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Cirque Du Liban: Fontana

Yas Island Abu Dhabi

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]

From AED 100

Youth Takeover 2024

Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf, Dubai

The Jameel's annual handover of the arts centre to a selected cohort of young visionaries starts on Saturday 4 May and runs to Monday 27 May. There will be multiple artwork and installation "interventions" across the ground floor of the [... more]

Free

CLOSING TODAY Elena Butko and Jasbir Saggu

ME Dubai The Opus by Omniyat, Al Amal Street, Business Bay, Dubai

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]

Free

Mona Ayyash: The Clock Doesn’t Care

421 Arts Campus Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi

For her first solo exhibition, the culmination of the artist's participation in the 2024 cycle of the 421 Artistic Development Program, Ayyash presents a collaborative video piece focusing on small body movements. Created with a group of actors, dancers, and [... more]

Free

On a Timeline: 2024 MFA Graduate Show

421 Arts Campus Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi

Marking the third year of collaboration and an expanded partnership between 421 Arts Campus and NYUAD, this exhibition of work by students completing the two-year Master of Fine Arts in Art and Media at NYUAD showcases research and experimentation by [... more]

Free

Arnaud Rivieren: Steel Life

Waddington Custot Dubai

Rivieren's second solo show at Custot is a continuation of his previous exhibition, Natural Sublime, featuring new organic forms and new production processes On show are 14 new and existing works; "through recognisable and nostalgic organic shapes, we find ourselves [... more]

Free

Suanjaya Kencut: Re-Charge

Volery Gallery Maze Tower - 5201, Dubai International Financial Center, Dubai

Kencut's first solo show in the Middle East explores personal challenge and transformation, described by the gallery as "a pivotal moment in Kencut's artistic journey— a deliberate pivot from external inspirations to an introspective examination of the struggles that define [... more]

Free

DuoCalva

Manarat al Saadiyat Abu Dhabi

A rare chance to catch the Swiss 'cellocomedy' duo outside Europe. Alain Schudel and Daniel Schaerer are excellent cellists in their own right, but on the stage with pieces by the likes of Mozart, Strauss, Holst and David Bowie (ok, [... more]

AED 50

Art Expression Workshop

BFAF Culture District, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi

This workshop, led by the Guatemalan artist and art therapist Emilie Dubois, promises "a transformative journey towards self-discovery and emotional expression" based on colour mapping – participants assign vibrant colours to elements that bring them joy, "visually mapping their sources [... more]

Free, but pre-register