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SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE The Poetry of Birds
DESCRIPTION:Following previous editions of this exhibition in Paris and Tokyo\, L’ÉCOLE\, School of Jewelry Arts aims to offer a dialogue between 19th and 20th-century Western jewellery and Islamic arts\, with poetry as the common thread. Jewels\, precious objects\, and gouaché drawings depicting birds from noted jewellers such as Van Cleef & Arpels\, Cartier\, Buccellati\, Boucheron\, Mellerio\, Falize\, Fabergé\, Boivin\, Mauboussin\, Marchak\, Chaumet\, and JAR will be showcased alongside a selection of Middle Eastern works of art\, including carpets\, ceramics\, metalware\, and miniatures mainly notably on loan from the Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization and Dubai Museums. \nEmirati artist Faisal Al Rais’s contemporary photography\, showcasing the beauty and profound symbolism of birds\, will also make its public debut as part of the show. Freely inspired by Farid al-Din Attar’s The Conference of the Birds (circa 1117)\, the exhibition is conceived as a poetic experience beginning with poems from renowned poets from the region\, followed by a display of bejewelled bird species including falcons\, and culminating in an aviary of imaginary birds by French jeweller Pierre Sterlé (1905-1978). \n“Birds have long held a sacred place in the cultures of the Middle East — as symbols of freedom\, renewal\, and the human spirit\,” said Marie-Laure Cassius-Duranton\, L’ÉCOLE Senior Exhibition Contents Project Manager. “We wanted to honour that tradition while showcasing how these symbols echo across time and continents through art\, poetry\, and jewellery. This exhibition is not just about beauty\, but about the stories and meanings behind it — how the smallest motif can carry centuries of memory\, emotion\, and craftsmanship.”
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-the-poetry-of-birds/
LOCATION:L’ÉCOLE Middle East\, School of Jewelry Arts\, Building 10\, Dubai Design District\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Jewellery,Photography
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260425
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260426
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SUMMARY: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”. \n‘The uncanny’ aims to examine the surrealism that pervades moments of ‘déjà vu’\, looking into the gap between the real and the perceived\, the conscious and the imagined. \n‘Historical absurdity’ explores Karl Marx’s classic assertion that history repeats itself “first as tragedy\, second as farce”. Specifically\, the show considers the geopolitical tensions faced by people here\, and how their memories are altered in the face of new struggles – “often experienced as glitched familiarity or mis-memory”. \nAnd ‘Linguistic slippage’ looks at how language becomes an unreliable tool for correspondence\, connection\, and factual record in the face of conflicting narratives\, “leaving the foundations of communication unstable and untrustworthy”. \nThe 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. \nTo 8 May. \nAbove: Amir Khojasteh\, A Man\, Burning (2023: image courtesy of Carbon12 and the artist). Below: Farah Al Qasimi\, A’s Reflection (2019: image courtesy of The Third Line and the artist)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/deja-vu/
LOCATION:Concrete\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260425
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260426
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SUMMARY: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\n \nTo 21 May. \nAbove: Iman Ibrahim\, Biogenesis. Below: Muatasim Alkubaisy\, Trade of the Sacred
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/white/
LOCATION:XVA Gallery\, Al Fahidi Historical Neighborhood\, Bur Dubai\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260426
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260427
DTSTAMP:20260423T151424
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SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Rays\, Ripples\, Residue
DESCRIPTION:This major exhibition marks the ten-year anniversary of 421 Arts Campus and offers a chance to reflect on emergent artistic practices in the UAE\, their possibilities\, and challenges for the future. Featuring video\, performance\, installation\, and multimedia works\, it invites conversations around what it means to produce art in the UAE today from the vantage point of emerging artists\, collectives\, and grassroots initiatives\, to the influential role of cultural institutions that have supported and platformed these practices. \nIt’s realised through three curatorial perspectives\, all with time as a central theme: \nMunira Al Sayegh’s Leading to the Middle draws on the nature of expansion found within a ripple effect\, tracing the influence of key actors whose contributions have created lasting reverberations. Featured artists include Mohammed Ahmed Ibrahim\, Tarek Al-Ghoussein\, Bait15\, Adele Bea Cipste\, Khaled Esguerra\, Lamya Gargash\, and Auguste Nomeiakaite. \nIn Ghosts of Arrival\, Nadine Khalil meditates on the layered experience of arriving after a time of artistic ferment\, risk-taking\, and a now-mythologized energy that shaped cultural production in the UAE from the early 2000s to the mid-2010s. Rather than restaging or romanticizing the past\, Khalil proposes that the memory of risk itself becomes a material\, informing art-making and exhibition-building in the present. Featured artists include Tarek Al-Ghoussein\, Mona Ayyash and Nadine Ghandour\, Lucinda Childs\, Maria Daher\, Sarah Daher\, Cristalina Parra\, Bait Juma\, Hashel Lamki\, Sara Naim\, and Isaac Sullivan. \nMurtaza Vali’s SUN gathers artworks created and exhibited since 2015 that revolve around the idea and experience of the sun. Her section presents a nuanced view of the sun as a mediated and commodified presence – at once image\, data\, brand\, vibe\, and produc\, revealing the contradictions embedded in narratives of modernity and progress. Featured artists include Charbel-joseph H. Boutros\, Khalid Jauffer\, Raja’a Khalid\, Nima Nabavi\, Pratchaya Phinthong\, Sa Tahanan Co. (Jandri Angelo Aguilor\, Farah Fawzi Ali\, Preschelle Ann Bigueras\, Anna Bernice delos Reyes\, Alexandra Chaves\, Niño Consorte\, John Gatapia\, Balaram Ochangco\, Augustine Paredes\, Nicolas Roa)\, Shazia Salam\, and Lantian Xie. \nWhile all distinct in approach\, each section has a shared focus on the minor pivots rather than major inflection points. A look at overlooked gestures that accumulated over time\, Rays\, Ripples\, Residue illustrates the impact of subtle shifts that have shaped the past decade of art-making and exhibition building. It also sets the tone for the next decade of 421 and the UAE’s growing arts ecosystem\, asking what ideas will still carry forward into the next decade?
