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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261208
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261211
DTSTAMP:20261013T154754Z
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SUMMARY:Culture Summit Abu Dhabi
DESCRIPTION:Culture Summit Abu Dhabi this year runs 8-10 December under the theme Towards a Reimagined Commons. Bringing together cultural leaders\, artists\, policymakers and thinkers from around the world\, this year’s programme explores the role of culture in shaping shared memories\, spaces and futures – inviting participants to rethink ‘civicness’ by questioning and building spaces for imagination\, conversation\, and action. \nThe theme will be reflected across the Summit’s three-day programme\, structured around a series of sub-themes that explore different dimensions of the ‘commons’ through panels\, case studies\, creative conversations\, interactive workshops\, and outcome-led reports. \nDay one will focus on Collective Memories\, exploring how both official and unofficial histories shape our sense of identity and belonging\, and how memory can contribute to diverse forms of civic imagination. The second day will explore Collective Space\, examining the physical\, digital\, and symbolic spaces where culture takes place\, and how these can be reimagined in ways that are participatory\, inclusive\, and sustainable. The final day will examine Collective Imagination\, looking to the future and considering how culture and creativity can help us imagine and build new shared worlds\, and the tools and frameworks needed to bring these to life.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/culture-summit-abu-dhabi/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Conference
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261209
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261210
DTSTAMP:20261105T150401Z
CREATED:20261105T150401Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261105T150401Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Verapat Sitipol: Stream of the Forest
DESCRIPTION:The Thai painter Verapat Sitipol explores the relationship between abstraction and the natural world in this body of work; the exhibition considers how we experience nature as something in flux\, continuously shaped by movement\, memory\, and time. Sitipol’s compositions are articulated through stratified colour\, gestural inflections\, and subtle tonal modulations\, “conjuring fragments of forest\, terrain\, and light without anchoring them to a fixed geography … What emerges instead are environments that feel fluid and open – spaces shaped as much by perception and memory as by physical reality”.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/closing-today-verapat-sitipol-stream-of-the-forest/
LOCATION:Opera Gallery\, DIFC\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261211T170000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261211T190000
DTSTAMP:20261105T151151Z
CREATED:20261105T151151Z
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SUMMARY:BFAF Book Club: Book of the Month – The Housekeeper and the Professor
DESCRIPTION:Yoko Ogawa’s novel follows a young housekeeper and her son as they form an unlikely bond with a brilliant mathematician whose memory lasts only eighty minutes. It is a quiet\, moving story about memory and the connections that shape us. Participants are asked to read the book in advance and bring a copy if available.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/bfaf-book-club-book-of-the-month-the-housekeeper-and-the-professor/
LOCATION:Bassam Freiha Art Foundation\, Cultural District Saadiyat Island\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Book club
GEO:24.5335392;54.4095952
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261213
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261214
DTSTAMP:20261021T102115Z
CREATED:20261021T102115Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261021T102115Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Bodies that Make\, Bodies that Grieve
DESCRIPTION:Curated by Shafeena Yusuff Ali of the Rizq Art Initiative\, this exhibition brings together contemporary ceramics by eight women artists based in the UAE – Nujoom Alghanem\, Mirna Bamieh\, Moza Al Falasi\, Malavika\, Parneet Pahwa\, Zahra Shafie\, Laiba Sherin\, and Haseena Suresh. Their practices draw attention to knowledge developed through making and touch\, and its longstanding place in women’s work and care. As Executive Director of the NYUAD Art Gallery Maya Allison put it: “The artists use the intimate\, tactile process of working with clay to explore the body\, emotion\, and lived experience today. We hope the exhibition encourages audiences to engage with ceramics not simply as objects\, but as a way of thinking\, feeling\, and communicating”.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/closing-today-bodies-that-make-bodies-that-grieve/
LOCATION:NYUAD Arts Centre Project Space
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261215
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261216
DTSTAMP:20260916T092924Z
CREATED:20260916T092924Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T092924Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY The sky held it\, the earth remembered
DESCRIPTION:Major works by Shahana Rajani\, the recipient of the inaugural South Asian Video Art Production Grant\, Rohini Devasher\, and Sarker Protick that examine how land\, water\, and the cosmos serve as living archives of memory and history. Through photography\, moving image\, and installation\, the exhibition proposes that the environment bears the material traces of ecological change\, preserving them across deep time.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/closing-today-the-sky-held-it-the-earth-remembered/
LOCATION:Ishara Art Foundation\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.1431157;55.2246127
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261223T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261223T193000
DTSTAMP:20261030T112110Z
CREATED:20261030T112110Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261030T112110Z
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SUMMARY:The Muppet Christmas Carol: dir Brian Henson (1992)
DESCRIPTION:A Christmas present from Cinema Space – possibly the best film version of Dickens’ novel\, and it’s free. Ebenezer Scrooge (Michael Caine\, obviously having a lot of fun) is visited on Christmas Eve by the Ghosts of Christmas Past\, Present\, and Future. Together with kind\, humble Bob Cratchit (Kermit the Frog) and his family\, the Spirits open Scrooge’s eyes and his heart to the true meaning of Christmas. A heartwarming and hilarious holiday classic\, told as never before. Yule love it!
