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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260426
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260427
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SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Memoryscape: Contemporary Visions Across the Arab Diaspora
DESCRIPTION:A group show for six contemporary artists of Arab descent: Gilbert Halaby\, Hanibal Srouji\, Hussein Baalbaki\, Richard Hearns\, Sarah Alagroobi\, and Soraya Abu Naba’a. Says the gallery: “At the heart of Memoryscape lies a shared inquiry into how our surroundings shape\, hold\, and recall our histories. For these artists\, the landscape is more than scenery\, it is an archive of experience\, a repository of emotion\, and a mirror of identity …”
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/memoryscape-contemporary-visions-across-the-arab-diaspora-2/
LOCATION:Artbooth Gallery\, Centro Capital Center\, Al Khaleej Al Arabi Street\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260426
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260427
DTSTAMP:20260506T220028
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SUMMARY:Noor Al Suwaidi: The Sky Forgets\, the Heart Remembers
DESCRIPTION:In this exhibition of a new body of work\, curated by Cima Azzam\, Noor Al Suwaidi approaches colour as a field of sensation where form appears and dissolves within shifting tonalities – “figures hover at the edge of abstraction; colour gathers\, disperses\, and returns again … allowing forms to surface briefly before receding again\, like a feeling remembered but never fully named”. Alongside the paintings\, monochrome marble-like sculptures introduce a contrasting presence with absence of colour to offer a quiet counterpoint to the chromatic intensity of the canvases. And the gallery itself has been tuned to suit: “deep maroon walls hold the paintings in a state of quiet intensity … the architecture of the space has been softened. Surfaces are sanded and corners eased into gentle curves. The room no longer insists on edges. Instead\, it moves with a quieter rhythm that echoes the sensibility of the works themselves …” \nTo 30 July.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/noor-al-suwaidi-the-sky-forgets-the-heart-remembers/
LOCATION:Maraya Art Centre\, Al Qasba\, Sharjah
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260426
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260427
DTSTAMP:20260506T220028
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SUMMARY:Salmah Al Mansoori: Who I Become
DESCRIPTION:Curated by Cima Azzam and featuring artworks loaned by Firetti Contemporary\, this exhibition reflects an ongoing exploration of memory\, material\, and place by Salmah Al Mansoori\, an Emirati artist from Abu Dhabi. Her practice begins with acts of noticing: fragments\, residues\, and overlooked materials drawn from everyday life. These are reworked into new forms that carry both personal and collective memory; handmade paper\, infused with desert grasses\, palm fibres\, and natural pigments\, holds traces of landscape and labour\, while extending the life of what might otherwise disappear. Documentation gives way to transformation; what begins as an act of collecting becomes a process of reconfiguration\, where materials shift\, forms evolve\, and associations remain open. \nTo 30 July.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/salmah-al-mansoori-who-i-become/
LOCATION:Maraya Art Centre\, Al Qasba\, Sharjah
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260430
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260501
DTSTAMP:20260506T220028
CREATED:20260120T155204Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260120T155204Z
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SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Shamsa Al Omaira: Hard Like Tears\, Soft Like Glass
DESCRIPTION:A solo exhibition for Shamsa Al Omaira\, an Abu Dhabi based multidisciplinary artist and designer. Evocations of duality occupy a prominent position in her work; childhood bedding and memories of jelly desserts morph into soft-looking sculptures laced with hidden or overt symbols of harm in ceramic and glass shards. How precarious is childhood? \nAs part of the gallery’s programme\, Al Omaira was mentored by UAE-based curator and art critic Nadine Khalil over the last year\, resulting in a development of her practice and experimentation with new mediums\, including woodwork\, stitching and installation works.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-shamsa-al-omaira-hard-like-tears-soft-like-glass/
LOCATION:Iris Projects\, Studio 20\, Madar 39\, MiZa\, Port Zayed\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260502T160000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20260502T180000
DTSTAMP:20260506T220028
CREATED:20260421T121353Z
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SUMMARY:BAM Auctions Inaugural Sale
