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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261027
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261028
DTSTAMP:20260928T114703Z
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SUMMARY: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. To 10 March. \nRight: Yuri Zlotnikov\, Moscow 1930–2016 from the Signal System series (1957–1959)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/the-matter-of-light/
LOCATION:Dom Art Projects\, Al Khayat Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261027
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261028
DTSTAMP:20261013T175301Z
CREATED:20261013T174229Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T175301Z
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SUMMARY:The Matter of Light
DESCRIPTION:Dom Art Projects’ third non-selling exhibition explores the formal and perceptual aspects of light through a variety of approaches from the 22 participants\, “from rationalist modernism and expressionism to ironic conceptualism” as Dom Arts puts it. The artists are Akram Zaatari\, Andrey Grositsky\, Armen Bugayan\, Blue Soup Group\, Boris Turetsky\, David Ter-Oganyan\, Dmitri Prigov\, Eduard Steinberg\, Elena Nemkova\, Iced Architects\, Ilya Kabakov\, Kamal Boullata\, Koka Ramishvili\, Oleg Vassiliev\, Pavel Pepperstein\, PPSS Group\, Susan Hefuna\, Timo Nasseri\, Vladimir Andreenkov\, Yuri Zlotnikov\, Zaha Hadid\, and Zoulikha Bouabdellah. \nAccording to Alisa Bagdonaite\, Dom Arts Founder and Chief Curator: “The Matter of Light explores how light has shaped the way we see across different historical moments and geographies … It opens onto a distinctly contemporary question: how is our visual reality changing as culture becomes increasingly post-digital?” \nCurated by Eugenia Kikodze\, the exhibition includes loans from Art Jameel Collection and Barjeel Art Foundation. \nTo 10 March. \nImage: Timo Nasseri\, One and One#26 (2011)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/the-matter-of-light-2/
LOCATION:Dom Art Projects\, Al Khayat Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261027
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261028
DTSTAMP:20261013T175014Z
CREATED:20261013T174551Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T175014Z
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SUMMARY:Kirill Makarov: Unveiled – Painting in the Age of Post-Produced Reality
DESCRIPTION:Makarov’s solo exhibition responds to the mediated nature of contemporary reality by reconstructing armed conflict environments from fragments of media imagery circulating in a post-analogue world. Working across figurative painting and digital media\, Makarov explores the relationship between virtual and physical environments through immersive compositions that combine traditional painting with ultraviolet printing\, augmented reality\, and video games. Photographs and individual frames extracted from videos the artist found online are treated as spatial coordinates\, allowing scenes to be reassembled as three-dimensional settings\, with varying degrees of precision depending on the quality and quantity of the source material. \nTo 10 March. \nImage: Kirill Makarov\, Ornament (2024)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/kirill-makarov-unveiled-painting-in-the-age-of-post-produced-reality/
LOCATION:Dom Art Projects\, Al Khayat Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261027T180000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261027T200000
DTSTAMP:20261013T165909Z
CREATED:20261013T165909Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T165909Z
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SUMMARY:Localized Futures: The Arts
DESCRIPTION:421’s season of talks and panel discussions developed in collaboration with afikra\, Localized Futures\, explores the future of key cultural and civic sectors through a regional lens – challenging the dominant global narrative by looking at the complexities\, innovations\, and solutions inherent to the MENA region. Across four sessions on Collective Heritage\, Cities & Communities\, Education\, and The Arts\, the series brings together institutional leaders\, policy shapers\, and cultural pioneers to spotlight the people actively building these futures today. \nThis session on The Arts brings together Faisal Al Hassan\, director of 421 Arts Campus; Stephanie Rosenthal\, director of the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Project; Vilma Jurkute\, founding Director of Alserkal and now an independent advisor connecting culture\, urbanism & community; and Shaikha Nawar Al Qassimi\, Vice President of Sharjah Art Foundation. \nThe panel discussion will be followed by an audience Q&A and refreshments. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/localized-futures-the-arts/
LOCATION:421 Arts Campus\, Mina Zayed\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Panel discussion,Urbanism
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261027T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261027T220000
DTSTAMP:20261003T124652Z
CREATED:20261003T124652Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261003T124652Z
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SUMMARY:The Comedy Lab @ Easy Tiger