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/the-muppet-christmas-carol-dir-brian-henson-1992-2/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261223T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261223T214500
DTSTAMP:20261030T111916Z
CREATED:20261030T111916Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261030T111916Z
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SUMMARY:It's a Wonderful Life: dir Frank Capra (1946)
DESCRIPTION:Capra’s classic snow-laden tearjerker (five Oscar nominations) has James Stewart as a struggling banker (!) who becomes so disillusioned with his small-town life that he contemplates suicide. Fortunately his trainee guardian angel\, Clarence (Henry Travers)\, is able to intervene and helps our hero rediscover the true value of friendship by showing how much impact he has made on his home community. Nearly 80 years later\, Capra’s life-affirming fable continues to be a heartwarming experience for family viewing at Christmas\, courtesy of Cinema Space’s free programming.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/its-a-wonderful-life-dir-frank-capra-1946-2/
LOCATION:Manarat al Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261225T170000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261225T190000
DTSTAMP:20261105T152224Z
CREATED:20261105T152224Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261105T152224Z
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SUMMARY:BFAF Book Club: If This Artwork Were a Book
DESCRIPTION:A creative session connecting visual art with storytelling: participants explore selected artworks from the Foundation and imagine that each one is the cover or opening scene of a book waiting to be written – with an invented title and a main character in a short plot and an drafted opening sentence. The group then comes together to present their imagined books \, hopefully discovering how the same artwork can inspire completely different stories depending on who is looking … A clever approach to both art and writing. Something to look forward to if Christmas Day doesn’t appeal?
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/bfaf-book-club-if-this-artwork-were-a-book/
LOCATION:Bassam Freiha Art Foundation\, Cultural District Saadiyat Island\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Book club
GEO:24.5335392;54.4095952
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261230
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261231
DTSTAMP:20260916T100516Z
CREATED:20260916T100516Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T100516Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Iqra Tanveer and Faheem Abbas: The importance of staying quiet: 6. Open Forms
DESCRIPTION:The final exhibition in the series The importance of staying quiet\, “an attempt to acknowledge a minimal vocabulary within Pakistani art”\, focuses on conceptual and material practices shaped by stillness and abstraction.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/closing-today-iqra-tanveer-and-faheem-abbas-the-importance-of-staying-quiet-6-open-forms/
LOCATION:Grey Noise\, Unit 24 Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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:20261231
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270101
DTSTAMP:20261102T141221Z
CREATED:20261102T141221Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261102T141221Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Wadeei Khaled: Nearness
DESCRIPTION:A solo show for the Palestinian artist Wadeei Khaled that considers the family as the foundation through which we understand ourselves\, our histories and our connection to place. “His paintings transform everyday gestures of love and care into a visual language of belonging\, where the home becomes a small homeland\, and the homeland an extended family …”
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/closing-today-wadeei-khaled-nearness/
LOCATION:Artbooth Gallery\, Centro Capital Center\, Al Khaleej Al Arabi Street\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:24.4176064;54.4408235
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270102
DTSTAMP:20261021T110506Z
CREATED:20261021T110506Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261021T110506Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAYThe Days Go On: 20 Years of Ayyam Gallery
