• Artist Talk: Ryan Koopmans and Alice Wexell

    Leila Heller Gallery Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    Ryan Koopmans and Alice Wexell talk about their creative process, alongside their exhibition The Wild Within currently running at Leila Heller – digital art envisioning iconic architecture (like the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque and Louvre Abu Dhabi) reclaimed by nature.

    Free
  • An Unwritten Country: Frauke Heard-Bey in conversation with Meitha Al Mazrooei

    Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf, Dubai

    Historian and author Frauke Heard-Bey joins scholar Meitha Almazrooei to discuss the long arc of writing and archiving history. Heard-Bey’s landmark publication From Trucial States to United Arab Emirates, first published in 1982, is an essential source for anyone interested [ ... ]

    Free, but pre-register
  • Conversation: Daniele Genadry and Nadine El Khoury

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

    Artist Daniele Genadry and Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Associate Curator Nadine El Khoury will discuss Genadry’s practice and her approach to landscape through light, perception, and visual uncertainty, in relation to ecology, mediation, and the themes of the current group exhibition [ ... ]

    Free, but pre-register
  • Memory under Construction: Rashad Bukhash in conversation with Lina Najem

    Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf, Dubai

    Architect Rashad Bukhash has restored and protected from demolition hundreds of buildings in Dubai. In this conversation with researcher Lina Najem, he revisits decades of work on both shores of Dubai Creek, including a long tenure at Dubai Municipality, with [ ... ]

    Free, but pre-register
  • Localized Futures: Collective Heritage

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

    A key element in 421's Winter season is Localized Futures: Conversations by 421 x afikra, a four-part series of talks and panel discussions developed in collaboration with afikra. The series aims to explore the future of key cultural and civic [ ... ]

    Free, but pre-register
  • Another City is Possible: Mediating Architecture

    Al Qasimiyah School Sheikh Saqr Bin Khalid Al Qasimi St, Sharjah

    For the next event in its SAT03 public programme, Sharjah Architecture Triennial presents a conversation on reimagining the city and the possibilities of architecture beyond its conventional boundaries. Led by Vyjayanthi Rao and Tau Tavengwa, Curator and Associate Curator of [ ... ]

    Free, but pre-register
  • Artist Talk: Huang Yi – Art, Movement, and Gratitude

    NYUAD Art Gallery Reading Room أبو ظبي, أبو ظبي, United Arab Emirates

    Behind the precision of robotics and the poetry of movement lies a story of resilience and grace. In this talk, Huang Yi reflects on how scarcity became a source of creativity and how gratitude continues to guide his work and [ ... ]

    Free, but request invitation