Flower Shop
A group show – with Maria Andrievskaya, Almendra Bertoni, Katie Hector, Jen Hitchings, and John Denniston II– that invites us to think of colour not just as a visual element but as a language of its own. "Colour is what [ ... ]
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- Volery Gallery Maze Tower - 5201, Dubai International Financial Center, Dubai
April Acts 2025: to carry new formations
vrs SB16 locations SharjahThe inaugural edition of April Acts, a weekend initiative expanding on the curatorial framework of Sharjah Biennial 16 and held across various SB16 venues, has the title to carry new formations – an extesion of SB16's theme, to carry. The [ ... ]
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Art Dubai 2025
Madinat Jumeirah Dubai, United Arab EmiratesArt Dubai’s core gallery programme will feature over 120 participants across four sections as befire: Contemporary, Modern, Bawwaba (featuring exclusively new work) and Art Dubai Digital. Works on sale are included in the excellent online catalogue for browsing. Away from [ ... ]
AED 100Curators Talk: Shabbir Hussain Mustafa
The latest in the NYUAD Art Gallery's series of conversations with curators features Shabbir Hussain Mustafa, Senior Curator and Head of Exhibitions at the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi In this conversation with the Art Gallery's curator Duygu Demir, he will discuss [ ... ]
Korean National University of Arts Symphony Orchestra: Jaewon Wee and Sang Hyeok Park
The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesThe KNUA Symphony Orchestra have their Arab World Premiere with this Abu Dhabi Festival performance under the baton of Chung Chi-Yong, one of the country’s most celebrated conductors. For this evening, KNUA Symphony Orchestra the soloists the award-winning violinist Jaewon [ ... ]
AED 175Laughter Factory Premium Comedy Club
The Agenda Abdullah Omran Taryam St, Media City, DubaiApril's Laughter Factory tour features Montreal's Just For Laughs festival favourite Eman El Husseini, about-to-be-big US standup Maher Matta, and top local talent Valentina Danubio, 2023 winner of Survival of the Funniest. Here are the other upcoming gigs: 19 Apr [ ... ]
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Abdullah Al Othman: Structural Syntax
Iris Projects Studio 20, Madar 39, MiZa, Port Zayed, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesThe Saudi artist has long been developing a highly characteristic visual language rooted in the Arabian urban landscapes, architecture, and linguistic history. In his work, In his monumental installations and sculptures Al Othman reflects on the layers of history embedded [ ... ]
FreeThe Little Mermaid
Jumeirah Beach Hotel DubaiH2 productions and the Dubai Panto team return to Jumeirah Beach Hotel with their unique adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's well-loved tale of the mermaid who yearns for a life above the waves – only to be ensnared by the [ ... ]
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Mayar Obeido: Ever in Reform
Fann à Porter The Workshop, Villa 45, St. 23b, off Al Wasl Road (opposite Box Park), Jumeirah 2, DubaiFann À Porter's second solo exhibition for Syrian artist Mayar Obeido features his signature reconfigured table, presented as an independent element for the first time in his practice, with an accompanying series of black ink and coloured paper studies. While [ ... ]
FreeReconnection Through Art – a panel on Creativity, Nature & Sustainability
Bluewaters Island DubaiA Bluewaters Art Festival discussion organised by Firetti Contemporary and featuring the gallery's curator (and founder) Mara Firetti alongside artist and architect Sawsan Al Bahar; Lina Mikati, art collector and founding member of The Art Circle; Rassil Ghazzaoui, a clinical [ ... ]
Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial: FLEX* by Load na Dito
FLEX* is a talking and listening game created by Manila-based curatorial and research initiative Load na Dito; participants explore the meaning of words based on personal experiences while moulding clay. Inspired by the city’s ubiquitous gift shops, the accompanying installation will [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerSAT Research Initiative – Living Continuity: Urban Workshop 2