DESCRIPTION:The inaugural auction of what is described as “a secondary market platform focused on mid-range contemporary works from the UAE and the wider region” will consist of a “tightly curated” sale of 21 lots. The organisers\, from the Bayt AlMamzar artists collective\, say the intention is not to ape an existing model wholesale; “this is a modest and intentional first edition\, designed to establish a secondary market structure that can mature steadily over time\, built at a scale that allows us to remain attentive\, responsive\, and closely connected to the community it was shaped for”. \nPhone and WhatsApp bidding are available\, but require prior registration via contact@bam-auctions.com. \nAbove: Lateefa Bint Maktoum\, Observers of Change 4 (2011: this will be included in the auction)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/bam-auctions-inaugural-sale/
LOCATION:Bayt AlMamzar\, House 2\, 26 Street\, Al Mamzar\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Auction
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260503
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260504
DTSTAMP:20260506T220028
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SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Ahaad Alamoudi: Sunkissed
DESCRIPTION:Alamoudi’s snapshots of contemporary Khaleeji aesthetics playfully capture the give-and-take between developmental goals and their real-world manifestation. Viral memes\, talking falcons\, automated toy cars and insect light traps all function as tools to process accelerating change; together\, these works explore how the overarching desire for development is absorbed and rearticulated in everyday life.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-ahaad-alamoudi-sunkissed/
LOCATION:Al Mureijah Square\, Sharjah
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Photography
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260505
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260506
DTSTAMP:20260506T220028
CREATED:20260420T154500Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260427T173304Z
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SUMMARY:Supermarket
DESCRIPTION:A great idea from Foundry Downtown – a group exhibition featuring artists based in the UAE who are not (currently) represented by galleries. The organisers describe it as “for the first time\, a selling exhibition structured around accessibility\, discovery\, and dialogue. The project seeks to encourage a broader public to engage with contemporary art with greater confidence and curiosity\, while offering artists an opportunity to present their work in a context that is both visible and commercially supportive …” \nIn that context\, the title represents a quite deliberate borrowing from retail – though the curators are keen to emphasise that doesn’t mean crudely reducing art to merchandise rather than “critically asking what it means to ‘shop’ for art at a moment when value is shaped not only by artistic quality\, but also by visibility\, narrative\, and systems of legitimacy”. Still\, it is a selling exhibition\, with works at “an accessible price point” … \nWe count 36 artists on the list\, which should guarantee some variety – there must be something for everyone here … \nAhmad Makary\nCamila Schubert\nAfrorabian\nJuhayda Bittar\nIsaac Sullivan\nDon\nAdele Bea Cipste\nFink 22\nPreschelle Ann Biqueras\nJalal Mashhadi Fard\nFats Patrol\nSaif Chilmiran\nRon John\nAnita Shishani\nKarim Tamerji\nElisa Arienti\nLaura Puscasu\nFaxon\nRabab Tantawy\nRaghe Farah\nAsareh Ebrahimpour\nJumairy\nFarah Soltani\nGhalia Kalaji\nAntoine Deeb\nAlina El Assadi\nJude Maharmeh\n⁠Rania Kamal\nElizaveta Pugacheva\nSandra Fadayel\nBayan Dahdah\nAysha Al Shamsi\nMaha Zeibak\nNessma Djouhri\nKarim El Atrache\nMr Sharks \nWe’re told that the exhibition will be accompanied by a programme of talks and guided tours in collaboration with Nadine Khoury. \nTo 7 June.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/supermarket/
LOCATION:Foundry Downtown\, Boulevard Crescent\, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Boulevard\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260506
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260507
DTSTAMP:20260506T220028
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SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Douglas White: The Great Wave
DESCRIPTION:Throughout his practice\, White approaches sculpture as a kind of material alchemy – discarded substances are reworked forms that appear uncannily animate: industrial debris becomes wave\, tree\, or cosmic surface\, revealing unexpected continuities between natural forces and technological systems. \nTwo sculptures form the centre of the exhibition. In The Great Wave (after Hokusai)\, fragments of torn tyre rubber collected from roadsides around the world gather into a dense\, turbulent crest that rises above the viewer – one of the most recognisable images in art history\, understood as a moment of impending force poised above fragile human lives. And the monumental Black Palm rises through the gallery like an improbable organism\, assembled from lengths of discarded tyre rubber\, its trunk and fronds have presence of a living structure – an artificial tree grown from the residues of global mobility. \nAcross the exhibition White’s works reveal the hidden energies that shape material form. In the Lichtenberg Drawings\, high-voltage electrical discharges burn branching patterns directly into the surface of wood\, creating lightning-like structures that emerge through the interaction of energy and resistance. And the electroformed Black Sun works develop slowly through the accumulation of copper in electrically charged baths\, allowing metallic surfaces to crystallise over time.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/douglas-white-the-great-wave-2/
