689600-1789775999@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:MONOCHROMA 2
DESCRIPTION:You don’t see enough ceramic art outside the interiors business\, and then it just tends to be bowls; so this show by Double J Collective (“the first project based in Dubai exclusively dedicated to exhibit\, promote and sell fine craft and design creations”) in partnership with DCT Abu Dhabi is well worth encouraging. Few details\, apart from “emerging and established artists [who] come together within a shared black-and-white palette”\, but we are promised “diverse ceramic practices … in a dialogue shaped by material\, perspective and artistic expression”. To 18 October. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/monochroma-2/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://magpie.ae/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/double-j.webp
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260919
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260920
DTSTAMP:20260913T145220Z
CREATED:20260913T145220Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T145220Z
UID:10014099-1789776000-1789862399@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:Bashar Khalaf: The Field of Dreams
DESCRIPTION:Two series of works\, Junk Garden and Protective Shield\, from the Ramallah-born artist. “The Field of Dreams is an exploration of formations of ‘steel’ in the public space from the perspective of the relationship between the self\, the object\, and the other” says the gallery. “It can be viewed as an interactive space with the fragile reality in which humanity lives.” \nKhalaf’s dreaming energy gives steel junk – bulldozers\, vehicles\, surveillance cameras – an chance for self-reinvention; it confronts the machine with its own existence\, giving it a tragic form and allowing it reposition itself over time. The garbage bins in Protective Shield were used during the First Intifada to block street and provide shelter from bullets ; in contrast\, the colonial system used steel barrels filled with cement to seal off the entrances to villages and camps. \nTo 8 November.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/bashar-khalaf-the-field-of-dreams-2/
LOCATION:Zawyeh Gallery\, Warehouse 27\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.1431157;55.2246127
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260919
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260920
DTSTAMP:20260915T174024Z
CREATED:20260915T174024Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T174024Z
UID:10014151-1789776000-1789862399@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:Artist's Room: Lulua Alyahya
DESCRIPTION:Marking her first solo exhibition in the UAE\, Lulua Alyahya’s Artist’s Room brings together new commissions\, loans and works from the Art Jameel Collection. Through her paintings\, Alyahya explores culturally embedded archetypes with tenderness\, humour and a critical inflection\, often engaging with representations of masculinity set against the natural and built environments of the Gulf; working on an intimate scale\, her layered\, gestural brushstrokes suggest a process of continual revision that contributes to the atmosphere and surreal quality of her paintings. \nTo 31 January. \nRight: Lulua Alyahya\, Skyscrapers (2023)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/artists-room-lulua-alyahya/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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GEO:25.216757;55.3309395
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf Dubai;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Al Jaddaf:geo:55.3309395,25.216757
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260920
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260921
DTSTAMP:20260407T140543Z
CREATED:20260407T134814Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260407T140543Z
UID:10013601-1789862400-1789948799@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Shezad Dawood: Skin of Dreams
DESCRIPTION:Shezad Dawood’s 25-year career spans painting\, textiles\, sculpture\, ceramics\, film\, performance and digital media. Fascinated by ecologies and architecture\, his work connects art\, science\, music\, environmentalism and technology to explore both alternative histories and futures\, through a process of continuous world-building expressed as an explosion of colour and multi-layered narratives; and that should make this first mid-career retrospective of the artist a must-visit. The exhibition\, which is curated by Jessica Cerasi\, features more than 40 works including painting\, sculpture\, monumental film installations\, and interactive virtual reality experiences.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chnace-shezad-dawood-skin-of-dreams/
LOCATION:Cultural Foundation\, Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Street\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:24.4856096;54.357172
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260920
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260921
DTSTAMP:20260521T161140Z
CREATED:20260521T161140Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260521T161140Z
UID:10013800-1789862400-1789948799@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Laila Majid and Inaam Zafar: Body Quotidian
DESCRIPTION:Recent works by Laila Majid and Inaam Zafar that explore the human body and its presence in contemporary life through metaphor and symbolism. In Majid’s practice\, sculptural and photographic works unfold through slow revelation; Zafar’s practice explores themes of death and decay\, while foregrounding the body as a perishable entity. Bringing together these works\, Body Quotidian explores how light\, material\, gesture and atmosphere filters bodily experience; Moving between domestic scenes and abstraction\, the exhibition reflects on the quiet\, everyday moments through which the body continues to shape how we see and inhabit the world. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-laila-majid-and-inaam-zafar-body-quotidian/
LOCATION:Al Mureijah Square\, Sharjah
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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