Old Al Jubail Vegetable Market 8 Bujair Bin Abi Bujair St, SharjahSharhah Arcitecure Triennial's Living Continuity: Urban Workshop Series brings together artists, researchers, and writers whose practices are deeply rooted in lived experiences to explore "our role as urban actors within the layered histories and evolving ecologies of a neighborhood". This [ ... ]
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Une part manquante | A Missing Part: dir Guillaume Senez (2024)
Germaine Tillion Garden, SUAD Campus Abu DhabiBelgian filmmaker Guillaume Senez has always been fascinated with personal responsibility and family dynamics. His latest film, which premiered at last autumn's Toronto Film Festival, fits the mould; it tells the story of a father’s struggle to reconnect with his [ ... ]
FreeROFL@TGIF Comedy Night
TGIFriday's at the Rove Hotel Downtown 312 Al Mustaqbal Street, DubaiDubomedy gigs are usually pretty good, especially when the price is free (with a minimum spend of one drink or one food item) and a "fantastic" (their judgement) bill of stand-ups – "you never know who will drop by!" It's [ ... ]
FreeLaughter Factory Premium Comedy Club
Vintage Grand Hotel Al Fay Road, Dubai, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesApril's Laughter Factory tour features Montreal's Just For Laughs festival favourite Eman El Husseini, about-to-be-big US standup Maher Matta, and top local talent Valentina Danubio, 2023 winner of Survival of the Funniest. Here are the other upcoming gigs: 24 Apr [ ... ]
AED 160LAST CHANCE Marcos Marín
ME by Meliá The Opus by Omniyat, Al Amal Street, Business Bay, DubaiThe second edition of ME by Meliá Dubai's Cultural Connection exhibition series features more than 60 pieces by Brazilian artist Marcos Marín in his signature style – optical and kinetic art panels and sculptures with portraits of world figures, royals, [ ... ]
LAST CHANCE Ali Pasandideh: Love Is the Beginning of Humanity
Kutubna Cultural Center Madina Avenues 17, Nadd Al Hamar, DubaiA solo exhibition by the noted Iranian calligrapher Ali Pasandideh. Inspired by the poetry of Hooshang Ebtehaj (aka HE Sayeh) this collection of more than two dozen works in Nastaliq calligraphy explores the timeless link between love, humanity, and the [ ... ]
FreeThe Little Mermaid
Jumeirah Beach Hotel DubaiThe last chance to catch the return of H2 productions and the Dubai Panto team with their adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's well-loved tale of the mermaid who yearns for a life above the waves – only to be ensnared [ ... ]
From AED 110Public Art Abu Dhabi Biennial: Bik Van der Pol’s The poem that jumps the fence
Abu Dhabi Beach Al Hisn Street, Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesArtist 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 [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerRemote Abu Dhabi by Rimini Protokoll
Rimini Protokoll pushes the boundaries of conventional theatre. During this performance walk within the collective’s ‘Remote X’ series (2013–ongoing), you are invited to explore the growing presence of artificial intelligence in future cities; for this tour, designed specifically for Abu [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerRemote Al Ain by Rimini Protokoll
Rimini Protokoll pushes the boundaries of conventional theatre. During this performance walk within the collective’s ‘Remote X’ series (2013–ongoing), you are invited to explore the growing presence of artificial intelligence in future cities; for this tour, designed specifically for Al [ ... ]
Free, but pre-register
Korean National University of Arts Symphony Orchestra: Jaewon Wee and Sang Hyeok Park
The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesThis second Abu Dhabi Festival performance for the KNUA Symphony Orchestra is conducted by the Italian-Lebanese maestro Toufic Maatouk and features star soprano Jessica Pratt and top tenor Javier Camarena, singing arias and duets from Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini, Mascagni, Massenet [ ... ]
AED 175LAST CHANCE It Awakens (At Night) The Thought
Sima Collective 11 21C Street, Al Quoz 3, Dubai"An intimate group show interrogating the nocturnal psyche", featuring Shamsa Al Mansoori, Farah Maktari, Ashna Malik and Jude Samman. This is the first show to be organised by a new name to us, @Vertygo.art, and curated by Nicolo Venelli.
