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Art With Disabilities: From Frida Kahlo to Stevie Wonder – 11 Amazing Stories of People Who Changed the World

kanvas Dubai Unit 1, Al Khayat Art Avenue, 19th Street Al Quoz 1, Dubai

An exhibition created by the Bulgarian immersive-experience specialists Poliforma, using surround-sound and surround-visuals to celebrate "stories of people who have overcome, adapted, or ignored their limitations" through "captivating video inserts, stunning 3D projections, and four interactive installations". Apparently it's "a [... more]

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Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF)

Expo Centre Sharjah Sharjah

The 43nd edition of SIBF promises to be the fair’s biggest edition ever, claiming to show more than 1.5 million titles by 2,500 publishing houses from 112 different countries. There will also be a packed 12-day agenda of more than [... more]

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DIFC Art Nights

DIFC Gate Village Dubai

Nine days of “artistic celebration and cultural engagement” (7-15 November) to commemorate the 20th anniversary of DIFC, apparently with public art installations, panel talks, performances, live art, workshops for kids, and musical entertainment. The website doesn’t currently have much information [... more]

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CLOSING TODAY Artist’s Rooms: Amba Sayal-Bennett

Jameel Arts Centre Al Jaddaf, Dubai

Works spanning the last eight years of the artist’s practice that critically engage with the socio-political contexts of architectural heritage and modernist ideologies and aesthetics. Drawing is at the centre of Amba Sayal-Bennett’s practice, expanding across works on paper, projections [... more]

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Thaier Helal: Navigating Through Nothing

Ayyam Gallery B11, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai

A solo exhibition featuring Helal’s most recent body of work and a pivotal moment in the artist’s evolution, a more straightforward yet deeply expressive style without the constraints of his previous methods. The new approach, characterized by loose, dynamic strokes, [... more]

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Edgar Orlaineta: What We See of Things is the Things

CARBON 12 17th Street, Dubai

A solo show for the Mexican artist whose practice focuses on hybrid sculptural forms that draw inspiration from modernism, popular culture, and specific historic moments. In particular, Orlaineta explores post-war design and architecture, generally depicting biomorphic shapes with a strong [... more]

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Chaouki Choukini: Citadelles of Today

Green Art Gallery Dubai

New work by the Lebanese-born Paris-based sculptor. Working mainly in wood but occasionally in marble or stone, Choukini's aethetic may appear somewhat primitivist; in fact his sculptures exhibit a sophisticated interrogation of organic and mechanical worlds. To 20 January.

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Eman Alhashemi: Superficial Transactions

Aisha Alabbar Gallery Warehouse C19, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai

Alhashemi's second solo exhibition at the gallery is her first after returning from the States with a Master’s in Fine Arts. Curated by Nasser Abdullah, this exhibition presents a series of works that build on her previous experiences, "appearing as [... more]

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Behzad Khosravi Noori: The Life of an Itinerant Through a Pinhole

Gulf Photo Plus Unit D36 Alserkal Avenue, Dubai

Behzad Noori, PhD is a self-described artist, writer, educator and necromancer; his research-based practice includes films, installations, and archival studies, investigating histories from the Global South, labour and the means of production, and histories of political relationships that have existed [... more]

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Negin Fallah, Mai Al Remeithi, Annie Kurkdjian: Contours of Belonging

Firetti Contemporary Unit 29, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai

A group show for three female artists whose backgrounds, experiences, and practices converge in a shared exploration of cultural heritage, personal memory, and emotional landscapes. Negin Fallah examines the intersection of tradition and transformation, where echoes of Iranian illuminated manuscripts [... more]

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