DESCRIPTION:Ayyam’s 20th-anniversary exhibition seeks to honour a journey defined by continuity\, resilience\, and artistic exchange\, says the gallery; and\, “much like the gallery’s programming\, the exhibition is conceived as a visceral experience\, a story that has withstood the test of time …” \nAlongside co-curators Safwan Dahoul and Ali Kaaf\, director Maya Samawi aims to bring together works by all the artists who have shaped Ayyam over the past twenty years. Each of the curators represents a continuous artistic timeline in which the past and present remain undeniably connected; “Ayyam’s twenty years are not merely a measure of time. They constitute a living history – one that continues to unfold”. \nThe exhibition will feature works by an extraordinary roster of contemporary Middle Eastern artists: \n2006:\nYoussef Abdelke\nSafwan Dahoul\nMounzer Kamnakache\nFadi Yazigi\nAbdullah Murad \n2007:\nAssad Arabi\nNassouh Zaghlouleh\nMouneer Al Shaarani\nWalid El Masri\nKais Salman\nNihad Al Turk\nMouteea Murad\nMohannad Orabi\nOmran Younes\nAbdul Karim Majdal Al-Beik \n2008:\nAmmar Al-Beik\nAsma Fayoumi\nSamia Halaby\nTammam Azzam\nLeila Nseir\nMoustafa Fathi \n2009:\nOthman Moussa\nOussama Diab\nKhaled Takreti\nThaier Helal\nNadim Karam \n2010:\nRima Salamoun\nElias Izoli \n2011:\nSadik Kwaish Alfraji\nMohamad Badr\nLara Zankoul\nLara Attallah \n2012:\nAmmar Abd Rabbo \n2013:\nFarzad Kohan Mousawi\nAfshin Pirhashemi\nFaisal Samra\nAbdulnasser Gharem \n2014:\nFathallah Zamroud\nShurooq Amin\nMohammad Bozorgi \n2015:\nSama Alshaibi\nNoor Bahjat \n2016:\nRula Halawani\nKhaled Jarrar\nRashed Al Shashai \n2017:\nRoshanak Aminelahi\nAbdalla Al Omari \n2018:\nRashid Al Khalifa \n2022:\nMuatasim Alkubaisy \n2024:\nKhaled Akil \n2025:\nAthar Jaber\nAli Kaaf
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/closing-todaythe-days-go-on-20-years-of-ayyam-gallery/
LOCATION:Ayyam Gallery\, B11\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.1431157;55.2246127
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270103
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270104
DTSTAMP:20261002T161242Z
CREATED:20260128T101255Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261002T161242Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY All Manner of Experiments: Legacies of the Baghdad Modern Art Group
DESCRIPTION:Curated by Nada Shabout of NYUAD’s al Mawrid Arab Center for the Study of Art\, this exhibition investigates and celebrates the work and influence of one of the most important art movement of the mid-Century Middle East. Dr Shabout brings together work by the artists from the Baghdad Modern Art Group\, as well as those who the group influenced both at the time and in later generations. \nEstablished in 1951 by two of Iraq’s most influential artists\, Jewad Selim (1919–1961) and Shakir Hassan Al Said (1925–2004)\, the Baghdad Modern Art Group grew to engage many of Iraq’s leading artists\, architects\, poets\, and more; together\, they sought to develop a new art form that reflected the secularised\, modern society emerging from the dismantling of the Ottoman Empire. Says the gallery: “Artists questioned the ability of traditional ‘Islamic art’ practices to present their contemporary realities\, searching for a more effective visual language. In this context\, modern art provided a conduit for exploration and was perceived by Iraqi artists as a global space of shared humanity …” \nAt the same time\, those artists were conscious of their role in developing a sense of identity for their newly formed nation\, alongside broader decolonization processes. “This set the stage for Iraq’s so-called golden age of the 1950s: a time of maturation for a generation of artists pivotal in initiating rigorous standards of art theory and practice\, thus charting new possibilities for future generations.” \nArtists included in the show: Faraj Abbo\, Sadik Kwaish Alfraji\, Himat Mohammad Ali\, Rasoul Alwan\, Suad al-Attar\, Qahtan Awni\, Dia al-Azzawi\, Bogus Bablanian\, Amar Dawod\, Ghassan Ghaib\, Faiq (Faeq) Hassan\, Mohammed Ghani Hikmat\, Jabra Ibrahim Jabra\, Rand Abdul Jabbar\, Fouad Jihad\, Saadi Al Kaabi\, Ardash Kakafian\, Salma Khoury\, Hanaa Malallah\, Mahmoud Obaidi\, Widad al-Orfali\, Khalid al-Rahal\, Kareem Risan\, Miran al-Saadi\, Mahmoud Sabri\, Naziha Salim\, Nizar (Nazar) Salim\, Shakir Hassan Al Said\, Delair Shaker\, Jewad Selim\, Lorna Selim\, Walid Siti\, Ismail Fattah (Al-Turk)\, Madiha Umar\, Khalil al-Ward\, Nazar Yahya.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/all-manner-of-experiments-legacies-of-the-baghdad-modern-art-group/
LOCATION:NYUAD Art Gallery\, Saadiyat\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:24.5302924;54.4451578
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270104
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270105
DTSTAMP:20261029T101929Z
CREATED:20261029T101929Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261029T101929Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Christo and Jeanne-Claude Award 2025: Safekeeping Stories
DESCRIPTION:Safekeeping Stories\, by UAE-based Indian artist and graphic designer Hannan Arshad\, was the winner of the 2025 Award. A poignant response to cultural loss\, and a compelling example of how historical narratives can be reimagined through contemporary public art\, the installation exemplifies the power of art to bridge memory\, place\, and material tradition.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/closing-today-christo-and-jeanne-claude-award-2025-safekeeping-stories/
LOCATION:NYUAD Central Plaza\, Saadiyat Island\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Public art
GEO:24.5302924;54.4451578
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270105
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270106