LOCATION:Leila Heller Gallery\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260506
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260507
DTSTAMP:20260506T220028
CREATED:20260427T185405Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260427T185405Z
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SUMMARY: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. To 31 August. \nAbove: Annalù\, Dreamcatcher Iridescenze (2023) \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/a-return-to-presence/
LOCATION:Oblong Contemporary Art Gallery\, Al Khayat Art Avenue\, Al Quoz\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260508
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260509
DTSTAMP:20260506T220028
CREATED:20260421T115111Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260421T115131Z
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SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Déjà Vu
DESCRIPTION:Described as “the UAE’s first collaborative gallery exhibition”\, this 14-day selling show features more than 50 artists represented by 20 of the UAE’s leading contemporary art galleries. \nThe intention is to provide a commercial opportunity for the galleries\, which have been impacted by current events. The exhibition has been curated\, however\, and is themed: it “unpacks the incongruity and inanity of repeated cycles in three streams — the uncanny as it presents in historical mismatching and memory glitches; historical absurdity; and linguistic slippage”. The featured artists include Samira Abbassy\, Sadik Alfraiji\, Nabil Anani\, Ammar Al Attar\, Mirna Bamieh\, Lubna Choudhary\, Samuel Fosso\, Anahita Razmi\, Larissa Sansour\, Mithu Sen\, Seher Shah\, Slavs and Tartars\, Lantian Xie\, and Raed Yassin. \nParticipating galleries: Gallery Isabelle\, The Third Line\, Green Art Gallery\, Lawrie Shabibi\, Ayyam Gallery\, Carbon12\, 1×1 Art Gallery\, Grey Noise\, Zawyeh Gallery\, Efie Gallery\, Taymour Grahne Projects\, Aisha Alabbar Gallery\, Waddington Custot\, Leila Heller Gallery Dubai\, Firetti Contemporary\, Satellite\, Iris Projects\, NIKA Project Space\, Tabari Artspace\, and Total Arts. \nThe exhibition has been curated by Kevin Jones\, Artistic Director at Alserkal; Nada Raza\, Director of Alserkal Arts Foundation; and Zaina Zaarour\, Curator & Manager of Programmes at Alserkal Avenue.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-deja-vu/
LOCATION:Concrete\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260509
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260510
DTSTAMP:20260506T220028
CREATED:20260113T095919Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260415T110719Z
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SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Aïda Muluneh: This Bloom I Borrow
DESCRIPTION:A new series of images by the Ethiopian art photographer\, her second solo exhibition at the gallery. The show includes 10 works that have never been seen before. \nMuluneh has been a distinctive voice in contemporary photography throughout her 25-year career; her vivid\, carefully staged photographs of painted figures in surreal settings draw on African iconography\, architecture and textiles to create narratives that blur the boundaries between photography\, painting and performance. Muluneh has developed an experimental process that bridges photography\, silkscreen printing and hand-painting to transform photographs into unique\, painterly objects. \nThe works are characterised by bold geometric compositions and recurring symbols such as eyes\, keys\, masks\, flowers\, and ancestral motifs\, mostly rendered in striking primary colours. They continue Muluneh’s ongoing enquiry into ideas of identity\, womanhood and heritage through a lens of material experimentation. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-aida-muluneh-this-bloom-i-borrow-2/
LOCATION:Efiɛ Gallery\, 2 Al Khayat Art Avenue\, First Al Khail Street\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260509
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260510
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CREATED:20260223T145438Z
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SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Nihad Al Turk: Creatures of Hope
DESCRIPTION:Without formal art schooling\, Nihad Al Turk has developed a distinctive visual language that blends colours\, forms\, and patterns\, “preserving his naïve sensibility while conveying his philosophical outlook and artistic vision”. His paintings typically feature anthropomorphic shapes and figures\, a form of self-portraiture that reflects Al Turk’s view on humanity and his connection with the world – “these haunting\, creature-like beings represent the complexity of our human ecosystem”.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-nihad-al-turk-creatures-of-hope/