DESCRIPTION:Mad Cat’s standup team at their regular stop at the Easy Tiger bar in Abu Dhabi’s Al Ain Palace. The door price of AED 99 includes two drinks …
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/the-comedy-lab-easy-tiger-4/
LOCATION:Al Ain Palace Hotel\, Corniche Road\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261027T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261027T220000
DTSTAMP:20261013T164823Z
CREATED:20261013T164752Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T164823Z
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SUMMARY:Fridge Concert Series 50: The Season 50 Special
DESCRIPTION:This special gig brings Concert Series alumni and fan favourites back to the stage for one-off collaborations and extended jams. The artists will be announced ahead of the night\, and “you never know who might walk on next”. Food for the night comes from CarniStore\, The Fridge’s neighbour at Alserkal Avenue. The evening is unticketed and free\, but registration is required and spaces are expected to fill up fast.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/fridge-concert-series-50-the-season-50-special/
LOCATION:The Fridge Warehouse\, Warehouse 5\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Gig
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261028
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261102
DTSTAMP:20260925T071328Z
CREATED:20260916T081312Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260925T071328Z
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SUMMARY:MAWASIM: 20 Years of Modern and Contemporary Middle Eastern Art
DESCRIPTION:Christie’s first live auction of fine art in Abu Dhabi takes place on 1 November\, preceded by two viewing days open to all. There will be more than 70 works from six decades of museum-quality art that traces the evolution of artistic practices across the Middle East and North Africa. \nHighlights include … \nPaul Guiragossian\, Noces (1958-59) A vibrant wedding scene that reflects Guiragossian’s enduring themes of home\, community and human connection; the work was exhibited at his first major exhibition in Lebanon in 1959. Estimate: $300\,000-500\,000 \nSamia Halaby\, Yesterday (1978) An important work from Samia Halaby’s 1970s\, when the Palestinian-American artist forged her distinctive language of geometric abstraction. Estimate: $200\,000-300\,000 \nMohamed Melehi\, A30 (1962: right) From Mohamed Melehi’s seminal 1960–62 series of ‘black works’\, reflecting his experimentation with the bianco e nero technique and his engagement with Zen and Sufi. Estimate:$100\,000-150\,000 \nNadia Saikali\, Mandala Bleu Nuit (1982) From an important mature phase of Saikali’s work\, characterised by its meditative and spiritual abstraction. Four other works from the Barjeel Art Foundation are also offered in the sale.  Estimate: $30\,000-50\,000 \nMarwan Kassab-Bachi\, Kopf (Head) (1987) A pivotal moment in the evolution of Marwan’s portraiture\, moving from the horizontally stretched facial landscapes of the 1970s towards the vertical\, frontal heads that became a defining motif of his mature practice. Estimate: $200\,000-300\,000 \nInji Efflatoun\, Untitled (1987) One of Inji Efflatoun’s last works\, representing the culmination of the Egyptian modernist’s practice\, characterised by a lyrical synthesis of nature and the built environment through expressive colour and line. One of eight works from the Dalloul Collection offered in the auction. Estimate: $40\,000-60\,000 \nThe auction will be accompanied by a programme of previews\, talks and educational events; details to be announced “in due course”\, but signing up for Christie’s mailers will presumably get you advance information.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/mawasim-20-years-of-modern-and-contemporary-middle-eastern-art/
LOCATION:The Abu Dhabi Edition\, Al Bateen Marina\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Art,Auction,Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261028T183000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261028T200000
DTSTAMP:20261013T161621Z
CREATED:20261013T161621Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T161621Z
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SUMMARY:UAENO: One Big Family
DESCRIPTION:Celebrating the UAE Year of the Family 2026\, the UAE National Orchestra brings audiences of all ages together for a joyful and interactive concert. Rhythm games\, listening challenges and conversations with the narrator invite families and first-time concertgoers to become part of the performance.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/uaeno-one-big-family-2/
LOCATION:Cultural Foundation\, Qasr al Hosn\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Concert,Family/kids
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261029
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261030
DTSTAMP:20261002T145238Z
CREATED:20261002T145238Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261002T145238Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Talal Moualla: The Table of Absence