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-rays-ripples-residue/
LOCATION:421 Arts Campus\, Mina Zayed\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260426
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260427
DTSTAMP:20260423T151424
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SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Image Keepers
DESCRIPTION:For its inaugural exhibition\, SAF’s Photography Gallery presents a panorama of artistic experimentation and engagement drawn from the Sharjah Art Foundation Collection of photography. Says the Foundation: “the works navigate the sociopolitical terrain of the last six decades against a backdrop of the compressed\, and often fissured\, processes of modernisation and decolonisation”.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-image-keepers/
LOCATION:Sharjah Art Foundation Photography Gallery\, Al Manakh\, Sharjah
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Photography
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260426
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260427
DTSTAMP:20260423T151424
CREATED:20260223T133718Z
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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:20260423T151424
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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:20260423T151424
CREATED:20260421T112821Z
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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:20260423T151424
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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;VALUE=DATE:20260503
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260504
DTSTAMP:20260423T151424
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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:20260423T151424
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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” … \nAs we went to press we hadn’t had confirmation of the artists included. We’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
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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:20260508
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260509
DTSTAMP:20260423T151424
CREATED:20260401T115039Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260401T115039Z
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SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Mulhaq: On Annexed Architecture and Peripheral Typologies
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition explores the quiet logic of annexed spaces and the peripheral architectures that shape everyday life across the Gulf. Through documentation\, case studies\, and spatial narratives\, it reflects on how these overlooked structures mediate between privacy\, family\, and urban form. The exhibition reflects ongoing research by Amer Madhoun\, co-founder of Collectus Design & Architecture Studio\, conducted as part of Bayt AlMamzar’s first design and architecture residency.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-mulhaq-on-annexed-architecture-and-peripheral-typologies/
LOCATION:Bayt AlMamzar\, House 2\, 26 Street\, Al Mamzar\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Architecture,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260508
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260509
DTSTAMP:20260423T151424
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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:20260423T151424
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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
GEO:25.1399294;55.2285748
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Efiɛ Gallery 2 Al Khayat Art Avenue First Al Khail Street Dubai;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2 Al Khayat Art Avenue\, First Al Khail Street:geo:55.2285748,25.1399294
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260509
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260510
DTSTAMP:20260423T151424
CREATED:20260223T145438Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260415T110035Z
UID:10013467-1778284800-1778371199@magpie.ae
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
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Ayyam Gallery B11 Alserkal Avenue Dubai United Arab Emirates;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=B11\, Alserkal Avenue:geo:55.2246127,25.1431157
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260509
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260510
DTSTAMP:20260423T151424
CREATED:20260414T145149Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260414T145149Z
UID:10013604-1778284800-1778371199@magpie.ae
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
GEO:25.1431157;55.2246127
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Lawrie Shabibi Unit 21 Alserkal Avenue Dubai;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Unit 21\, Alserkal Avenue:geo:55.2246127,25.1431157
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260509
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260510
DTSTAMP:20260423T151424
CREATED:20260420T151030Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260420T151030Z