LOCATION:Ayyam Gallery\, B11\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.1431157;55.2246127
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260509
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260510
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SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Unfixed ground
DESCRIPTION:A group exhibition that approaches ‘ground’ as “something continuously produced: fractured\, inscribed\, and held in tension between erasure and persistence …” \nThe first of two spaces has works by Mandy El Sayegh\, Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim\, Omar El Gurg\, and Rand Abdul Jabbar – painting\, sculpture\, and material assemblage that make visible the processes of layering\, repetition\, and transformation: Says the gallery: “Grids loosen into dense surfaces where language and gesture intersect\, while symbolic forms develop through accumulation and return. Elsewhere\, sculptural bodies appear suspended between terrain and figure\, suggesting ground as something both physical and imagined … Rather than resolving into fixed meanings\, these works hold multiple temporalities at once … The space becomes one of ongoing construction\, where meaning is contingent and continuously negotiated …” \nThe second space is quieter and more contemplative\, featuring works by Asad Faulwell and Dima Srouji where cycles of repetition and rupture unfold through painting and material fragments. Faulwell’s works have recurring gestures and figures\, “tracing forms of endurance that move between ritual and resistance”; Srouji’s practice introduces light and fragility through fractured elements without restoring them to wholeness. \nAcross both spaces\, “Unfixed Ground … reflects on how ground—whether material\, political\, or symbolic—is continually made and remade. In this context\, instability becomes generative: a condition through which forms are shaped\, undone\, and sustained”.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-unfixed-ground/
LOCATION:Lawrie Shabibi\, Unit 21\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260509
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260510
DTSTAMP:20260506T220028
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SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE The importance of staying quiet: Fahd Burki II.a
DESCRIPTION:In 2014\, an exhibition was held in Hong Kong under the title The importance of staying quiet; conceived by Saira Ansari and Umer Butt\, it was an attempt to find a minimal vocabulary within Pakistani art. A decade later\, The importance of staying quiet returns as a year-long dialogic exchange between Butt and Ansari as a series of presentations shaped through discursive encounters. This time\, the programme will examine the development of practices that have deliberately engaged minimal or abstract strategies. \nFahd Burki II.a\, the fourth exhibition in The importance of staying quiet\, extended the dialogue initiated through painting in Fahd Burki I via works on paper\, canvas\, and wood\, pulling through the two-dimensional language in shift towards 3D. The works on display here turn toward contour\, elevation\, and depressions\, explored through both actual and implied relief; “from the surface outward\, the edges crawl\, fold around the frame\, and consolidate into a single wooden form that anchors the centre of the presentation. The remaining tonally minimal\, monochromatic works hold the space in a light yet concentrated tension …” \nThe final presentation in the series\, Fahd Burki II.b will move fully into the three-dimensional; it opens on 16 May.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-the-importance-of-staying-quiet-fahd-burki-ii-a/
LOCATION:Grey Noise\, Unit 24 Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Photography
GEO:25.1431157;55.2246127
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260509
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260510
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SUMMARY:Global Positioning System
DESCRIPTION:An ambitious large-scale group exhibition dedicated to mapping and navigation systems\, “telling stories of fast cars and donkeys\, spinning globes and street barricades\, cosmic highways and broken bridges … [it] delves into topographies\, transit lines and simulated landscapes to engage critically with the infrastructure of movement and navigation”. Set against real and imagined geographies and landscapes\, the exhibition asks questions about the infrastructures that enable transport and trade\, the promises of speed and progress\, the meaning of home\, and what ‘navigation’ means when the destination is not a place but a memory … \nThe artists: \nBani Abidi\nMadiha Aijaz\nFatma Al Ali\nMahmoud Alhaj\nLulua Alyahya\nAna Amorim\nNazgol Ansarinia\nFayçal Baghriche\nMirna Bamieh\nHeman Chong\nAngela Detanico & Rafael Lain\nHarun Farocki\nMd Fazla Rabbi Fatiq\nDevadeep Gupta\nHylozoic/Desires\nMohammed Kazem\nLawrence Lek\nDora Longo Bahia\nCinthia Marcelle\nSeher Naveed\nŞener Özmen & Erkan Özgen\nFazal Rizvi\nHassan Sharif\nVishwa Shroff\nDima Srouji\nDo Ho Suh\nT. Vinoja\nSubas Tamang\nBo Wang\nTatyana Zambrano \nThat’s an impressive list\, satisfyingly light on European names (for the purpose of making this point we’re assuming Türkiye to be non-European) and covering a wide range of artistic practices “from research-based engagements with infrastructure projects to conceptual works that question the very perception of distance”. \nGlobal Positioning System\, which is curated by Indranjan Banerjee and Lucas Morin (both exhibition curators at the Jameel)\, runs 9 May to 4 October\, an impressive six-month stint that indicates how important the Jameel thinks it is; and this is actually a two-centre exhibition\, with a second ‘chapter’ at Hayy Jameel in Jeddah from 20 May to 26 October featuring 22 artists – a third of whom are from the Dubai roster\, with new names making up the balance. \nAbove: Subas Tamang\, Study of History III (2017)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/global-positioning-system-2/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260509
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260511
DTSTAMP:20260506T220028
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SUMMARY:Alserkal Art Month: weekend 4
DESCRIPTION:Here’s the schedule for the fourth weekend of Alserkal Avenue’s Art Month: \nSATURDAY 9 MAY \n4-5pm start at The Yard TOUR Slow Art Walk with Camilla Singh\nArtist\, curator\, and cultural strategist Camilla Singh leads a tour of three selected galleries that offers an alternative way to engage with art\, “taking the time to slow down and reflect rather than rushing to unpack or understand”. Register here. \n6-7pm start at The Yard TOUR Slow Art Walk with Priyanka Mehra\nCurator Priyanka Mehra (Ishara Arts Foundation) leads a tour of the Avenue\, beginning with “the act of noticing how the Avenue unfolds through gestures of public art\, quiet interventions and the spaces in between …” Register here. \n5-6pm Common Room CONVERSATION From Fences to Facades: Typologies of all Types\nHussain AlMoosawi reflects on a visual language that shaped his practice and ongoing engagement with multiple urban landscapes through a show-and-tell followed by a conversation with Raz Hansrod. Register here. \n7-8.30pm The Yard FILM Moon Is The Oldest TV: dir Amanda Kim (2023)\nKim’s documentary profiles the career of Nam June Paik and his pioneering contributions to video art. A timely meditation on the contradictory ways in which technology elicits both fascist tendencies and intercultural understanding\, the film charts Paik’s artistic evolution with an extensive archive of performance footage\, original interviews from Paik’s contemporaries and collaborators and a voiceover of Nam June Paik’s writings. Register here. \nSUNDAY 10 MAY \n11am Project Space KIDS WORKSHOP Create Your Own: Split Spin Animal Puppets\nMedaf Creative Studio + Art Spaces Participants leads a fun hands-on activity that encourages creativity\, storytelling\, and imaginative play that creates jointed puppets from pre-cut paper animal pieces. \n12-5pm Alserkal Arts Foundation MEET THE ARTISTS\nSpend an afternoon at the Alserkal Arts Foundation studios – currently hosting artists Alla Abdunabi\, Richi Bhatia & Hira Khan\, and Maryam Abdulrahma\, each navigating the tensions of materiality\, memory and transformation. Register here. \n5-6pm Common Room READING GROUP Here and Elsewhere\nCan creative processes and togetherness help reaffirm a sense of sovereignty? Artist Chafa Ghaddar leads a programme of texts and images that move through poetry\, drawing\, writing\, and speculative gestures. Register here. \n7-9pm Project Space WORKSHOP An Evening with NOON and Their Music\nMore than just a performance\, this session opens up a conversation around what it really takes for independent artists from the region to break into major music cities around the world. NOON (above) is Ratish Chadha (drums/percussion)\, Hosny (oud/vocals)\, and Steven Bedford (bass/electronics). Register here.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/alserkal-art-month-weekend-4/
LOCATION:Alserkal Avenue\, Al Quoz 1\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Festival
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260510
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260511
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SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Khozema Al-Aaed: We Walk on Stories
DESCRIPTION:Khozema Al‑Aaed’s solo exhibition reimagines cartographies\, reminding us that land absorbs our movements\, our wounds\, our hopes\, “becoming a living archive of human presence” as the gallery puts it. “The compositions resemble traces of cities once inhabited\, imagined\, or departed. Lines recall footsteps and pathways that may no longer exist\, yet continue to shape identity and belonging. Land appears not as a passive surface\, but as a living archive that absorbs stories\, wounds\, and hopes over time …”
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-khozema-al-aaed-we-walk-on-stories/
LOCATION:Firetti Contemporary\, Unit 29\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260511
