30 May 2023

LAST CHANCE Mahmoud Obaidi: Mosquito Effects

Meem Gallery Umm Suqeim Rd, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

An exhibition of new work by the noted Iraqi artist. Obaidi's art looks beyond simplistic politics and perceptions of identity, says the gallery, "instead seeking to uncover and understand trauma from a historical, structural and geographical lens ... As with [ ... ]

Free

Ever-Present

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

A group show by six African artists presenting “a captivating and thought-provoking collection of artworks that highlight the diverse landscapes and thematic intersections of African art across generations … The exhibition offers a glimpse into the complex histories, traditions, and [ ... ]

Free

Talal Al Najjar, Ziad Al Najjar: Symbiotic Hyperreal

NYUAD Arts Center Project Space NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi

This exhibition marks the first duo show for Emirati brothers Talal Al Najjar and Ziad Al Najjar. They each maintain a distinct individual artistic practice, but developed in close proximity to one another; and both draw upon their relationship to [ ... ]

Free

LAST CHANCE Notations on Time

Ishara Art Foundation Alserkal Avenue, Dubai

A group exhibition that explores "the philosophical and political dimensions of time" through the works of 20 contemporary artists from South Asia and its diaspora. This sounds like a typically thoughtful Ishara show. The gallery says it "explores ontological systems [ ... ]

Free

LAST CHANCE Well Hot

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

A show by a diverse group of artists from the UK's Moosey Gallery that promises to showcase "the best of contemporary art". The title is a playful nod to the Dubai climate rather than any statement about the artists, but [ ... ]

Free

LAST CHANCE Bollywood Superstars: A Short Story of Indian Cinema

Louvre Abu Dhabi Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi

An exhibition that aims to showcase the depth and richness of the Indian filmmaking industry. There are more than 80 artworks including photographs, textiles, graphic arts, costumes and over 30 film extracts, covering Indian cinema from its beginnings in the [ ... ]

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LAST CHANCE the only constant

NYUAD Art Gallery Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

NYUAD Art Gallery's spring exhibition, curated by the gallery's' director Maya Allison, is part of an ongoing series in which Allison investigates the concept of landscape as it manifests globally in contemporary art practice. "We humans have a complicated relationship [ ... ]

LAST CHANCE Rima Chahine: Almaz

Andakulova Gallery Unit 18, P4 Level Damac Park Towers, DIFC , Dubai, United Arab Emirates

A solo exhibition for the self-taught Lebanese-Canadian artist who “explores the human condition through abstract art in vivid colours and bold brushstrokes” that “embody fearlessness, aggression and an impressionistic style". Chahine's works are undeniably emotional, based on the experiences of [ ... ]

Free

Jameel Prize: Poetry to Politics

Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf, Dubai

Founded in 2009, the Jameel Prize is a collaboration between the V&A and Art Jameel; it is the world’s leading award for contemporary art and design inspired by Islamic tradition. This sixth edition, the first to have a focus on [ ... ]

Free

LAST CHANCE Aly Ben Salem: A Perfect World

Elmarsa Gallery 23 Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

The first solo exhibition in the UAE for the leading Tunisian modernist Aly Ben Salem (1910-2001). His characteristic style is defiantly original, typically harmoniously composed figures with oval faces and eloquent postures combined with carefully delineated traditional artefacts.

Free

LAST CHANCE Alena Lavdovskaya

ME Dubai The Opus by Omniyat, Al Amal Street, Business Bay, Dubai

Fashion illustrator (and the founder of Russia's first illustration and art-content agency for the fashion industry) Alena Lavdovskaya is the latest Artist in Residence at ME Dubai. This exhibition showcases her 20 years in the industry, with Alena illustrations, a [ ... ]

LAST CHANCE Sophiya Khwaja: Nooks of Power

Tashkeel Alserkal Avenue Warehouse 58, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai

This solo exhibition – her first in the UAE – marks the completion of Sophiya’s journey on the Tashkeel Critical Practice Programme, mentored by Salima Hashmi and Dawn Ross. Nooks of Power aims to investigate the ways in which humans [ ... ]

Free

AST CHANCE Talal Al Najjar, Ziad Al Najjar: Symbiotic Hyperreal

NYUAD Arts Center Project Space NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi

This exhibition marks the first duo show for Emirati brothers Talal Al Najjar and Ziad Al Najjar. They each maintain a distinct individual artistic practice, but developed in close proximity to one another; and both draw upon their relationship to [ ... ]

Free

LAST CHANCE Katia Al Tal: Appearance

XVA Gallery Al Fahidi Historical Neighborhood, Bur Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

