27 September 2025

Curators Talk | Suheyla Takesh

NYUAD Art Gallery Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

The first in a new series presented by The NYUAD Art Gallery, in which curators working in the UAE and beyond discuss their approaches to curatorial practice. The aim is to survey the various individual positions and institutional models at [ ... ]

Free, but pre-register

Curators Talk: Munira Al Sayegh – Exhibitions as Cultural Correctors

NYUAD Art Gallery Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

For the sixth in the new NYUAD Art Gallery Curators Talk series, Munira Al Sayegh will explore the role of a curator as "sociopolitical ambassador". Delving into the various complexities of representing cultures and nations outside their usual contexts, Al [ ... ]

Free

Curators Talk: Salwa Mikdadi

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

The first in the Curators Talk talk series of the 2024-2025 academic year features art historian and curator Salwa Mikdadi, Professor of Practice in Art History at NYUAD and Founding Director and Principal Investigator of the Al Mawrid Arab Center [ ... ]

Free

Thinking through Space: Curatorial Methods and Tools [day one]

Sharjah Art Foundation, Flying Saucer Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Now this looks interesting: a two-day workshop (23-24 August) that offers a practical and reflective entry point into contemporary curatorial practice, showing how an initial idea can evolve into a coherent, site-responsive exhibition. Through a series of guided exercises, attendees [ ... ]

Free, but pre-register

Thinking through Space: Curatorial Methods and Tools [day two]

Sharjah Art Foundation, Flying Saucer Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Second day of this two-day workshop that offers a practical and reflective entry point into contemporary curatorial practice, showing how an initial idea can evolve into a coherent, site-responsive exhibition. Through a series of guided exercises, attendees will learn how [ ... ]

Free, but pre-register