DESCRIPTION:For more than five decades\, the Syrian artist\, poet\, and critic Talal Moualla has approached the image not simply as representation\, but (says the gallery) “as a form of thought … Moving between painting\, criticism\, poetry and research\, his practice asks how the visible can carry an idea\, shape consciousness\, and open new ways of understanding human existence. The Table of Absence brings this lifelong enquiry to one of its most distilled forms”. \nIn Moualla’s work\, the table is a symbolic structure\, a place where human beings recognise one another’s presence – “around it coexist memory and mourning\, intimacy and estrangement\, love and betrayal\, birth and death … Yet as the enquiry deepens\, even the table begins to disappear. It is reduced to a circle\, a plate\, a geometric sign\, a pale field\, until it approaches emptiness itself”. So “the image no longer delivers an answer; it becomes a way of thinking through the question”.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/closing-today-talal-moualla-the-table-of-absence/
LOCATION:K Gallery\, Al Barari\, Seventh Heaven\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261029T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261029T200000
DTSTAMP:20261003T144351Z
CREATED:20261003T144351Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261003T144351Z
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SUMMARY:Joke Jam
DESCRIPTION:The Pepp’s regular early-evening showcase of Dubai’s local comedy talent\, always with four standups on stage.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/joke-jam-3/
LOCATION:Pepperoni Comedy Club\, 25 Jump Street 25h Hotel\, One Central World Trade Center\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261029T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261029T220000
DTSTAMP:20261003T125024Z
CREATED:20261003T124905Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261003T125024Z
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SUMMARY:The Comedy Lab
DESCRIPTION:Mad Cat Comedy’s regular Thursday stop in Silicon Oasis promises “insane laughs every week”.  The door price of AED 99 includes one drink and popcorn.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/the-comedy-lab-2/
LOCATION:Radisson Red\, Dubai Digital Park\, Dubai Silicon Oasis\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261030
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261031
DTSTAMP:20260925T071028Z
CREATED:20260818T142601Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260925T071028Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Hisham Sharif: Allusive Veil
DESCRIPTION:Sharif’s first solo exhibition in the UAE presents an autobiographical and very personal series of works about the struggles of private and artist life in a closed society – “a vulnerable\, nuanced presentation of life”. The Bahraini artist uses colour to convey privacy and intimacy\, “expressive hues that meld harsh truths with illusions of what could be … Sharif’s approach ensures that his depiction of these taboos is conveyed through humble depictions that preserve a certain Oriental sensibility\, avoiding the shock value or censorship they might otherwise provoke. The scenes are all about ambiance\, a haze of what was\, what is\, and what could be”.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/70784/
LOCATION:Ayyam Gallery\, B11\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.1431157;55.2246127
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261030T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261030T200000
DTSTAMP:20261003T144319Z
CREATED:20261003T144319Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261003T144319Z
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SUMMARY:Joke Jam
DESCRIPTION:The Pepp’s regular early-evening showcase of Dubai’s local comedy talent\, always with four standups on stage.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/joke-jam-2/
LOCATION:Pepperoni Comedy Club\, 25 Jump Street 25h Hotel\, One Central World Trade Center\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Comedy
GEO:25.2194872;55.2844808
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261030T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261030T210000
DTSTAMP:20261013T153024Z
CREATED:20261013T152655Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T153024Z
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SUMMARY:Fouad Boussouf & Le Phare-CCN du Havre Normandie: Näss (People)
DESCRIPTION:The energy of 1970s Moroccan music meets hip hop in this piece by choreographer Fouad Boussouf\, performed by the company of Le Phare – Centre chorégraphique national du Havre Normandie (where he’s been the director since 2022). Näss (People) orchestrates a high-octane encounter between seven men\, blending traditional North African rhythms with urban movement in a powerful analogy for a common quest for identity and roots. Boussouf masterfully orchestrates the group dynamic\, keeping the audience on edge through an unending evolution of movement. The result is a profound\, hypnotic rite; a sacred commotion that bridges cultural heritage with modern\, unbridled expression.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/fouad-boussouf-le-phare-ccn-du-havre-normandie-nass-people/
LOCATION:The Arts Center @ NYUAD\, NYUAD Campus\, Saadiyat Island\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Dance
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261030T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261030T220000
DTSTAMP:20261003T125421Z
CREATED:20261003T125421Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261003T125421Z