A solo show for the abstract sculptures of the Jordanian-French artist. Appearance explores the intrinsic essence of the artist’s vision and the experiences which led to the creation of these vessels – “a culmination of time specks that are made [ ... ]

Free

LAST CHANCE Reality Show

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

An exhibition organisaed by Fann À Porter Dubai and ZAAT Beirut that brings together a group of artists to offer a critical perspective on the current state of living conditions, political climate, social dynamics, and psychological landscapes. Reality Show aims [ ... ]

LAST CHANCE Ever-Present

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

A group show by six African artists presenting “a captivating and thought-provoking collection of artworks that highlight the diverse landscapes and thematic intersections of African art across generations … The exhibition offers a glimpse into the complex histories, traditions, and [ ... ]

Free

LAST CHANCE Roots and Reflections: A Journey through Time and Nature

Firetti Contemporary Unit 29, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai

A group show for four contemporary artists, curated by Mara Firetti around three central themes: memory and identity, nature and environment, and innovation and experimentation. Californian Robert Santoré explores his personal history and cultural roots; African-American artist Halim Flowers draws [ ... ]

Free

LAST CHANCE An Odyssey of Identity

Firetti Contemporary Unit 29, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai

A group show for six African artists, curated by Celine Azem and exploring the nature of identity. "The exhibition draws on the influential theories of Bell Hooks, emphasising the importance of compartmentalising existence and acknowledging the ever-evolving construct of individuality" [ ... ]

Free

LAST CHANCE The Voyage Within

Zidoun-Bossuyt Gallery 796 Jumeirah Street, Dubai

A group show with Virginie Ellis, Osama Elolemy, Omar A. Hussein and Amit Kar.

Free

LAST CHANCE Coded Gestures

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

A new Dubai gallery space  opens with this group show for five conceptual artists, curated by Nadine Khalil: Fatma Al Ali, Mona Ayyash and Khalid Jauffer from the UAE plus Alexander Ugay (Kazakhstan) and Minja Gu (South Korea). The theme [ ... ]

Free

LAST CHANCE Bady Dalloul: A country without a door and a window

The Third Line Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Bady Dalloul's solo show comprises a series of 200 miniature drawings displayed inside pocket matchboxes. The vividly coloured and seemingly childlike images sharply contrast with the harsh reality of the stories they depict of the Syrian civil war; by re-appropriating [ ... ]

Free

LAST CHANCE Lamya Gargash: Isthmus

The Third Line Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Lamya Gargash’s fifth solo show at the gallery celebrates the artist’s poetics of space, recounting human experiences throughout different geographies without the direct presence of the human figure. “Photographing selections of objects, furniture pieces, window details, and wall trimmings speaks [ ... ]

Free

LAST CHANCE Dorsa Asadi: Strange Fruit

Green Art Gallery Dubai, United Arab Emirates

A first solo show for the Tehran-based artist, who had exhibited little outside Iran before Green Art Gallery brought her to Art Dubai 2022. Asadi works across a variety of media, including, ceramic sculpture, painting, drawing and embroidery; material is [ ... ]

Free

LAST CHANCE Sama Alshaibi: Tell it to the River

Maraya Art Centre Al Qasba, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

A mid-career survey for the Iraqi-born artist that brings together significant parts of her practice of the last two decades. The exhibition includes two new commissions; one of them inaugurates Alshaibi's 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship, the other marks the closing chapter [ ... ]

Free

LAST CHANCE Chris Wood: Liquid Light

Maraya Art Centre Al Qasba, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

The first institutional solo exhibition in the UAE for the British artist. Wood creates exquisite dichroic glass panels that scatter light in manifold ways; "My work is a continual exploration of light," she says, "and it never fails to surprise [ ... ]

Free

LAST CHANCE SYNTHESIS: 2023 MFA Graduate Show

Marking the second year of collaboration between 421 and NYUAD, the exhibition showcases the research and experimentation of the inaugural cohort of students completing the two-year Master of Fine Arts in Art and Media at NYUAD: For Elizabeth Dorazio, nature [ ... ]

Free

LAST CHANCE Nasir Nasrallah: Poetic of Machines

421 Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Nasrallah’s solo show is a mythical exploration of the relationship between humans and machines. Through a collection of intricate drawings, paintings, publications, textiles, and installations, the UAE-based artist takes us on a journey into a world of mechanical creatures that [ ... ]

Free

LAST CHANCE Monika Grabuschnigg & Nour Malas: Four AM

CARBON 12 Unit 37, Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz 1, Dubai

A two-person show for the summer, cleverly pivoted on that terrible time to be awake – too early to get up, too late to get back to deep sleep ... Says the gallery's essay: "Grabuschnigg and Malas don’t just share [ ... ]