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260512
DTSTAMP:20260506T220028
CREATED:20260504T142758Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260504T142758Z
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SUMMARY:Same Air
DESCRIPTION:A group exhibition bringing together 14 artists from the Gulf\, presenting works connected by the same place and the same moment. “Without a prescribed theme or formal directive they began to create. The works that came forth\, unfinished\, unresolved\, and in motion\, span multiple media and expressive forms. They are connected by the conditions of their making: the same place\, the same moment\, the same air … Presented online and in the gallery\, the exhibition holds as a living record of how the present moment is absorbed by those breathing within it.” \nThe artists: \nAlmaha Jaralla\nAlymamah Rashed\nHazem Harb\nTagreecl Darghouth\nChafa Ghaddar\nAya Haidar\nZiad Al Najjar\nTalal Al Najjar\nMaitha Abdalla\nZeinab Alhashemi\nJawad Al Malhi\nNasser Almulhim\nLulwah Al Homoud\nMiramar Al Nayyar
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/same-air/
LOCATION:Tabari Artspace\, Gate Village Level 2\, DIFC\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260511
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260522
DTSTAMP:20260506T220028
CREATED:20260420T161336Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260420T161856Z
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SUMMARY:Art Seeding Festival: Al Khayat Chapter
DESCRIPTION: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 the city — through murals\, installations\, and site-specific interventions. These works are encountered\, lived with\, and gradually absorbed into the identity of the place …” \nSo Art Seeding is essentially a street art festival. More specifically\, it’s a festival that references Al Khayat Avenue as an emerging cultural district — “extending the creative ecosystem of Dubai beyond established hubs and into new\, formative urban spaces”  via a festival “that moves beyond the traditional exhibition model and into the fabric of the city itself”. In practice this means artists from a range of countries and cultural backgrounds\, selected from an open call earlier this year and supplemented by around 100 students from Beyond Architecture Studio (one of the festival’s founders\, Sofia Tkach\, is also founder of B.A.S)\, will be creating works for the Festival including murals\, large-scale installations\, and studio-based projects (in Warehouse 33); in most cases this will be happening live\, so visitors can observe the artistic process in real time and engage directly with artists. \nThe programme also includes: \n\nPublic talks and panel discussions exploring art\, architecture\, and urban development\nHands-on workshops led by participating artists\nA live performance and public gathering on 19 May (the festival is being presented as a complement to Art Dubai)\n\nSofia Tkach is Director and Head Curator of the festival. The other two founders are Dmitry Melnikov\, the gallerist behind Reinvention Art Gallery (R/A/G); and Maria Kuznetsova\, producer. Between them they bridge architecture\, education\, curatorial practice\, and gallery-driven experimentation – all of which sounds like a decent basis for a placemaking artistic endeavour. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/art-seeding-festival-al-khayat-chapter/
LOCATION:Al Khayat Avenue\, 10 19 Street\, Al Quoz\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition,Street art
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260512
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260513
DTSTAMP:20260506T220028
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SUMMARY:Farshid Shafiey\, Atieh Sohrab\, Baran Shafiey: All in the Family
DESCRIPTION:A group show for three artists whose work here explores the dialogue that emerges between generations of artists\, revealing how personal histories\, cultural memory\, and individual artistic languages intersect. Through painting and illustration\, the artists reflect on themes of identity\, everyday life\, and imagination\, offering viewers an intimate glimpse into the visual worlds that shape their creative practices. \nWith a background spanning painting\, illustration\, graphic design\, and animation\, Shafiey approaches art as a space for creative freedom and visual storytelling; his compositions often embrace humour and spontaneity\, drawing inspiration from cultural references and philosophical ideas. Sohrabi draws on her extensive experience in illustration to construct images that balance narrative sensitivity with refined visual language; her works often evoke moments of quiet reflection\, where delicate compositions and subtle details convey emotional depth and personal memory. Shafiey\, the youngest of the three\, presents figurative paintings that explore narrative\, colour\, and ornamentation. Through her exploration of form\, perspective\, and storytelling\, she creates scenes that draw from everyday experiences while opening space for imagination and interpretation. \nTo 15 July. \nAbove: Atieh Sohrabi\, Quite Afternoon (2025)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/farshid-shafiey-atieh-sohrab-baran-shafiey-all-in-the-family/