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SUMMARY:Politically Incorrect Comedy
DESCRIPTION:Mad Cat Comedy’s regular standup night at Xandros in Signature 1 Hotel\, TECOM. The cover charge of AED 80 includes one drink.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/politically-incorrect-comedy-4/
LOCATION:Xandros\, Singature 1 Hotel\, Barsha Heights\, Dubai
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261031
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261101
DTSTAMP:20260821T084512Z
CREATED:20260821T084512Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260821T084512Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Amna AlMemari\, Lubnah Ansari\, MG\, Andrew Riad: Infrared
DESCRIPTION:This group show is the culmination of the second edition of NIKA Project Space’s Open Studio programme: four artists based in the UAE were invited to develop new bodies of work in dialogue with the space\, one another\, and the public. Curated by Rahel Aima\,  the exhibition brings together projects developed during the residency themed around the observer effect – “in which a wave becomes a particle and the body becomes a tongue through ritual\, accumulation\, and the heat of the eye … Rather than producing works in response to a prescribed theme\, the participating artists continued investigations proposed during the Open Studio application process. Over the course of the residency\, these projects evolved through experimentation\, research\, conversation\, and material exploration\, offering a glimpse into artistic practice as an unfolding process”.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-amna-almemari-lubnah-ansari-mg-andrew-riad-infrared/
LOCATION:NIKA Project Space\, Unit 11 Al Khayat Avenue\, 19th Street Road — Al Quoz 1\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261031
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261101
DTSTAMP:20260825T103108Z
CREATED:20260825T103108Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260825T103108Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Stephan Kaluza: From Dust to Bloom
DESCRIPTION:Stephan Kaluza’s practice is fundamentally concerned with depictions of nature\, either as hyper-realistic oils or near-abstract renderings. These two modes of painting should be seen as different stages of the same subject in a process of transformation: disruptions creep in\, and appearances prove deceptive. Says the gallery: “At first glance\, the paintings appear to be precise\, almost preservative images of an intact world – until a second layer emerges\, sharply challenging what is being seen”.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-stephan-kaluza-from-dust-to-bloom/
LOCATION:JD Malat Gallery\, ACT 2 Tower\, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Blvd 13A \,Downtown Dubai\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261031
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261101
DTSTAMP:20260913T142837Z
CREATED:20260913T142736Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260913T142837Z
UID:10014091-1793404800-1793491199@magpie.ae
SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Oussama Diab: Reimagined
DESCRIPTION:A solo show for the Palestinian-Syrian-Dutch artist that reinterprets celebrated masterpieces from Western art. Diab revisits iconic works by artists including Picasso\, van Gogh\, Michelangelo and van Dyck\, applying his own distinctive visual language to allow the images to speak to contemporary realities. Highlights of the exhibition are two striking reinterpretations of Picasso’s ‘Guernica’\, alongside ‘La Coiffure’ also after Picasso\, two sunflower paintings inspired by van Gogh\, and reinterpretations of Anthony van Dyck’s ‘Jupiter and Antiope’ and ‘Moses and the Serpent’.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/markclosing-todaymark-oussama-diab-reimagined/
LOCATION:Artbooth Gallery\, Centro Capital Center\, Al Khaleej Al Arabi Street\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261031
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261101
DTSTAMP:20260927T122903Z
CREATED:20260927T122903Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260927T122903Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Bernar Venet: Sculptures\, Furniture and Works on Paper
DESCRIPTION:A survey of works by the French artist\, “one of the most restless practitioners of his generation” as the gallery has it. Since the early 1960s Venet unusually broad range of media has included tar poured on to canvas and cardboard\, a heap of industrial coal claimed as sculpture\, paintings and drawings built from mathematical equations and scientific diagrams\, sound recordings\, photography\, performance\, poetry and stage design – and\, from the 1980s onward\, the Corten steel Arcs\, Angles and Indeterminate Lines for which he is now best known. This exhibition includes examples of three of those: sculptures in steel are shown alongside Venet’s furniture\, which translates the geometry of the sculptures into functional form\, and a group of works on paper that trace the conceptual logic running beneath it all.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/closing-today-bernar-venet-sculptures-furniture-and-works-on-paper/
LOCATION:Waddington Custot\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.2048493;55.2707828
