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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260606
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SUMMARY:Cross Scripts
DESCRIPTION:Lawrie Shabibi’s summer show is always a good one\, bringing together a good range of artists  – in this case a group whose practices\, as the gallery has it\, “move fluidly between categories\, resisting the distinctions that have traditionally separated art\, design\, architecture\, and craft … Geometry becomes ornament. Utility becomes sculpture. Traditional techniques are reimagined through contemporary forms. Historical references\, material traditions and systems of making are translated and reimagined …” The exhibition features work by Hamra Abbas\, MODU Method by Omar Al Gurg\, Farhad Ahrarnia\, Sarah Almehairi\, Kamrooz Aram\, Bernhard Buhmann\, Nada Debs\, Areen Hassan\, KAMEH\, Bil Arabi by Nadine Kanso\, Mehdi Moutashar\, Timo Nasseri\, Driss Ouadahi\, and Ishmael Randall-Weeks\, alongside pieces by Zein Daouk\, Carlo Massoud\, Mary-Lynn Massoud\, and Rasha Nawam. \nAbove: Ishmael Randall-Weeks\, Wind Variations (Ventifacts)\, (2023)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/cross-scripts/
LOCATION:Lawrie Shabibi\, Unit 21\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260509
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260510
DTSTAMP:20260414T145149Z
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SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Unfixed ground
DESCRIPTION:A group exhibition that approaches ‘ground’ as “something continuously produced: fractured\, inscribed\, and held in tension between erasure and persistence …” \nThe first of two spaces has works by Mandy El Sayegh\, Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim\, Omar El Gurg\, and Rand Abdul Jabbar – painting\, sculpture\, and material assemblage that make visible the processes of layering\, repetition\, and transformation: Says the gallery: “Grids loosen into dense surfaces where language and gesture intersect\, while symbolic forms develop through accumulation and return. Elsewhere\, sculptural bodies appear suspended between terrain and figure\, suggesting ground as something both physical and imagined … Rather than resolving into fixed meanings\, these works hold multiple temporalities at once … The space becomes one of ongoing construction\, where meaning is contingent and continuously negotiated …” \nThe second space is quieter and more contemplative\, featuring works by Asad Faulwell and Dima Srouji where cycles of repetition and rupture unfold through painting and material fragments. Faulwell’s works have recurring gestures and figures\, “tracing forms of endurance that move between ritual and resistance”; Srouji’s practice introduces light and fragility through fractured elements without restoring them to wholeness. \nAcross both spaces\, “Unfixed Ground … reflects on how ground—whether material\, political\, or symbolic—is continually made and remade. In this context\, instability becomes generative: a condition through which forms are shaped\, undone\, and sustained”.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-unfixed-ground/
LOCATION:Lawrie Shabibi\, Unit 21\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.1431157;55.2246127
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260418
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260419
DTSTAMP:20260414T145107Z
CREATED:20260414T145051Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260414T145107Z
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SUMMARY:Unfixed ground
DESCRIPTION:A group exhibition that approaches ‘ground’ as “something continuously produced: fractured\, inscribed\, and held in tension between erasure and persistence …” \nThe first of two spaces has works by Mandy El Sayegh\, Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim\, Omar El Gurg\, and Rand Abdul Jabbar – painting\, sculpture\, and material assemblage that make visible the processes of layering\, repetition\, and transformation: Says the gallery: “Grids loosen into dense surfaces where language and gesture intersect\, while symbolic forms develop through accumulation and return. Elsewhere\, sculptural bodies appear suspended between terrain and figure\, suggesting ground as something both physical and imagined … Rather than resolving into fixed meanings\, these works hold multiple temporalities at once … The space becomes one of ongoing construction\, where meaning is contingent and continuously negotiated …” \nThe second space is quieter and more contemplative\, featuring works by Asad Faulwell and Dima Srouji where cycles of repetition and rupture unfold through painting and material fragments. Faulwell’s works have recurring gestures and figures\, “tracing forms of endurance that move between ritual and resistance”; Srouji’s practice introduces light and fragility through fractured elements without restoring them to wholeness. \nAcross both spaces\, “Unfixed Ground … reflects on how ground—whether material\, political\, or symbolic—is continually made and remade. In this context\, instability becomes generative: a condition through which forms are shaped\, undone\, and sustained”. \nTo 9 May. \nAbove: Rand Abdul Jabbar\, Earthly Wonders\, Celestial Beings (2019 – ongoing)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/unfixed-ground/
LOCATION:Lawrie Shabibi\, Unit 21\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260403
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260404
DTSTAMP:20260108T173111Z
CREATED:20260108T173111Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260108T173111Z
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SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Saif Azzuz: Invisible Fish