UID:10013641-1778284800-1778371199@magpie.ae
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
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Grey Noise Unit 24 Alserkal Avenue Dubai United Arab Emirates;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Unit 24 Alserkal Avenue:geo:55.2246127,25.1431157
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260510
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260511
DTSTAMP:20260423T151424
CREATED:20260203T135230Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T135230Z
UID:10013389-1778371200-1778457599@magpie.ae
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
GEO:25.1431157;55.2246127
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Firetti Contemporary Unit 29 Alserkal Avenue Dubai;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Unit 29\, Alserkal Avenue:geo:55.2246127,25.1431157
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260510
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260511
DTSTAMP:20260423T151424
CREATED:20260401T122305Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260401T122423Z
UID:10013577-1778371200-1778457599@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Robert Powers: The City in Its Details – The Past and Future in Dubai’s Architecture
DESCRIPTION:A close look at Dubai’s urban fabric through the lens of architect and photographer Robert Powers. The exhibition traces the patterns and repetitions in architecture\, streetscapes\, industry\, and infrastructure that shapes the character of a city; taken between 2013 and 2025 in Deira and Bur Dubai\, the photographs document walkable parts of Dubai that have existed since the early days of the Union. Much of this older architecture may soon be demolished\, as its value is often unrecognised – yet these buildings hold beauty\, interest\, and cultural significance\, forming an essential part of the city’s history and collective memory. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-robert-powers-the-city-in-its-details-the-past-and-future-in-dubais-architecture/
LOCATION:Kutubna Cultural Center\, Madina Avenues 17\, Nadd Al Hamar\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Photography,Urbanism
GEO:25.1887983;55.3840009
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Kutubna Cultural Center Madina Avenues 17 Nadd Al Hamar Dubai;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Madina Avenues 17\, Nadd Al Hamar:geo:55.3840009,25.1887983
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260511
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260522
DTSTAMP:20260423T151424
CREATED:20260420T161336Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260420T161856Z
UID:10013645-1778457600-1779407999@magpie.ae
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260515
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260516
DTSTAMP:20260423T151424
CREATED:20260401T102216Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260401T102216Z
UID:10013566-1778803200-1778889599@magpie.ae
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
GEO:25.1926401;55.2716753
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=JD Malat Gallery ACT 2 Tower Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Blvd 13A Downtown Dubai Dubai;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=ACT 2 Tower\, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Blvd 13A \,Downtown Dubai:geo:55.2716753,25.1926401
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260516
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260517
DTSTAMP:20260423T151424
CREATED:20260203T131414Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T132005Z
UID:10013387-1778889600-1778975999@magpie.ae
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
GEO:25.1399294;55.2285748
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Efiɛ Gallery 2 Al Khayat Art Avenue First Al Khail Street Dubai;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=2 Al Khayat Art Avenue\, First Al Khail Street:geo:55.2285748,25.1399294
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260520
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260521
DTSTAMP:20260423T151424
CREATED:20260401T152118Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260401T152118Z
UID:10013587-1779235200-1779321599@magpie.ae
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
GEO:25.1966736;55.2461631
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Fann à Porter The Workshop Villa 45 St. 23b off Al Wasl Road (opposite Box Park) Jumeirah 2 Dubai;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=The Workshop\, Villa 45\, St. 23b\, off Al Wasl Road (opposite Box Park)\, Jumeirah 2:geo:55.2461631,25.1966736
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260521
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260522
DTSTAMP:20260423T151424
CREATED:20260422T123454Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260422T123454Z
UID:10013667-1779321600-1779407999@magpie.ae
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
GEO:25.2637606;55.300449
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=XVA Gallery Al Fahidi Historical Neighborhood Bur Dubai Dubai United Arab Emirates;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Al Fahidi Historical Neighborhood\, Bur Dubai:geo:55.300449,25.2637606
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260524
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260525
DTSTAMP:20260423T151424
CREATED:20260223T175311Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260223T175311Z
UID:10013473-1779580800-1779667199@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Anthony Akinbola: Get Well Soon