DTSTAMP:20261026T165216Z
CREATED:20261026T132639Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261026T165216Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Malik Thomas Jalil Kydd: As I Bask in Your Light\, it Seeps to My Soul
DESCRIPTION:Malik Thomas Jalil Kydd’s second solo exhibition marks a significant evolution in his practice\, says the gallery – “one in which desire and divinity are intertwined and rendered in quiet persistence”. Previous works often situated their subjects within expansive landscapes\, imbued with a mythological presence; this time the figures shift throughout domestic interiors and intimate encounters\, all the while becoming increasingly human; “they are no longer vessels for projection alone but subjects encountered in their own right”.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/closing-today-malik-thomas-jalil-kydd-as-i-bask-in-your-light-it-seeps-to-my-soul/
LOCATION:CARBON 12\, 17th Street\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.1431157;55.2246127
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270110
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270111
DTSTAMP:20260916T063510Z
CREATED:20260916T063510Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T063510Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Juma Alhaj: Revelation
DESCRIPTION:The first institutional solo exhibition by Emirati artist Juma Alhaj is the culmination of his participation in 421 Arts Campus’ Artistic Development Program. Grounded in reading\, journaling\, and philosophical inquiry\, it explores themes of reflection\, solitude\, and self-discovery; the exhibition marks “a significant and ambitious evolution in his practice” according to the gallery\, expanding beyond painting into installation for the first time. \nVisitors experience it barefoot (the space is carpeted); throughout the exhibition\, Alhaj’s abstract inscriptions\, encompassing both writing and image\, extend across glass\, fabric\, light\, and architecture – “shifting with the environment and the movement of visitors through the exhibition”. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/closing-today-juma-alhaj-revelation/
LOCATION:421 Arts Campus\, Mina Zayed\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:24.5224833;54.3877183
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270110
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270111
DTSTAMP:20260916T064019Z
CREATED:20260916T064019Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T064019Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Archipelago of Whispers
DESCRIPTION:A group show curated by Deniz Kirkali and Elham Puriya Mehr that brings together works in video\, sound installations\, and performance that explore “alternative infrastructures for knowledge-making such as whispers\, murmurs\, hums\, gossip\, and storytelling”. \nThe artists include Aliaskar Abarkas\, Ruba Al-Sweel\, Farah Al Qasimi\, Gizem Karakaş\, Yen Chun Lin\, Omar Mismar and Ayman Zedani; they have approached communication from distinct perspectives\, from whispered confessions to an endangered whale song\, language games\, dreams\, and participatory performance. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/closing-today-archipelago-of-whispers/
LOCATION:421 Arts Campus\, Mina Zayed\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:24.5224833;54.3877183
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270110
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270111
DTSTAMP:20261022T102913Z
CREATED:20261022T102913Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261022T102913Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Yaw Owusu: Where the Tide Flows\, and the Dunes Gather
DESCRIPTION:The Ghanain artist’s second solo exhibition with Efie Gallery extends Owusu’s longstanding exploration of value\, currency\, and the social structures through which worth is assigned and perceived; it features textured canvases\, mixed media sculptures\, and – for the first time in his practice – works on paper. \nWorking with materials already embedded within systems of exchange\, Owusu considers currency as more than an economic instrument\, approaching it as a social language through which hierarchies of worth are constructed and maintained. Through accumulation\, repetition\, and transformation\, materials assigned little individual value take on an imposing presence\, challenging the assumptions that determine what is considered precious.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/closing-today-yaw-owusu-where-the-tide-flows-and-the-dunes-gather/
LOCATION:Efiɛ Gallery\, 2 Al Khayat Art Avenue\, First Al Khail Street\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.1399294;55.2285748
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270111
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270112
DTSTAMP:20260913T144357Z
CREATED:20260913T144357Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T144357Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Library Circles: Rend Beiruti
