LAST CHANCE Déjà Vu

Described as “the UAE’s first collaborative gallery exhibition”, this 14-day selling show features more than 50 artists represented by 20 of the UAE’s leading contemporary art galleries.

The intention is to provide a commercial opportunity for the galleries, which have been impacted by current events. The exhibition has been curated, however, and is themed: it “unpacks the incongruity and inanity of repeated cycles in three streams — the uncanny as it presents in historical mismatching and memory glitches; historical absurdity; and linguistic slippage”. The featured artists include Samira Abbassy, Sadik Alfraiji, Nabil Anani, Ammar Al Attar, Mirna Bamieh, Lubna Choudhary, Samuel Fosso, Anahita Razmi, Larissa Sansour, Mithu Sen, Seher Shah, Slavs and Tartars, Lantian Xie, and Raed Yassin.

Participating galleries: Gallery Isabelle, The Third Line, Green Art Gallery, Lawrie Shabibi, Ayyam Gallery, Carbon12, 1×1 Art Gallery, Grey Noise, Zawyeh Gallery, Efie Gallery, Taymour Grahne Projects, Aisha Alabbar Gallery, Waddington Custot, Leila Heller Gallery Dubai, Firetti Contemporary, Satellite, Iris Projects, NIKA Project Space, Tabari Artspace, and Total Arts.

The exhibition has been curated by Kevin Jones, Artistic Director at Alserkal; Nada Raza, Director of Alserkal Arts Foundation; and Zaina Zaarour, Curator & Manager of Programmes at Alserkal Avenue.