FreeLAST CHANCE Hadieh Shafie: Resonant Turns
The Mine Warehouse 46, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesHadieh Shafie uses ink, paint and paper as material for works that abstract text into form, evoking different optical perspectives; her reliefs comprise circular or cone-shaped scrolls inscribed with Farsi poetry and her own writing in acts of concealment, fragmentation [ ... ]
FreeCreative Convergence: the role of artists in expanding scientific inquiry and UAE’s vision for innovation
NYUAD Campus, Conference Centre NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesThe lengthy title covers an interesting-looking panel discussion on interdisciplinary collaboration – how integrating art, science and engineering can foster innovation, broaden perspectives, and drive societal contributions. The panel: Iyad Rahwan Director of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, [ ... ]
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Augustin Hadelich
The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesThe virtuoso violinist Augustin Hadelich is known for his technique, insightful interpretations, and ravishing tone. In a contrasting programme of old and new music for the Abu Dhabi Festival, Hadelich plays works by Bach, Coleridge-Taylor, Ysaÿe and David Lang. He [ ... ]
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Hors d’haleine | Breathing Underwater: dir Eric Lamhene (2024)
Germaine Tillion Garden, SUAD Campus Abu DhabiThis emotional, character-driven drama is set in the secretive world of a women's shelter. It tells the story of Emma (Carla Juri) who arrives at the shelter in the dead of night, covered in bruises and unexpectedly pregnant. As she [ ... ]
Free
Pencil In
421 Arts Campus Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesA writers’ group intended for writers to practice their craft without the pressures of producing a final outcome, designed to provide a supportive environment for writers to write alone yet in a group. You're invited to polish your writing skills [ ... ]
FreeAll Star Ballet Gala
The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi Festival's ballet gala features some of the world’s most celebrated dancers from some of its top companies – Jinhao Zhang and Madison Young of Bayerisches Staatsballett (both Prix de Lausanne winners), Stuttgart Ballet’s Principals Martí Paixà and Elisa [ ... ]
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Back To Alexandria: dir Tamer Ruggli (2023)
Germaine Tillion Garden, SUAD Campus Abu DhabiAfter 20 years in Switzerland, Sue (Nadine Labaki) returns to her homeland Egypt to visit her dying mother (Fanny Ardant). Their complicated relationship is revealed on a road trip from Cairo to Alexandria; during their journey through Egypt's beautiful landscape, [ ... ]
Free
Humanist vampire seeking consenting suicidal person: dir Ariane Louis-Seize (2023)
Germaine Tillion Garden, SUAD Campus Abu DhabiThis Canadian vampire comedy horror stars Sara Montpetit as Sasha, a young vampire with a serious problem: she’s too sensitive to kill. When her exasperated parents cut off her blood supply, Sasha’s life is in jeopardy; luckily, she meets Paul, [ ... ]
Free
Poetry Evening with Nujoom Al Ghanem
Alliance Française Dubai Dubai, United Arab EmiratesA leading voice in contemporary Arabic literature, Al Ghanem blends tradition and modernity in exploring themes of identity, freedom, and cultural dialogue; this event will feature a bilingual reading in Arabic and French, accompanied by musical interludes with Elena Thedvall [ ... ]
Free
Timur D’Vatz, Timur Akhmedov, Alfiz Sabirov: Dreams of Spring
Al Habtoor Palace Al Habtoor City, Sheikh Zayed Rd, DubaiAndakulova’s pop-up group show for three noted Uzbekh artists majors on their shared exploration of storytelling through art, wth works – painting, sculpture, and mixed media – that offer an immersive experience into worlds both real and mythical. Timur D’Vatz [ ... ]
Free
Synchrony: From New York to Nigeria
The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesThis is a rather special evening for the second edition of NYUAD's The City and the Writer series, featuring an extraordinary lineup of writers, directors, actors, and musicians and centred around Awam Amkpa's 2024 film The Man Died (above). That [ ... ]
AED 105Laughter Factory Premium Comedy Club
The Club Al Mina, Abu DhabiApril's Laughter Factory tour features Montreal's Just For Laughs festival favourite Eman El Husseini, about-to-be-big US standup Maher Matta, and top local talent Valentina Danubio, 2023 winner of Survival of the Funniest. Here are the other upcoming gigs: 25 Apr [ ... ]
AED 160Sunday Morning
The Junction Unit H72, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesSuccessful 40s-ish photographer Mat takes us on a heart-warming, epiphanic journey in this one-man show, written by Nick Warren and directed by Jenine Collocott. On learning that his girlfriend is pregnant, a stunned Mat (James Cuningham) goes for a run [ ... ]
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Fragments from Heaven: dir Adnane Baraka (2022)