DESCRIPTION:Rend Beiruti’s research display\, sharing insights into her investigation of the baqala neighbourhood grocery store as a vital urban entity in Dubai\, exploring its history\, its influence on urban development\, and its role as a cultural signal. Through photographs\, mapping\, and archival documents\, the display brings together the findings of this urban investigation and considers the ubiquitous baqala as both an everyday space and a cultural signal.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/closing-today-library-circles-rend-beiruti/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.216757;55.3309395
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270112
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270113
DTSTAMP:20261105T145529Z
CREATED:20261105T145529Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261105T145529Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Tatiana Chalhoub: The Trees Now Stand Unpruned and Wild
DESCRIPTION:Bringing together personal histories and material experimentation\, this exhibition – the  first in the UAE by the Brazilian artist – reflects on growth\, rupture and renewal\, revealing how fragments of the past can take root in unexpected ways. With new paintings\, glazed ceramics and ceramic collages that drawing on the lush vegetation of her native Rio de Janeiro and the desert landscapes of the UAE\, Chalhoub explores the intersections of nature\, memory and material transformation; at its heart is the tree\, a recurring motif that carries both formal and deeply personal significance. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/closing-today-tatiana-chalhoub-the-trees-now-stand-unpruned-and-wild/
LOCATION:Gallery Isabelle\, Unit 17\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.1431157;55.2246127
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270115
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270116
DTSTAMP:20260928T110115Z
CREATED:20260928T105721Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260928T110115Z
UID:10014229-1799971200-1800057599@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY The Territory Dreams Back
DESCRIPTION:A group exhibition of newly commissioned and recent works by Rajni Perera\, Sancintya Mohini Simpson\, Soma Surovi Jannat\, Karan Shrestha and Rain Wu\, five artists who offer different perspectives on our relationship with place. \nSays the gallery: “The Territory Dreams Back moves between mythology and memory\, migration and ecology\, political power and the systems through which places are mapped and organised. At its heart is the idea that places are shaped by more than their physical geography. Land and water hold histories and memories; stories and beliefs influence how landscapes are understood; political decisions affect who can access and control land; and maps and infrastructure can change the environments they set out to describe …”
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/closing-today-the-territory-dreams-back/
LOCATION:NIKA Project Space\, Unit 11 Al Khayat Avenue\, 19th Street Road — Al Quoz 1\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.1399294;55.2285748
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270116
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270117
DTSTAMP:20261016T161829Z
CREATED:20261016T161829Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261016T161829Z
UID:10014390-1800057600-1800143999@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Reynier Llanes: Elsewhere\, Within
DESCRIPTION:Reynier Llanes’ second solo exhibition at Firetti Contemporary includes works from The Tourist and The Poet series plus the debut of Bodega\, a new series in which the human figure gives way to transparent vessels overflowing with flowers. “Moving between the real and imagined\, the exhibition explores how places\, people and experiences shape who we become and what we carry forward …  Across Elsewhere\, Within\, boundaries between figure and landscape\, past and present\, and the lived and imagined remain fluid. The worlds we pass through never entirely disappear; something of them remains within us”.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/closing-today-reynier-llanes-elsewhere-within/
LOCATION:Firetti Contemporary\, Unit 29\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.1431157;55.2246127
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270116
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270117
DTSTAMP:20261105T162949Z
CREATED:20261105T162949Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261105T162949Z
UID:10014525-1800057600-1800143999@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Fabienne Verdier: From Song to Light
DESCRIPTION:A solo show for the French abstract painter whose work melds the aesthetics of Western art – line\, action and abstraction – with the principles of traditional Eastern art\, such as unity\, spontaneity and asceticism. Verdier paints vertically using giant brushes and custom-made tools\, suspended from the studio ceiling and positioned directly above the canvas.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/closing-today-fabienne-verdier-from-song-to-light/
