How do contemporary artists grapple with the shifting role of text, literature and knowledge in an age of AI? This group exhibition curated by Tor Seidel tries to answer that question. As Seidel puts it, "Has access to texts and [ ... ]
The XVA group show for the summer, curated by Carina Vicente, promises "beauty and grace, capturing the aesthetics of the evolving art landscape in the contemporary Middle East" – the title comes from the Arabic root word for beauty (jamaal), [ ... ]
Ishara’s first summer exhibition, curated by Priyanka Mehra, features six UAE-based and South Asian artists exploring their relationship with the street – “a collection of individual experiences that alternate between chaotic and orderly, gritty and beautiful, uninhibited and curated … [ ... ]
Sudan, late 1980s. People cross the desert on foot or cover long distances by car and truck. In Al Mahatta, Eltayeb Mahdi shows encounters at one of the large crossroads between Khartoum in the centre of the country and Bur [ ... ]
Mad Cat Comedy returns to the Clavichord in TECOM with "Dubai's wildest comedy night ... raw, unfiltered, hilarious". The cover charge of AED 80 includes one drink.
Jameel’s Summer Cinema, organised in collaboration with The Culturist Film Club and curated by Hind Mezaina, ia a season of free-to-attend films about cities, archives, and the ways we live and remember together – plus this special evening celebrating the [ ... ]
Another regular Mad Cat Comedy night – "Dubai's wildest comedy show on Saturday" (sic). The cover charge of AED 99 includes two drinks.
Artist duo Bik Van der Pol (Liesbeth Bik and Jos Van der Pol) engage in collaborative projects on how art constructs public spaces for speculative thought and collective creativity. The poem that jumps the fence features weekly performances on Abu [ ... ]
Mad Cat's Business Bay comedy night. The cover charge of AED 99 includes one drink.
This short Sharjah Public Libraries exhibition – part of SPL’s centennial celebrations – features rare manuscripts and artefacts from the Sharjah Quran Complex collection, shedding light on the vital role the Arabic script has played in preserving cultural identity and knowledge [ ... ]
A L'ÉCOLE Middle East talk that exploring the world of pearls, given by two of the School of Jewelry Arts' lecturers – gemologist/lecturers Chandra Horn and Tania Heikal. A welcome reception is followed by the talk at 6.30pm.
The return of a popular evening of improv and stand-up hosted by Rushdi. The bar's set pretty high: "from side-splitting stand-up to mesmerising improv, the finest comedic artists from near and far come to showcase their talent".
Sergio Pontier reshapes the portrayal of black childhood, reflecting on the innocence of his youth and how it defined him; voyaging into mundane moments from his childhood, made nostalgic and meaningful on reflection, the Afro-Dominican-Spanish photographer and filmmaker has created [ ... ]
Mad Cat Comedy is back at the Clavichord in TECOM with "Dubai's wildest comedy night ... raw, unfiltered, hilarious". The cover charge of AED 80 includes one drink.
The July Laughter Factory tour looks like a good one to finish the season. The acts: Steven Briggs excellent high-energy US standup with a CV that includes winning one of the Moth's StorySLAMs (open-mic storytelling competition in which anyone can [ ... ]
An Emmy and Grammy Award nominee, Bill Burr manages to be a successful actor, writer, director, producer, and podcaster as well as a very good arena-scale comedian. Very classy, very professional, very funny.
Another regular Mad Cat Comedy night – "Dubai's wildest comedy show on Saturday" (sic). The cover charge of AED 99 includes two drinks.
The July Laughter Factory tour looks like a good one to finish the season. The acts: Steven Briggs excellent high-energy US standup with a CV that includes winning one of the Moth's StorySLAMs (open-mic storytelling competition in which anyone can [ ... ]
A solo exhibition for the Lebanese-Uruguayan painter. We're promised "a profound journey through imagination, memory, and abstraction ... With this poetic metaphor, the artist gestures toward a body of work that resists confinement. His paintings, like the river he evokes, [ ... ]
Artist duo Bik Van der Pol (Liesbeth Bik and Jos Van der Pol) engage in collaborative projects on how art constructs public spaces for speculative thought and collective creativity. The poem that jumps the fence features weekly performances on Abu [ ... ]
Three good UAE-based Filipino comedians at a very pleasant venue – Ahmad Kasid, Joshua, and the irrepressible Imah Dumagay.
Mad Cat's Business Bay comedy night. The cover charge of AED 99 includes one drink.