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261031
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261101
DTSTAMP:20261003T110251Z
CREATED:20261003T110251Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261003T110251Z
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SUMMARY:Salah Elmur: Just as the Heart of a Mango is a Stone
DESCRIPTION:Bringing together paintings\, archival photographs\, sketches and ephemera produced after 2018\, this exhibition offers an immersive encounter with Salah Elmur’s world\, “one where memory\, landscape and identity merge and ripple through time” as the Jameel puts it. \nThrough paintings that intertwine memory and myth\, Elmur reflects on his upbringing near the Blue Nile. These build upon the photographic legacy of his family’s Studio Kamal in Khartoum; Elmur repurposes archival images\, offering subjects who are captured twice\, once through film and again in painting\, a new way of being seen. \nCurated by Zain Al Saie and Qutouf Elobaid. \nTo 14 March. \nImage: Salah Elmur\, Fire Behind the Mountain (2025)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/salah-elmur-just-as-the-heart-of-a-mango-is-a-stone/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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GEO:25.216757;55.3309395
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261031T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261031T200000
DTSTAMP:20261003T144152Z
CREATED:20261003T144121Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261003T144152Z
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SUMMARY:Joke Jam
DESCRIPTION:The Pepp’s regular early-evening showcase of Dubai’s local comedy talent\, always with four standups on stage.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/joke-jam/
LOCATION:Pepperoni Comedy Club\, 25 Jump Street 25h Hotel\, One Central World Trade Center\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Comedy
GEO:25.2194872;55.2844808
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Pepperoni Comedy Club 25 Jump Street 25h Hotel One Central World Trade Center Dubai;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=25 Jump Street 25h Hotel\, One Central World Trade Center:geo:55.2844808,25.2194872
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261031T200000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261031T220000
DTSTAMP:20261003T125700Z
CREATED:20261003T125651Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261003T125700Z
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SUMMARY:Joke Hub
DESCRIPTION:A regular Mad Cat Comedy night – “Dubai’s wildest comedy show on Saturday” at “the first purpose built comedy room in the country”. The cover charge of AED 99 includes two F&B coupons.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/joke-hub-4/
LOCATION:Canopy by Hilton Dubai Al Seef\, Al Seef Street\, Umm Hurair 1\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Comedy
GEO:25.2558677;55.310187
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261031T203000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261031T213000
DTSTAMP:20261006T104429Z
CREATED:20261006T104429Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261006T104429Z
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SUMMARY:Maria Hassabi: Us
DESCRIPTION:A 6m bench along the front edge of the stage compresses the space into a narrow\, linear runway. Five dancers trace this boundary through a sequence of calculated tableaus\, their bodies caught between rest and anticipation. The bench acts as a structural pivot\, serving simultaneously as physical support and a choreographic frame. Facing the audience directly\, the cast establishes a shared field of attention. Both individually and as an ensemble\, as well as among themselves and with the viewers\, the dancers navigate presence in real time. The performance unfolds within this shared alignment\, fostering a quiet exchange of attention and perception. \nThis is part of the fifth edition of Perform Sharjah\, Sharjah Art Foundation’s season of curated performances that serve as an engaging space for exploring\, remembering and imagining – “treating the body as a site of artistic inquiry\, the programme shifts fluidly between intimate reflection and collective experience”.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/maria-hassabi-us/
LOCATION:Cultural Palace\, Cutlural Square\, Al Riqa Suburb\, Sharjah
CATEGORIES:Dance,Performance
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GEO:25.3555237;55.42869
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Cultural Palace Cutlural Square Al Riqa Suburb Sharjah;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Cutlural Square\, Al Riqa Suburb:geo:55.42869,25.3555237
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261031T210000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261031T220000
DTSTAMP:20261003T143628Z
CREATED:20261003T143628Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261003T143628Z
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SUMMARY:Valentina Danubio: I Love Them\, But …
DESCRIPTION:An hour of new material from the always excellent Valentina\, this time on the people we love\, the things they do that drive us crazy\, and all those moments that make relationships so complicated.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/valentina-danubio-i-love-them-but/
