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Amir Khojasteh: May the Tree No Longer Burn When I Wake

CARBON 12 17th Street, Dubai

Amir Khojasteh's third solo exhibition with the gallery presents the first body of work he has developed after leaving his home country, Iran. To 5 November. Above: Amir Khojasteh, Garden Landscape #2 (2026)  

Free

Hisham Sharif: Allusive Veil

Ayyam Gallery B11, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai

Sharif’s first solo exhibition in the UAE presents an autobiographical and very personal series of works about the struggles of private and artist life in a closed society – "a vulnerable, nuanced presentation of life”. The Bahraini artist uses colour [... more]

Free

Rana Begum: Taking Form

The Third Line Alserkal Avenue, Dubai

Rana Begum brings her textile works to The Third Line for the first time. Her fifth solo exhibition at the gallery features a new body of large-scale wool tapestries presented alongside works on linen, paper and MDF, all reflecting the [... more]

Free

Maggie Otieno: Sojourner – The Difference Is the Same

Efiɛ Gallery 2 Al Khayat Art Avenue, First Al Khail Street, Dubai

New works by the Kenyan artist Maggie Otieno, her first solo show here since the gallery began representing her in 2024 . Otieno’s practice centres on the transformation of reclaimed and distressed materials.; working across wood, metal, and mixed media, [... more]

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Nada Elkalaawy: The Butterfly’s Burden

Lawrie Shabibi Unit 21, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai

Borrowed from the poetry of Mahmoud Darwish, the title of this exhibition by by London-based artist Nada Elkalaawy “speaks to the tension between sensitivity, beauty, and emotional weight”, as the gallery has it. “Across a body of paintings developed through [... more]

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Bénédicte Gimonnet: What We Carry Becomes the Terrain

Aisha Alabbar Gallery Warehouse C19, Alserkal Avenue, Dubai

Aisha Alabbar Gallery’s newly renovated space reopens with a solo exhibition by the UAE-based French artist that features paintings, screen prints, drawings and textile works. The theme is a pivotal journey to Peru and a renewed engagement with the roots [... more]

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Private World

Green Art Gallery Dubai

A group show for Lulua Alyahya, Rami Farook, Sohrab Hura, and Khaled Jarada that promises to take the viewer into “intimate, elusive worlds … Modest in scale, invite a form of looking that is closer and more inward, creating encounters [... more]

Free

Wednesday Night Impro: Maestro

Courtyard Playhouse Street 4B, Al Quoz 1, Dubai

The Courtyard’s popular evening of elimination improv. Ten actors converge for a night of scenes, songs and games based on audience suggestions. After each round you score the players on a scale of 1 to 5, and the one with [... more]

Free

Comedy Lounge

The Coterie Level 2, Ibn Battuta Mall, Jebel Ali, Dubai

Flamingo Live’s regular comedy club slot at the Coterie pub in Ibn Battuta Mall. The door price includes two drinks.

AED 99