LOCATION:Waddington Custot\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.2048493;55.2707828
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270117
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270118
DTSTAMP:20260918T111102Z
CREATED:20260918T111102Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T111102Z
UID:10014189-1800144000-1800230399@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY 100 Years of Paul Guiragossian
DESCRIPTION:A landmark retrospective for one of the key modernist painters to emerge from the Levant in the twentieth century. Alongside significant works drawn primarily from the artist’s estate\, many travelling outside Lebanon for the very first time\, the exhibition – the first significant retrospective for Guiragossian since 2013 – includes archival photographs\, personal documents\, and other rarely seen materials that provide an intimate portrait of the artist. \nStructured as a chronological journey\, the exhibition traces Guiragossian’s artistic evolution from his early years in an Armenian family shaped by displacement and migration\, including the 1948 relocation from Jaffa to Lebanon\, through to global recognition. It’s the keystone of From a Shared Ground\, an homage to Lebanon through three concurrent exhibitions that explore how artists across generations have drawn upon experiences of homeland\, displacement\, memory and belonging. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/closing-today-100-years-of-paul-guiragossian/
LOCATION:Bassam Freiha Art Foundation\, Cultural District Saadiyat Island\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:24.5335392;54.4095952
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270117
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270118
DTSTAMP:20260918T112036Z
CREATED:20260918T111944Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T112036Z
UID:10014191-1800144000-1800230399@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Roots Before Petals
DESCRIPTION:An exhibition that brings contemporary UAE-based artist Lana Khayat into dialogue with Lebanese modernists Etel Adnan and Helen Khal\, linking distinct practices across generations of Lebanese artists. Says the gallery: “Their work differs in scale and sensibility\, yet each built an abstract visual language from the natural motif and shared engagement with the memory of homeland”. \nThis is one of three concurrent BFAF exhibitions under the title From a Shared Ground\, an homage to Lebanon that explores how artists across generations have drawn upon experiences of homeland\, displacement\, memory and belonging. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/closing-today-roots-before-petals/
LOCATION:Bassam Freiha Art Foundation\, Cultural District Saadiyat Island\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:24.5335392;54.4095952
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270117
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270118
DTSTAMP:20260918T114336Z
CREATED:20260918T112714Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260918T114336Z
UID:10014193-1800144000-1800230399@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Alfred Basbous: Sculpting the Line
DESCRIPTION:A selection of work by a pioneering figure of modern sculpture in Lebanon\, presented in collaboration with the Alfred Basbous Foundation. \nBasbous worked across stone\, marble\, wood and bronze\, responding closely to the particular qualities of each material rather than imposing a single form upon it. The human figure was central to Basbous’s practice\, over time becoming increasingly simplified and abstracted in his work. Bodies were transformed into rounded volumes\, openings\, curves and flowing silhouettes\, allowing solid material to acquire an unexpected sense of movement and lightness. \nThis is one of three concurrent BFAF exhibitions under the title From a Shared Ground\, an homage to Lebanon that explores how artists across generations have drawn upon experiences of homeland\, displacement\, memory and belonging. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/closing-today-alfred-basbous-sculpting-the-line/
LOCATION:Bassam Freiha Art Foundation\, Cultural District Saadiyat Island\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Sculpture
GEO:24.5335392;54.4095952
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270131
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270201
DTSTAMP:20260915T174535Z
CREATED:20260915T174535Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T174535Z
UID:10014153-1801353600-1801439999@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Artist's Room: Lulua Alyahya