DESCRIPTION:This first solo exhibition in the Middle East for the SF-based Libyan-Yurok artist takes its title from a poem by Joy Harjo\, which considers cycles of transformation across land\, water\, and time\, moving from submerged environments to human settlement and industrial presence. This show includes paintings\, works on paper\, sculpture\, and moving images\, tracing an ecological and cultural history of the UAE prior to large-scale urban development; Azzuz approaches land and water as lived\, relational systems rather than extractive resources\, foregrounding marine environments\, fishing practices\, and water as both sustenance and connective force across geographies. \nThrough material experimentation and research-driven enquiry\, Azzuz positions water not only as a subject but as a shared condition – one that links place\, history\, and the ongoing negotiation between human activity and the natural world. The Algae Bloom series of paintings are central to this\, with Azzuz working wet-on-wet so that paint bleeds\, drips and merges to produce organic forms that feel suspended and continuously evolving. So rather than literal depictions\, these works function as sensory impressions of aquatic ecosystems shaped by rhythm\, fragility\, and transformation …
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-saif-azzuz-invisible-fish/
LOCATION:Lawrie Shabibi\, Unit 21\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.1431157;55.2246127
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260131
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260201
DTSTAMP:20260108T173025Z
CREATED:20260108T173025Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260108T173025Z
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SUMMARY:Saif Azzuz: Invisible Fish
DESCRIPTION:This first solo exhibition in the Middle East for the SF-based Libyan-Yurok artist takes its title from a poem by Joy Harjo\, which considers cycles of transformation across land\, water\, and time\, moving from submerged environments to human settlement and industrial presence. This show includes paintings\, works on paper\, sculpture\, and moving images\, tracing an ecological and cultural history of the UAE prior to large-scale urban development; Azzuz approaches land and water as lived\, relational systems rather than extractive resources\, foregrounding marine environments\, fishing practices\, and water as both sustenance and connective force across geographies. \nThrough material experimentation and research-driven enquiry\, Azzuz positions water not only as a subject but as a shared condition – one that links place\, history\, and the ongoing negotiation between human activity and the natural world. The Algae Bloom series of paintings are central to this\, with Azzuz working wet-on-wet so that paint bleeds\, drips and merges to produce organic forms that feel suspended and continuously evolving. So rather than literal depictions\, these works function as sensory impressions of aquatic ecosystems shaped by rhythm\, fragility\, and transformation … \nRecommended. To 3 April. \nAbove: Saif Azzuz\, Algae Bloom 2 (detail) (2025)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/saif-azzuz-invisible-fish/
LOCATION:Lawrie Shabibi\, Unit 21\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260108
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260109
DTSTAMP:20251104T172838Z
CREATED:20251104T172838Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251104T172838Z
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SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE By the Movement of All Things
DESCRIPTION:A group exhibition curated by Hamzeh Alfarahneh of South African curatorial firm Art(Advisory) and featuring works by Hamra Abbas (Pakistan)\, Diana Al-Hadid (Syria-USA)\, Timo Nasseri (Iran-Germany)\, and four South Africans – Igshaan Adams\, Moshekwa Langa\, James Webb\, and Bronwyn Katz. \nThe exhibition continues Alfarahneh’s ongoing investigation into Global Majority abstract practices\, focusing on the affinities and resonances between South African and Middle Eastern non-figurative approaches. The title\, borrowed from Aimé Césaire’s Notebook of a Return to My Native Land\, sets the tone of active participation\, inviting the viewer to engage with the works not merely by projecting meaning but also by reflecting their own lived experiences.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-by-the-movement-of-all-things/
LOCATION:Lawrie Shabibi\, Unit 21\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.1431157;55.2246127
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251116
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251117
DTSTAMP:20251104T173722Z
CREATED:20251104T172747Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251104T173722Z
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SUMMARY:By the Movement of All Things
DESCRIPTION:A group exhibition curated by Hamzeh Alfarahneh of South African curatorial firm Art(Advisory) and featuring works by Hamra Abbas (Pakistan)\, Diana Al-Hadid (Syria-USA)\, Timo Nasseri (Iran-Germany)\, and four South Africans – Igshaan Adams\, Moshekwa Langa\, James Webb\, and Bronwyn Katz. \nThe exhibition continues Alfarahneh’s ongoing investigation into Global Majority abstract practices\, focusing on the affinities and resonances between South African and Middle Eastern non-figurative approaches. The title\, borrowed from Aimé Césaire’s Notebook of a Return to My Native Land\, sets the tone of active participation\, inviting the viewer to engage with the works not merely by projecting meaning but also by reflecting their own lived experiences. \nThe exhibition is organised through a framework that Alfarahneh terms ‘structures of knowledge’ – “a mode of thinking that interrogates what kinds of knowledge exist outside the dominant canon\, and what role curators and institutions play in safeguarding\, proposing\, and presenting non-institutional know-how\, thematics\, and ancestral wisdoms\,” as the gallery puts it. “Rather than offering neat oppositions\, this framework asks how exhibition-making can surface practices of knowing that operate through gesture\, lineage\, and embodied memory.” Should be interesting. \nTo 8 January. \nAbove: Igshaan Adams\, Dark comfort (i) (2024)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/by-the-movement-of-all-things/