LOCATION:Leila Heller Gallery\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260513
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260514
DTSTAMP:20260506T220028
CREATED:20260504T115548Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260504T120731Z
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SUMMARY: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 \nTo 13 September. \nAbove: Odonchimeg Davaadorj\, Baiser Toxique (2021: installation view)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/68964/
LOCATION:Dom Art Projects\, Al Khayat Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260513
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260514
DTSTAMP:20260506T220028
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260504T121359Z
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SUMMARY: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”. To 13 September. \nAbove: Petr Kirusha\, Untitled (2026) \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/petr-kirusha-every-moment-is-a-fresh-beginning/
LOCATION:Dom Art Projects\, Al Khayat Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260514
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260515
DTSTAMP:20260506T220028
CREATED:20260504T135611Z
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SUMMARY:Shalabia Ibrahim: Fields of Memory
DESCRIPTION:A solo exhibition promising “a rare and intimate journey into a visual language shaped by the intersections of Egyptian and Syrian modernities”. Born in Egypt and long based in Syria\, Ibrahim’s practice is informed by the visual traditions of the Levant and the rural soul of the Nile; stylised figures and simplified forms create compositions that are both accessible and symbolic. “Shalabia’s work allows the ordinary to exist within a shared visual memory\,” says curator Randa Sadaka. “Everyday gestures and familiar faces are elevated\, becoming archetypes of continuity and renewal.” \nTo 21 June. \nAbove: Shalabia Ibrahim\, Untitled (2004)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/shalabia-ibrahim-fields-of-memory-3/
LOCATION:Artbooth Gallery\, Centro Capital Center\, Al Khaleej Al Arabi Street\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260515
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260516
DTSTAMP:20260506T220028
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260401T102216Z
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SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE All at Once
DESCRIPTION:A group exhibition that reflects on continuity\, resilience\, and quiet optimism at a time when the world can feel uncertain. Says the gallery: “All at Once speaks to the coexistence of multiple realities – personal and shared\, fleeting and enduring\, grounded and aspirational. Through an eclectic mix of perspectives and practices\, the exhibition embraces this simultaneity\, offering a space where contrasts do not compete\, but instead unfold together”. \nThe artists: \nZhang Ji (China)\nGary Lang (USA)\nConrad Jon Godly (Switzerland)\nKojo Marfo (Ghana)\nSantiago Parra (Colombia)\nSophie-Yen Bretez (Vietnam)\nTim Kent (Canada)\nUr Kasin (Romania)\nRichard Wathen (UK)\nYann Leto (France)\nHenrik Uldalen (South Korea)\nLu Xinjian (China)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-all-at-once/
LOCATION:JD Malat Gallery\, ACT 2 Tower\, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Blvd 13A \,Downtown Dubai\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260516
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260517
DTSTAMP:20260506T220028
CREATED:20260203T131414Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T132005Z
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SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Maggie Otieno: Sojourner – The Difference Is the Same
DESCRIPTION: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.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-maggie-otieno-sojourner-the-difference-is-the-same/
LOCATION:Efiɛ Gallery\, 2 Al Khayat Art Avenue\, First Al Khail Street\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260516
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260517
DTSTAMP:20260506T220028
CREATED:20260427T155220Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260427T155328Z
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SUMMARY:Safwan Dahoul – The Eye: An Aperture Into the Soul
DESCRIPTION: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 that punctuate the human experience at various stages in life”. This solo show features the beautiful and usually melancholic monochromatic style which has become characteristic of Dahoul; it also includes more experimental works that are being shown in the UAE for the first time. \nTo 4 July. \nAbove: Safwan Dahoul\, Dream 283 (Diptych\, 2025)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/safwan-dahoul-the-eye-an-aperture-into-the-soul/
LOCATION:Ayyam Gallery\, B11\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260516
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260517
DTSTAMP:20260506T220028
