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CLOSING TODAY Time That Grows Slowly

Dom Art Projects Al Khayat Avenue, Dubai

A group exhibition based around site-specific installations and considering ecological, feminist, philosophical, and postcolonial concerns. The core inspiration however is “philosophical reflections of time as growth rather than movement ... Time, as humans experience it, is inseparable from the vegetal. [... more]

Free

CLOSING TODAY Petr Kirusha: Every moment is a fresh beginning

Dom Art Projects Al Khayat Avenue, Dubai

A solo show featuring works that Petr Kirusha developed during his residency at Dom Art Projects. At a time of heightened geopolitical tension between the US and Iran, Kirusha documented the landscapes of Al Quoz and the rapidly changing cityscape [... more]

Free

CLOSING TODAY Rana Begum: Boundless Geometry

Farjam Foundation Gate Avenue 3, GF-97, DIFC, Dubai

Selected works from the Farjam Collection. Through a refined language of Minimalist abstraction, the London-based artist blurs the boundaries between sculpture, painting and architecture – "bringing together works that explore light, colour, perception, and spatial experience, the exhibition reflects Rana [... more]

Free

CLOSING TODAY Ahmad AlAttar: Human in the Loop

421 Arts Campus Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi

Human in the Loop is a sound-based interactive installation that takes the form of a game of hide-and-seek between visitors and an unseen algorithm. Hanging ropes are suspended from the ceiling and visitors are invited to pull on them; each [... more]

Free

Abu Dhabi International Book Fair

ADNEC Abu Dhabi

The 35th edition of the book fair is its most festival-looking yet, with more than 1,400 events in total and six stages for sessions alongside 1,350 exhibitors from 95 countries. The programme also brings together winners of this year’s major [... more]

Free (we assume)

Bassem Youssef: Testing Stuff

Pepperoni Comedy Club 25 Jump Street 25h Hotel, One Central World Trade Center, Dubai

First of two final shows where the Egyptian-American standup, actor, TV host, and former cardiothoracic surgeon tries out new material. He's on again at 9pm.

From AED 475

Blind Symphony

New Covent Garden Theatre Mall of the Emirates, Dubai

A concert with a difference – venue is absolutely dark, and each audience member dons a light-blocking mask. The idea of course is that without visual perception your full attention is on the sound: "the most subtle musical nuances, delicate [... more]

From AED 240

Bassem Youssef: Testing Stuff

Pepperoni Comedy Club 25 Jump Street 25h Hotel, One Central World Trade Center, Dubai

Last of a run of six shows with the Egyptian-American standup, actor, TV host, and former cardiothoracic surgeon trying out new material – he'll probably have honed it by now, so this is probably the one to catch.

From AED 475