LOCATION:Lawrie Shabibi\, Unit 21\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.1431157;55.2246127
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251105
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251106
DTSTAMP:20250804T141757Z
CREATED:20250804T141757Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250804T141757Z
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SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Marwan Bassiouni: New Western Views (Preview)
DESCRIPTION:This first solo exhibition in the region for Bassiouni offers a first look at an ongoing international project that reframes landscape photography through the lens of lived Muslim presence in the contemporary West. Each of these photographs – taken from inside mosques across the Netherlands\, Switzerland\, and the UK – centres on a window\, an aperture on to the outside world that is rarely found in purpose-built mosques. Through them we glimpse familiar Western landscapes: traffic junctions\, supermarkets\, apartment blocks\, sports fields. But these views are framed by examples of Islamic visual culture – patterned tiles\, rugs\, wooden minbars\, and more. \nNew Western Views is a counterpoint to a long history of Orientalist image-making. Bassiouni’s landscapes are no longer the backdrop for conquest\, curiosity\, or romanticisation; they are simply what exists outside the mosque window. In doing so\, the work avoids the familiar tropes of victimhood or spectacle …
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-marwan-bassiouni-new-western-views-preview/
LOCATION:Lawrie Shabibi\, Unit 21\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.1431157;55.2246127
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250918
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250919
DTSTAMP:20250804T141551Z
CREATED:20250804T141551Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250804T141551Z
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SUMMARY:Marwan Bassiouni: New Western Views (Preview)
DESCRIPTION:This first solo exhibition in the region for Bassiouni offers a first look at an ongoing international project that reframes landscape photography through the lens of lived Muslim presence in the contemporary West. Each of these photographs – taken from inside mosques across the Netherlands\, Switzerland\, and the UK – centres on a window\, an aperture on to the outside world that is rarely found in purpose-built mosques. Through them we glimpse familiar Western landscapes: traffic junctions\, supermarkets\, apartment blocks\, sports fields. But these views are framed by examples of Islamic visual culture – patterned tiles\, rugs\, wooden minbars\, and more. \nNew Western Views is a counterpoint to a long history of Orientalist image-making. Bassiouni’s landscapes are no longer the backdrop for conquest\, curiosity\, or romanticisation; they are simply what exists outside the mosque window. In doing so\, the work avoids the familiar tropes of victimhood or spectacle … \nTo 5 November. \nAbove: Marwan Bassiouni\, New British Views #06\, England (2021)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/marwan-bassiouni-new-western-views-preview/
LOCATION:Lawrie Shabibi\, Unit 21\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.1431157;55.2246127
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250912
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250913
DTSTAMP:20250514T100647Z
CREATED:20250514T100647Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250514T100647Z
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SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Omar Al Gurg: Everyman’s Mountain
DESCRIPTION:The Emirati artist and designer’s inaugural solo exhibition comprises a series of photographs that documents the striking ecological diversity of Mount Kilimanjaro. Captured through Al Gurg’s attentive and empathetic gaze during a six-day journey in 2021\, this work offers “a nuanced exploration of the mountain as a living\, evolving ecosystem shaped by natural forces and human presence … His images reveal the mountain’s layered habitats\, from mist-laden forests and regenerating moorlands affected by recent fires to the fragile ice caps near the summit … At the heart of Everyman’s Mountain lies a meditation on scale and significance”.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-omar-al-gurg-everymans-mountain/
LOCATION:Lawrie Shabibi\, Unit 21\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.1431157;55.2246127
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250531
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250601
DTSTAMP:20250514T100555Z
CREATED:20250514T100446Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250514T100555Z
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SUMMARY:Omar Al Gurg: Everyman’s Mountain
DESCRIPTION:The Emirati artist and designer’s inaugural solo exhibition comprises a series of photographs that documents the striking ecological diversity of Mount Kilimanjaro. Captured through Al Gurg’s attentive and empathetic gaze during a six-day journey in 2021\, this work offers “a nuanced exploration of the mountain as a living\, evolving ecosystem shaped by natural forces and human presence … His images reveal the mountain’s layered habitats\, from mist-laden forests and regenerating moorlands affected by recent fires to the fragile ice caps near the summit … At the heart of Everyman’s Mountain lies a meditation on scale and significance”. \nEveryman’s Mountain is not about conquest but about process: the act of seeing\, appreciating\, and bearing witness. The gallery says “It is a visual testament to resilience\, vulnerability\, and the quiet beauty found in the mountain’s every detail\, encouraging us all to engage with the natural world through a lens of humility and stewardship”. \nTo 12 September.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/omar-al-gurg-everymans-mountain/
