• Tarek Elkassouf: Boundaries & Lines from Letters

    BFAF Culture District, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi

    In BFAF's Annex Gallery, Lebanese sculptor Tarek Elkassouf is showing his 29-piece sculptural series, Boundaries, alongside concept drawings and writings. The limestone sculptures explore the tension between limitation and liberation. To mid-February.

    Free
  • Visions of the Orient

    BFAF Culture District, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi

    A selection of works from the private collection of Bassam Freiha, founder of BFAF, including Orientalist works by Rudolphe Ernst, Paul Leroy, and Fabio Fabbi. To mid-February. Above: Théodore Frère, Outskirts of Minieh

    Free
  • Art History Evenings: Orientalism in Decorative Arts, Architecture and Fashion

    BFAF Culture District, Saadiyat Island, Abu Dhabi

    BFAF's art history lecture programme continues with art historian and researcher Maryam Jalali, who will explore how Eastern motifs and styles were romanticised in Western design from the 18th to the early 20th centuries. Above: Fabio Fabbi, Women Resting on [ ... ]

    Free, but pre-register
  • 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 [ ... ]

    Free, but pre-register