LOCATION:Pepperoni Comedy Club\, 25 Jump Street 25h Hotel\, One Central World Trade Center\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Comedy
GEO:25.2194872;55.2844808
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Pepperoni Comedy Club 25 Jump Street 25h Hotel One Central World Trade Center Dubai;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=25 Jump Street 25h Hotel\, One Central World Trade Center:geo:55.2844808,25.2194872
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261102
DTSTAMP:20260204T101924Z
CREATED:20260204T101924Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260204T101924Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Artists’ Rooms: Kamruzzaman Shahdin
DESCRIPTION:A monumental one-room installation that restages the Bangladeshi artist’s The River Remembers. Originally commissioned by the Diriyah Biennale Foundation and created in 2023\, this large-scale textile work has handcrafted threads mapping the colour of the water of the Teesta and the Brahmaputra\, two rivers flowing through the Bengal delta. Engraved brass disks convey the memories and migration stories of two women in the artist’s life whose own lives were strongly marked by the river.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-artists-rooms-kamruzzaman-shahdin/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.216757;55.3309395
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf Dubai;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Al Jaddaf:geo:55.3309395,25.216757
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261101
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261102
DTSTAMP:20261013T153326Z
CREATED:20260803T151828Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261013T153326Z
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SUMMARY:Salah Elmur
DESCRIPTION:Bringing together paintings\, archival photographs\, sketches and ephemera produced after 2018\, this exhibition promises an immersive encounter with Salah Elmur’s world – “where memory\, landscape and identity merge and ripple through time”\, exploring the artist’s shifting sense of belonging and distance from his homeland\, Sudan\, in times of exile and political rupture. \nCurated by Zain Al Saie and Qutouf Elobaid. To 14 March. \nImage: Salah Elmur\, Fire Behind the Mountain (2025)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/salah-elmur/
LOCATION:Jameel Arts Centre\, Al Jaddaf\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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GEO:25.216757;55.3309395
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf Dubai;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Al Jaddaf:geo:55.3309395,25.216757
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261103T193000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261103T213000
DTSTAMP:20260928T125325Z
CREATED:20260928T125325Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260928T125325Z
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SUMMARY:Promis le Ciel | Promised Sky: dir Erige Sehiri (2025)
DESCRIPTION:Sehiri’s intimate drama follows four generations of Ivorian immigrant women as they find solidarity\, conflict and sometimes a sense of displacement in one another’s company. We’re dropped into the lives of Marie (Aïssa Maïga)\, Naney (Debora Lobe Naney) and Jolie (Laetitia Ky)\, as the three roommates care for a little girl\, Kenza (Estelle Kenza Dogbo)\, a displaced child who appears to have miraculously survived a migrant shipwreck before the three women found her. Female relationships are complicated enough as is\, even between those on a level playing field; but in their adopted home in Tunisia none of the women are equals from a socio-economic standpoint … \nScreens in the CinemaNA series of contemporary Arab cinema. Curated by NYUAD Arts Professor of Film and New Media Scandar Copti\, CinemaNA – which is celebrated 10 years of programming – is presented by the NYUAD Film and New Media Program in partnership with The Arts Center.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/promis-le-ciel-promised-sky-dir-erige-sehiri-2025-2/
LOCATION:The Arts Center @ NYUAD\, NYUAD Campus\, Saadiyat Island\, Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
GEO:24.5238948;54.4345558
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus Saadiyat Island Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=NYUAD Campus\, Saadiyat Island:geo:54.4345558,24.5238948
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261104
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261105
DTSTAMP:20260915T164600Z
CREATED:20260915T164600Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T164600Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Alaa Itani: A Momentum for the Horizon
DESCRIPTION:A visual meditation on the horizon as both boundary and promise\, a visible line that remains perpetually distant. Alaa Itani’s solo show brings together reverse glass paintings of horizons\, blurred landscapes\, and moving cloud formations; he explores landscape as acts of temporal displacement\, a process informed in part by his work as a researcher and archivist through which he has closely encountered the work of Arab modernist painters – especially the Lebanese artist Rafic Charaf (1932-2003).