CREATED:20260428T094811Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260428T095021Z
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SUMMARY:In Abstracto\, In Concreto: On Memory and Presence
DESCRIPTION: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 erasure\, between the surfaces of lived experience and the abstractions of memory”. It goes on: “the exhibition is less concerned with depicting bodies in their recognisable form than with asking how the body … becomes a vessel for history\, inheritance\, and imagination”; and “rather than presenting a singular mode of figuration or abstraction\, the exhibition unfolds as a spectrum of strategies. Within this spectrum\, three interwoven threads emerge: Memory and Inheritance\, where surfaces register the weight of what is passed down and endured; Myth and Imagination\, where hybrid or surreal forms generate new lineages; and Presence and Care\, where the body is both affirmed and protected as a site of tenderness and resilience.” \nTo 21 September. \nAbove: Tunji Adeniyi-Jones. Blue Fragments (2026)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/in-abstracto-in-concreto-on-memory-and-presence/
LOCATION:Efiɛ Gallery\, 2 Al Khayat Art Avenue\, First Al Khail Street\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260516
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260517
DTSTAMP:20260506T220028
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260504T152014Z
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SUMMARY:Collage Art Exhibition
DESCRIPTION: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 compositions that move between memory\, identity\, migration\, belonging\, and imagination”. \nAbove: Batool Khalifa\, Tales from Rasheed harbor 2
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/collage-art-exhibition/
LOCATION:Kutubna Cultural Center\, Madina Avenues 17\, Nadd Al Hamar\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260520
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260521
DTSTAMP:20260506T220028
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260401T152118Z
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SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Collector’s Entry Point
DESCRIPTION:A group show of works by emerging\, mid-career and established artists priced at $3\,000 and below\, conceived as an accessible entry into collecting “whether you’re just starting or looking to expand your collection with thoughtful additions”. The artists: \nAhmad Kasha\nAhmad Moualla\nAntoine Deeb\nArda Aslanian\nJude Maharmeh\nLynn Issa\nKhaled Jarada\nMajd Kurdieh\nMayar Obeido\nOmran Younis\nRabee Kiwan \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-collectors-entry-point/
LOCATION:Fann à Porter\, The Workshop\, Villa 45\, St. 23b\, off Al Wasl Road (opposite Box Park)\, Jumeirah 2\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260521
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260522
DTSTAMP:20260506T220028
CREATED:20260422T123454Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260422T123454Z
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SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE White
DESCRIPTION:The annual Faculty exhibition of the Academy of Visual Arts at the University of the Arts\, Sharjah. The curator is Tor Seidel\, filmmaker and lecturer in photography and video at the Academy\, and his statement includes this summary of the show: “I invited my colleagues at the academy to explore the theme of ‘white’ and to imagine it as a colour\, as light\, as a concept\, and as a memory. A sculptor works with malleable materials\, carves stone\, fires it in a kiln\, and casts it in a foundry. Each process is an immersion in colour and in the questions of line and form\, which light can express in very different ways. A printmaker will consider which colours to use and what role white plays in the tones and in accentuation. The painter faces similar questions; he can draw on chiaroscuro techniques to create a dramatic scene. Painters face similar questions; they can use chiaroscuro techniques to create a dramatic scene. Photographers\, film and video artists\, and animators are particularly dependent on light as a fundamental element of their work: if they don’t want to rely on automated processes\, they face complex issues. But these are merely technical and aesthetic issues that need to be resolved. First\, however\, the artist must fathom the mystery of white …” \nExhibiting: \nGeorgina Abood interior architect\, designer\, researcher\nMohamed Yousif sculptor\, educator\nMuatasim Alkubaisy sculptor\, educator\nAlina Erimia fashion designer\, educator\nMuhammad Asad Iqbal multimedia designer\nThaier Helal painter\nIman Ibrahim designer\, associate professor at the College of Design\nAndreea Lonhardt textile artist\, fashion designer\, lecturer\nTor Seidel artist\, curator\, lecturer\nJoshua Watts visual artist\, printmaker\nMaryam Al Qassimi visual artist
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-white/
LOCATION:XVA Gallery\, Al Fahidi Historical Neighborhood\, Bur Dubai\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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