The July Laughter Factory tour looks like a good one to finish the season. The acts: Steven Briggs excellent high-energy US standup with a CV that includes winning one of the Moth's StorySLAMs (open-mic storytelling competition in which anyone can [ ... ]
The Courtyard's community theatre night, described as "a celebration of creativity and experimentation" with community members and in-house performers taking the stage to try out fresh ideas and showcase their talents. The first half features performances from the community, offering [ ... ]
The July Laughter Factory tour looks like a good one to finish the season. The acts: Steven Briggs excellent high-energy US standup with a CV that includes winning one of the Moth's StorySLAMs (open-mic storytelling competition in which anyone can [ ... ]
Jameel’s Summer Cinema, organised in collaboration with The Culturist Film Club and curated by Hind Mezaina, is a season of free-to-attend films about cities, archives, and the ways we live and remember together. Audiences are encouraged to engage in "collective [ ... ]
The final gig for the July Laughter Factory tour. The acts: Steven Briggs excellent high-energy US standup with a CV that includes winning one of the Moth's StorySLAMs (open-mic storytelling competition in which anyone can share a true, personal, five-minute [ ... ]
More 80 artworks by the Palestinian artist collective Eltiqa, Eltiqa (Arabic for “encounter”) is an artist collective from Gaza City founded in 2000. Eltiqa members have developed artistic practices together – including the setting up of a dedicated exhibition and [ ... ]
This short Sharjah Public Libraries exhibition – part of SPL’s centennial celebrations – features rare manuscripts and artefacts from the Sharjah Quran Complex collection, shedding light on the vital role the Arabic script has played in preserving cultural identity and [ ... ]
Artist duo Bik Van der Pol (Liesbeth Bik and Jos Van der Pol) engage in collaborative projects on how art constructs public spaces for speculative thought and collective creativity. The poem that jumps the fence features weekly performances on Abu [ ... ]
Mad Cat's Business Bay comedy night – "Dubai's Wildest Crowdwork Roast Show". The cover charge of AED 99 includes one drink.
The summer show at Artbooth Gallery is a group exhibition featuring Soraya Abu Naba’a, Gilbert Halaby, Asaad Arabi, James Mathews, Habuba Farah, Noor Bahjat, Bruno Sfeir, Oussama Diab, Layal Khawly, and Elias Naman. We’re promised “more than an ode to [ ... ]
Mad Cat brings its standup crew to Abu Dhabi's Easy Tiger bar in the Al Ain Palace. The door price of AED 99 includes two drinks ...
A landmark in radical political cinema and one of the most visually ravishing films ever made, this legendary hymn to revolution was the product of an ambitious collaboration between the Soviet and Cuban film industries, I Am Cuba unfolds in [ ... ]
Mad Cat Comedy is back at the Clavichord in TECOM with "Dubai's wildest comedy night ... raw, unfiltered, hilarious". The cover charge of AED 80 includes one drink.
Another regular Mad Cat Comedy night – "Dubai's wildest comedy show on Saturday" (sic). The cover charge of AED 99 includes two drinks.
The second solo exhibition by Nima Nabavi at the gallery features new works that mark a significant evolution in the artist's practice, reflecting a deepened commitment to introspection, geometry, and modes of making that embrace technology alongside traditional tools. Created [ ... ]
Artist duo Bik Van der Pol (Liesbeth Bik and Jos Van der Pol) engage in collaborative projects on how art constructs public spaces for speculative thought and collective creativity. The poem that jumps the fence features weekly performances on Abu [ ... ]
Artist Ahmad Nabil talks with Jameel Library’s Azim Al Ghussein about Nabil's ongoing Fetus Exodus project, followed by a bilingual writing and drawing workshop. The discussion will consider the transformative nature of myth-making and storytelling, and the ways they shape, [ ... ]
Mad Cat's Business Bay comedy night – "Dubai's Wildest Crowdwork Roast Show". The cover charge of AED 99 includes one drink.
Mad Cat brings its standup crew to Abu Dhabi's Easy Tiger bar in the Al Ain Palace. The door price of AED 99 includes two drinks ...
This group show of film and photography features works by contemporary artists across generations – Samuel Fosso (b.1962), Aïda Muluneh (b.1974), Kelani Abass (b.1978), Abeer Sultan (b.1999) and Sumayah Fallatah (b.2000). Curated by Ose Ekore, the exhibition seeks to provide [ ... ]
Mad Cat's regular Thursday stop in Silicon Oasis promises "the UAE's top comics".. The door price of AED 99 includes two drinks ...
Jameel’s Summer Cinema, organised in collaboration with The Culturist Film Club and curated by Hind Mezaina, ia a season of free-to-attend films about cities, archives, and the ways we live and remember together. The four short films this evening explore ideas [ ... ]
Artist duo Bik Van der Pol (Liesbeth Bik and Jos Van der Pol) engage in collaborative projects on how art constructs public spaces for speculative thought and collective creativity. The poem that jumps the fence features weekly performances on Abu [ ... ]
Artist duo Bik Van der Pol (Liesbeth Bik and Jos Van der Pol) engage in collaborative projects on how art constructs public spaces for speculative thought and collective creativity. The poem that jumps the fence features weekly performances on Abu [ ... ]
A rare midsummer evening of improv and stand-up hosted by Rushdi. The bar's set pretty high: "from side-splitting stand-up to mesmerising improv, the finest comedic artists from near and far come to showcase their talent".
The August Laughter Factory showcase has the usual stops, but with one additional name on the bill (most Factory tours have three comics). The acts are all good: Dimitri Bakanov is a UK-based half-Russian, half-Ukrainian comedian who has gigged all [ ... ]
The second gig for the August Laughter Factory tour, with four good acts: Dimitri Bakanov is a UK-based half-Russian, half-Ukrainian comedian who has gigged all over the world with a tight, slick routine – "dark, charming and never far from [ ... ]
Artist duo Bik Van der Pol (Liesbeth Bik and Jos Van der Pol) engage in collaborative projects on how art constructs public spaces for speculative thought and collective creativity. The poem that jumps the fence features weekly performances on Abu [ ... ]
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