421 Arts Campus Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesIn the bleak emptiness of the Moroccan desert, a nomad shepherd called Mohamed lives in a tent with his family. His way of life is disappearing; the land is so dry (presumably as a result of climate change) that there [ ... ]
FreeLaughter Factory Premium Comedy Club
Radisson DAMAC Hills Hessa Street Dubailand, DubaiApril's Laughter Factory tour features Montreal's Just For Laughs festival favourite Eman El Husseini, about-to-be-big US standup Maher Matta, and top local talent Valentina Danubio, 2023 winner of Survival of the Funniest. (The final stop is tomorrow, 26 April, at [ ... ]
AED 160Women in Contemporary Arab Art
Kutubna Cultural Center Madina Avenues 17, Nadd Al Hamar, Dubai"A rare journey through modern and contemporary Arab art” in the form of more than 35 original works by artists including Ismail Fattah, Najat Makki, Khaled Al Jader, Louay Kayali, and Salah Taher that represent women in a variety of [ ... ]
FreeMakers’ Month
Earth Roastery 6th St, Al Quoz 3, DubaiDubai Culture is running its third Makers’ Month this weekend at Earth Roastery in Al Quoz – panel discussions, talks, and hands-on workshops "designed to sharpen skills and foster collaboration between manufacturing and the creative industries". The principles are sound: [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerAbu Dhabi International Book Fair
ADNEC Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesThis year’s ADIBF – remarkably, it’s the 34th edition – has the theme ‘Knowledge Illuminates our Community’, a sentiment which brooks no argument. There are 90 participating countries, the 'Focus Personality’ is Avicenna (Ibn Sina), the ‘Book of the World’ [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerLAST CHANCE Men’s Rings: the Yves Gastou Collection
L'ÉCOLE Middle East, School of Jewelry Arts Building 10, Dubai Design District, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesThe late dealer / collector Yves Gastou (he passed away in 2020) was known for his educated eye, eclectic tastes, and an ability to discover lost gems and new talents in art, design, jewellery and exquisite taste generally. From an [ ... ]
FreePublic Art Abu Dhabi Biennial: FLEX* by Load na Dito
FLEX* is a talking and listening game created by Manila-based curatorial and research initiative Load na Dito; participants explore the meaning of words based on personal experiences while moulding clay. Inspired by the city’s ubiquitous gift shops, the accompanying installation will [ ... ]
Free, but pre-register
Unique Encounters with Rising Stars
The Arts Center @ NYUAD NYUAD Campus, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesViolinist Yamen Saadi returns to the Abu Dhabi Festival with a lineup of exceptional young talent, playing alongside the violist Sara Ferrandez and cellists Kian Soltani and Pablo Ferrandez. Saadi, born in Nazareth, joined the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra at 11, [ ... ]
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Tango After Dark
Dubai OperaWorld Tango Champions German Cornejo and Gisela Galeassi dance to the music of Astor Piazzolla. Accompanied by an ensemble of ten dancers and a seven-strong live band, the spirit of Buenos Aires should infuse Dubai Opera with passion and drama [ ... ]
From AED 330National Youth Orchestra
Dubai Opera Studio Downtown Dubai, DubaiThe Encore Performing Arts Series continues with the National Youth Orchestra (NYO) via its Senior Strings Camerata and Concert Band, with prizewinning soloists and Concerto Competition finalists. The Camerata will be conducted by the UAE-based conductor and composer Jonathan Barrett [ ... ]
AED 250Laughter Factory Premium Comedy Club
Dukes The Palm Palm Dubai, DubaiLast stop for April's Laughter Factory tour, which features Montreal's Just For Laughs festival favourite Eman El Husseini, about-to-be-big US standup Maher Matta, and top local talent Valentina Danubio, 2023 winner of Survival of the Funniest.
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Culture Summit Abu Dhabi
Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesThe seventh edition of the Summit, which runs 27-29 April, again brings together "thought leaders" from art, heritage, media, museums, music, public policy and technology to debate the role of culture. This year's theme is the catch-all 'Culture for Humanity [ ... ]
Invitation onlyPublic Art Abu Dhabi Biennial: Bik Van der Pol’s The poem that jumps the fence
Abu Dhabi Beach Al Hisn Street, Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesArtist 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 [ ... ]
Free, but pre-registerRemote Abu Dhabi by Rimini Protokoll
Rimini Protokoll pushes the boundaries of conventional theatre. During this performance walk within the collective’s ‘Remote X’ series (2013–ongoing), you are invited to explore the growing presence of artificial intelligence in future cities; for this tour, designed specifically for Abu [ ... ]
Free, but pre-register