DESCRIPTION:Durags are stretchable fabrics worn over the head to shape and protect the hair; in Akinbola’s practice\, they are both culturally loaded objects and a material he can reconfigure. For this solo show\, Akinbola assembles durags into compositions that are drawn from the structure of classical floral still-life paintings. Translating this genre into fabric allows the image to form through construction; petals emerge through stitching\, density\, and layering. The flower is not painted; it is built. \nAlongside the floral arrangements\, Akinbola works through another motif: bricks. Says the gallery: “The brick pattern … introduces a different register: a wall\, a structure\, a longing. It gestures toward the search for something that lasts\, and toward the idea of home as legacy … The title Get Well Soon operates as both a cue and a condition\, an everyday phrase that carries hope and uncertainty at once”.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-anthony-akinbola-get-well-soon/
LOCATION:CARBON 12\, 17th Street\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.1431157;55.2246127
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=CARBON 12 17th Street Dubai United Arab Emirates;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=17th Street:geo:55.2246127,25.1431157
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260531
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260601
DTSTAMP:20260423T151424
CREATED:20251008T153054Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251209T112713Z
UID:10012885-1780185600-1780271999@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Of Land and Water: Works from the Sharjah Art Foundation Collection
DESCRIPTION:How do borders and ideologies attempt to contain open stretches of land and water\, and segregate those who inhabit them? What ties us to a place\, and what severs us from it? Which ways of living and knowledge can move freely across borders\, unbound by race and political ideas like the winds and tides? \nOf Land and Water brings together works by nine artists and collectives from around the world that grapple with some of these questions\, offering different perspectives on our association with and relationship to land\, water and homeland.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-of-land-and-water-works-from-the-sharjah-art-foundation-collection/
LOCATION:Kalba Ice Factory\, Al Gurm\, Kalba\, Sharjah
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.0518688;56.3538633
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Kalba Ice Factory Al Gurm Kalba Sharjah;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Al Gurm\, Kalba:geo:56.3538633,25.0518688
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260531
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260601
DTSTAMP:20260423T151424
CREATED:20251012T135021Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251012T135215Z
UID:10012903-1780185600-1780271999@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Constructing the Orient: Fragments of a Western Dream
DESCRIPTION:Drawn from the private collection of Bassam Said Freiha plus key loans from the Ary Jan Gallery\, this exhibition of Orientalist works  unfolds across five thematic sections\, each focusing on a central motif within Orientalist visual language and examining how artists shaped their subjects into recurring archetypes. From imagined interiors and bustling marketplaces to archetypes of men and women\, the works on view invite audiences to reflect on how the ‘Orient’ was constructed through Western eyes and how these images continue to shape perceptions today.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-constructing-the-orient-fragments-of-a-western-dream/
LOCATION:Bassam Freiha Art Foundation\, Cultural District Saadiyat Island\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:24.5335392;54.4095952
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Bassam Freiha Art Foundation Cultural District Saadiyat Island Abu Dhabi;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Cultural District Saadiyat Island:geo:54.4095952,24.5335392
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260531
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260601
DTSTAMP:20260423T151424
CREATED:20260112T180943Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260123T120106Z
UID:10013231-1780185600-1780271999@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Picasso\, the Figure
DESCRIPTION:A landmark monographic exhibition that traces Picasso’s lifelong preoccupation with the human form. Included are more than 130 artworks from the Musée National Picasso-Paris and other institutions\, as well as Louvre Abu Dhabi\, DCT Abu Dhabi\, and other regional collections that suggest the artist’s influence on the Arab world (also featured are works by key Arab modernists who have engaged with Picasso’s legacy). \nThe exhibition offers a chronological itinerary of Picasso’s radical transformations\, intertwining figuration with enduring mythological archetypes across painting\, sculpture\, drawing\, and ceramics. It is curated by Cécile Debray\, Virginie Perdrisot-Cassan (both from Musée national Picasso–Paris) and Aisha AlAhmadi (Associate Curator at Louvre Abu Dhabi).
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-picasso-the-figure/
LOCATION:Louvre Abu Dhabi\, Saadiyat Island\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:24.5302924;54.4451578
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260531
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260601
DTSTAMP:20260423T151424
CREATED:20260203T120257Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T120257Z
UID:10013385-1780185600-1780271999@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Reflections: Modern and Contemporary Art from the Villain Collection
DESCRIPTION:Modern and contemporary works from Syria\, Lebanon\, North Africa\, and the UAE selected from the private collection of Fairouz and Jean-Paul Villain – a pair of collectors for whom the acquisition of works has been a way of engaging with artists and the places they call home. As the Foundation puts it\, “their collection brings together works that speak to personal histories and cultural exchange … while inviting you to experience the region through their eyes”.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-reflections-modern-and-contemporary-art-from-the-villain-collection/
LOCATION:Bassam Freiha Art Foundation\, Cultural District Saadiyat Island\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:24.5335392;54.4095952
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