Free

LAST CHANCE Almaha Jaralla: Seham

Tabari Artspace Gate Village Level 2, DIFC, Dubai

A solo exhibition for the emerging Emirati artist, "a journey through Abu Dhabi’s constructed and social worlds from the 1980s until the present day" via a series of mixed media works on canvas – "intimate portraits as a window into [ ... ]

Free

Letters of Light

Louvre Abu Dhabi Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi

Held in partnership with Bibliothèque nationale de France and France Muséums, this exhibition will spotlight the Holy Books of the three Abrahamic religions – the Quran, the Christian Bible, and the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) – exploring the historical context in [ ... ]

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LAST CHANCE Giampiero Romanò: Fragile, Handle with Care

Zawyeh Gallery Warehouse 27, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai

Romanò combines artistic creativity with his skills in restoration and preservation. He works with antique mirrors and frames, transforming used pieces of framed mirrors into whole new entities; “Romanò’s ‘mirrors could look rich and beautiful, yet they are extremely fragile, [ ... ]

Free

LAST CHANCE Tsuyoshi Hisakado

Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf, Dubai

In his first exhibition in the Middle East and South Asia, co-produced by Art Jameel with the Japan Foundation, Japanese artist Tsuyoshi Hisakado’s solo exhibition in Galleries 4-8 focuses on large-scale conceptual installations that span techniques and materials including sound, [ ... ]

Free

LAST CHANCE Tsuyoshi Hisakado: Polite Existence

Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf, Dubai

Now we think this could be one of the highlights of the art year locally: it will be Tsuyoshi Hisakado’s first exhibition in the region (he shows mainly in his native Japan and the Pacific Rim, with a foray to [ ... ]

Free

Fereydoun Ave and the Laal Collection

Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf, Dubai

Featuring more than 30 artists from the collection of one of Iran’s most influential and critical artists, this exhibition highlights five decades of modern and contemporary Iranian art, shaped by personal history, friendship, sensibility and circumstance. Featured artists in Galleries [ ... ]

Free

LAST CHANCE Tales Under the Gate

DIFC Sculpture Park DIFC -- Gate Building, Dubai

DIFC’s open-air Sculpture Park returns for a second edition. Many galleries are showing work, among them several who aren't located in DIFC – like Firetti Contemporary, Leila Heller Gallery, and Oblong Gallery – and some of those who are (Opera [ ... ]

Free

LAST CHANCE Library Circles: Another Empty House

Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf, Dubai

For the Fall iteration of Library Circles, the jameel's series of research, talks and experimental interventions by UAE practitioners that explores alternative research methodologies and representations, Jameel Library presents a display by Another Empty House. This collaborative research-based project by [ ... ]

Free

Cartier, Islamic Inspiration and Modern Design

Louvre Abu Dhabi Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi

This exhibition highlights the influence of the Islamic arts on design at the luxury goods brand from the beginning of the 20th century to the present. Co-curated by Évelyne Possémé, Former Chief Curator of Ancient and Modern Jewellery at the [ ... ]

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Art Here 2023

Louvre Abu Dhabi Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi

The third edition of Louvre Abu Dhabi's Art Here exhibition and the accompanying Richard Mille Art Prize has the theme ‘Transparencies’ and is curated by Maya El Khalil. Taking place outdoors and under the dome for the first time, Art [ ... ]

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LAST CHANCE Jameel Prize: Poetry to Politics

Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf, Dubai

Founded in 2009, the Jameel Prize is a collaboration between the V&A and Art Jameel; it is the world’s leading award for contemporary art and design inspired by Islamic tradition. This sixth edition, the first to have a focus on [ ... ]

Free

LAST CHANCE Letters of Light

Louvre Abu Dhabi Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi

Held in partnership with Bibliothèque nationale de France and France Muséums, this exhibition will spotlight the Holy Books of the three Abrahamic religions – the Quran, the Christian Bible, and the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) – exploring the historical context in [ ... ]

AED 60

LAST CHANCE Fereydoun Ave and the Laal Collection

Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf, Dubai

Featuring more than 30 artists from the collection of one of Iran’s most influential and critical artists, this exhibition highlights five decades of modern and contemporary Iranian art, shaped by personal history, friendship, sensibility and circumstance. Featured artists in Galleries [ ... ]

Free

LAST CHANCE Cartier, Islamic Inspiration and Modern Design

Louvre Abu Dhabi Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi

This exhibition highlights the influence of the Islamic arts on design at the luxury goods brand from the beginning of the 20th century to the present. Co-curated by Évelyne Possémé, Former Chief Curator of Ancient and Modern Jewellery at the [ ... ]

AED 60