Cirque du Liban comes to Yas with "the first travelling water circus in the Middle East ... live entertainment, breathtaking artistic performances in a tailor-made aqua theatre, waterfalls cascading, artists diving and performing mind-blowing Aquatic experience". The previews look great, [... more]
The second edition of "the Middle East’s neo-culture festival" aims to celebrate the region’s art, fashion and musical tastes (specifically grime and hip-hop) with local and international artists, local and international food outlets, gaming, basketball showdowns, streetwear stalls, curated art, [... more]
The chance to exhibit in an undeniable architectural icon designed by a starchitect (and priced to attract HNIs) doesn't come along every day. ME Dubai's Cultural Connections programme for the spring features vivid abstracts by Elena Butko and "multidimensional landscapes [... more]
Two UAE-based artists reflect on "identity and the eternal quest for belonging within the ebb and flow of time". Sara Al Haddad creates delicate yarn and fibre works that embody the passage of time and hint at her inner struggles; [... more]
"A most exotic dreamlike journey" promises the blurb for this successor to the first Beyond the City show last November. Art collective Féminin Pluriel returns with work by Bénédicte Gimonnet; collective memebrs Alison Ladegaillerie, Agnès Sheikh, Alexandra Raynaud, Bénédicte Joland-Chazelle, [... more]
A solo show for the artist’s recent work – which aims to depict “the unseen, the felt, and the omnipresent”. Akil creates his compositions through dozens of thin layers, creating depth while avoiding impasto; “the drying process presents and provokes [... more]
Tales of displacement and resilience from the Palestinian-Syrian Dutch artist Oussama Diab and Palestinian Wadeei Khaled. "Viewers are invited to explore the delicate terrain of individual and collective memories, manifested in the rich variety of Diab and Khaled’s artworks." The [... more]
Improvised PowerPoint presentations. The speakers face a live audience, presenting slides they’ve never seen before, on a topic determined at random by our ‘Wheel of Destiny’. Virtually guaranteed to be funny ... It's free, but you need to put your [... more]
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