DESCRIPTION:Marking her first solo exhibition in the UAE\, Lulua Alyahya’s Artist’s Room brings together new commissions\, loans and works from the Art Jameel Collection. Through her paintings\, Alyahya explores culturally embedded archetypes with tenderness\, humour and a critical inflection\, often engaging with representations of masculinity set against the natural and built environments of the Gulf; working on an intimate scale\, her layered\, gestural brushstrokes suggest a process of continual revision that contributes to the atmosphere and surreal quality of her paintings.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/closing-today-artists-room-lulua-alyahya/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.216757;55.3309395
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270131
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270201
DTSTAMP:20260915T175508Z
CREATED:20260915T175508Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T175508Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Artist's Room: Shezad Dawood
DESCRIPTION:Dawood’s New Dream Machine Project centres on a 3m-high rotating and flickering light sculpture\, an homage to artist and writer Brion Gysin’s Dreamachine; driving the mechanism is a perforated cylinder emitting pulses of light at the frequency of the brain’s alpha waves\, said to induce altered states of consciousness. Originally commissioned for the Abraaj Group Art Prize in 2011 and first presented at Art Dubai that same year\, the work is part of the Art Jameel Collection and has rarely been exhibited since. \nHere the sculpture is presented alongside two smaller Recyclages prototypes and archival materials tracing the project’s history.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/closing-today-artists-room-shezad-dawood/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.216757;55.3309395
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270131
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270201
DTSTAMP:20260915T180239Z
CREATED:20260915T180239Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T180239Z
UID:10014158-1801353600-1801439999@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Artist's Room: Walid Siti
DESCRIPTION:This Artist’s Room traces forty years of Walid Siti’s practice\, including new sculptural commissions and material from the artist’s studio. Across his body of work\, structural forms mirror geological formations\, rising summits\, Mesopotamian ziggurats\, and the Tower of Babel\, all alluding to a persistent\, often reckless\, human drive toward ascension. A newly commissioned large-scale sculpture\, Registry of the Lived\, reflects on the troubled history of Kurdistan\, displayed alongside the War Series\, an early ensemble of drawings and etchings from the 1980s made during Siti’s years of exile.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/closing-today-artists-room-walid-siti/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.216757;55.3309395
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270214
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270215
DTSTAMP:20261003T141459Z
CREATED:20261003T141459Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261003T141459Z
UID:10014297-1802563200-1802649599@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Spices and Wonders: Sailing the Indian Ocean
DESCRIPTION:This spectacular exhibition follows a thousand years of maritime history and culture\, charting the routes that connected the civilisations of Africa\, Asia\, and beyond. It documents the evolution of navigation and the techniques that enabled adventurous sailors to explore the unknown; spices were the prize\, and as people travelled\, so did ideas and cultures. Spanning from Antiquity to the 17th century\, the exhibition explores centuries of trade\, movement and cultural exchange through displays of spices\, textiles\, ceramics and other special cargos which crossed the ocean. \nThe exhibition is presented in partnership with the National Museum of Asian Arts – Guimet in France; it is curated by Louvre Abu Dhabi’s Guilhem André and Claire Déléry\, Curator of the Chinese Ceramics collection at Guimet in Paris. A second edition of this touring exhibition will be presented at Guimet next year.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/closing-today-spices-and-wonders-sailing-the-indian-ocean/
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:20270310
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270311
DTSTAMP:20260928T114809Z
CREATED:20260928T114809Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260928T114809Z
UID:10014231-1804636800-1804723199@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY The Matter of Light
DESCRIPTION:A group show curated by Eugenia Kikodze\, this exhibition brings together a multigenerational group of artists from across the Arab world and Eastern Europe\, bound by a shared interest in metaphysics and its representation within art. The artists include Zaha Hadid\, Ilya Kabakov\, Kamal Boullata\, Akram Zaatari\, Susan Hefuna\, Timo Nasseri\, Eduard Steinberg\, Yuri Zlotnikov\, Vladimir Andreenkov\, and others\, with loans from Barjeel Art Foundation and Art Jameel.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/closing-today-the-matter-of-light/
LOCATION:Dom Art Projects\, Al Khayat Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.1399294;55.2285748
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