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/closing-today-alaa-itani-a-momentum-for-the-horizon/
LOCATION:Gallery Isabelle\, Unit 17\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.1431157;55.2246127
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Gallery Isabelle Unit 17 Alserkal Avenue Dubai United Arab Emirates;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Unit 17\, Alserkal Avenue:geo:55.2246127,25.1431157
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261104
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261105
DTSTAMP:20260916T094614Z
CREATED:20260916T094614Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260916T094614Z
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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Tirdad Hashemi and Soufia Erfanian: I Bloom Where You Hold Me
DESCRIPTION:Collaborative works from Tirdad Hashemi and Soufia Erfanian’s ongoing Flower series\, unfolding across gallery walls covered with hand-drawn graffiti; rooted in the artists’ shared and individual experiences\, the works consider what it means to care for\, sustain and grow alongside one another. For Hashemi and Erfanian\, tending to plants\, relationships and artistic practice all share a common faith in growth. And even amid destruction\, flowers return and spring cannot be stopped:the act of tending becomes a method of resistance. \nPrimarily oil pastel on paper\, the drawings use a rough and immediate visual language. Flowers are built from loose\, gestural marks; colours bleed as figurative scenes appear almost like small windows embedded within wild fields. The process is similarly intertwined. Hashemi and Erfanian move freely across the same surface; one may begin a work and the other finish. At other times\, their marks overlap as they work simultaneously.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/closing-today-tirdad-hashemi-and-soufia-erfanian-i-bloom-where-you-hold-me/
LOCATION:Gallery Isabelle\, Unit 17\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.1431157;55.2246127
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Gallery Isabelle Unit 17 Alserkal Avenue Dubai United Arab Emirates;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Unit 17\, Alserkal Avenue:geo:55.2246127,25.1431157
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261104T190000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20261104T210000
DTSTAMP:20261003T135649Z
CREATED:20261003T135649Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261003T135649Z
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SUMMARY:Cineolio's Cinenights
DESCRIPTION:Founded by Emirati filmmaker and curator Nawaf Al Janahi in 2020\, Cineolio‘s mission is focused on promoting short films and expanding their audience reach internationally. Its Cinenights screening series presents a diverse selection of short films on the big screen\, celebrating cinematic togetherness and promoting intellectual and cultural exchange. \nThe screenings tonight will be followed by a discussion led by Nawaf Al Janahi. The films: \n32 Abo El Mahasein El-Shazly dir May Ziady (2023\, Egypt: 12 min) \nForce them to leave their old house and move to a new one\, director May Ziady and her aunt reflect on their memories of family members … \nAspis dir Antonio Romagnoli (2025\, Italy: 15 min) \nEvery year\, a viper awakens from hibernation and resumes its life cycle. But this year something changes … \nCinema Al Dunia  dir Amro Ali (2024\, Syria: 15 min) \nA short documentary that turns its lens on a storied Damascus movie house\, exploring its present condition and uncertain future. \nTempest dir Bridget Sutherland (2024\, New Zealand: 10 min) \nA portrait of the New Zealand artist Peter Roche\, highlighting works that speak to the dangers of the Nuclear Age and its psychological impact. \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/cineolios-cinenights-6/
LOCATION:Alliance Française Dubai\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Film
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