• Arts Chat: Building a Life as an Artist in the UAE (Part 5)

    NYUAD Art Gallery Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    The latest in this excellent series of panel discussions spotlighting the experiences of local talent, presented by NYUAD Art Gallery and NYUAD Career Development Center, considers current opportunities and challenges for artists in the UAE. The panel: Shilpa Ananth – [ ... ]

    Free
  • Tsuyoshi Hisakado

    Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf, Dubai

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

    Free
  • Almaha Jaralla: Seham

    Tabari Artspace Gate Village Level 2, DIFC, Dubai

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

    Free
  • Tsuyoshi Hisakado: Polite Existence

    Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf, Dubai

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

    Free
  • Library Circles: Another Empty House

    Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf, Dubai

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

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  • Coded Gestures

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

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

    Free
  • Georgii Uvs: The Wings

    BOCCARA Gallery Gate Avenue, DIFC, Dubai

    The regional debut for the UK-based abstract expressionist, curated by Ellen Nash. He says his art can be seen as people's perception of the material and psychological worlds and their desire to understand the universe through increasing self-awareness; "Uvs' works [ ... ]

    Free
  • Artist Talk: Haroon Mirza

    Ishara Art Foundation Alserkal Avenue, Dubai

    In his first public presentation in the UAE, the UK based artist-composer will talk about recent works underpinned by his interest in energy and power in their various forms – Mirza considers electricity as his primary artistic medium, creating from [ ... ]

    Free, but pre-register
  • Denis Matsuev

    Dubai Opera

    One of the outstanding pianists of the 21st century has programmed a recital with pieces that are sure to showcase his virtuosity, with a programme that we’re told will range from Mozart and Beethoven to Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff.

    AED 250