LOCATION:Lawrie Shabibi\, Unit 21\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.1431157;55.2246127
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250524
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250525
DTSTAMP:20250403T102317Z
CREATED:20250403T101208Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250403T102317Z
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SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Elias Sime: Through the Window
DESCRIPTION:The first solo exhibition in the Middle East for the Addis Ababa artist showcases Sime’s distinctive practice of transforming colourful wires\, circuit boards\, and electronic components into intricate\, layered compositions that blur the boundaries between technology\, nature\, and abstraction. \nThe title ‘Through The Window’ speaks to both literal and metaphorical apertures that frame perception\, whether through architecture or digital screens. His layered\, textured surfaces recall aerial landscapes\, circuit pathways\, and organic topographies\, offering a meditation on interconnectedness and the materials that shape our digital world.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-elias-sime-through-the-window/
LOCATION:Lawrie Shabibi\, Unit 21\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.1431157;55.2246127
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250415
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250416
DTSTAMP:20250403T101127Z
CREATED:20250403T101127Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250403T101127Z
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SUMMARY:Elias Sime: Through the Window
DESCRIPTION:The first solo exhibition in the Middle East for the Addis Ababa artist showcases Sime’s distinctive practice of transforming colourful wires\, circuit boards\, and electronic components into intricate\, layered compositions that blur the boundaries between technology\, nature\, and abstraction. \nThe title ‘Through The Window’ speaks to both literal and metaphorical apertures that frame perception\, whether through architecture or digital screens. His layered\, textured surfaces recall aerial landscapes\, circuit pathways\, and organic topographies\, offering a meditation on interconnectedness and the materials that shape our digital world. \nTo 24 May. \nAbove: Elias Sime\, Tightrope: Through the Window 5 (2025)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/elias-sime-through-the-window/
LOCATION:Lawrie Shabibi\, Unit 21\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250409
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250410
DTSTAMP:20250124T143831Z
CREATED:20250124T143831Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250124T143831Z
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SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Sola Olulode: I’ve Got to Know You Now We May Never Meet Again
DESCRIPTION:The Dubai debut exhibition for the London based Nigerian-British artist whose paintings depict a vibrant dialogue between myth\, memory\, and the sea. In this new series the artist draws on her own holiday experiences while referencing the Yoruba water deity Yemayá and water spirits; the result is a show that celebrate femininity\, nature\, and the transcendent power of water.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-sola-olulode-ive-got-to-know-you-now-we-may-never-meet-again/
LOCATION:Lawrie Shabibi\, Unit 21\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.1431157;55.2246127
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250205
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250206
DTSTAMP:20250124T143729Z
CREATED:20250124T143650Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250124T143729Z
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SUMMARY:Sola Olulode: I’ve Got to Know You Now We May Never Meet Again
DESCRIPTION:The Dubai debut exhibition for the London based Nigerian-British artist whose paintings depict a vibrant dialogue between myth\, memory\, and the sea. In this new series the artist draws on her own holiday experiences while referencing the Yoruba water deity Yemayá and water spirits; the result is a show that celebrate femininity\, nature\, and the transcendent power of water. \nTo 9 April. \nAbove: Sola Olulode. ‘1\, 2\, 3 GO!’ (2024)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/sola-olulode-ive-got-to-know-you-now-we-may-never-meet-again/
LOCATION:Lawrie Shabibi\, Unit 21\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250128
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250129
DTSTAMP:20241211T100410Z
CREATED:20241211T100410Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241211T100410Z
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SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Farhad Ahrarnia: No Scheherazade
DESCRIPTION:Farhad Ahrania’s fourth solo exhibition at this gallery celebrates all things 1980s via “a multi-textual autopsy which invariably examines the complex legacy of Princess Diana [and] Keith Haring”. In particular\, Ahrania looks at the flip side of 80s glitz\, the spectre of HIV and AIDS Says the gallery: “The artist’s longstanding interest in Saqqakhaneh\, Constructivism and Surrealism come to the fore in a highly detailed\, handmade and scrutinising body of work which touches\, cuts and taps deeply into the collective memories of our times”.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-farhad-ahrarnia-no-scheherazade/
LOCATION:Lawrie Shabibi\, Unit 21\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.1431157;55.2246127
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250107
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250108
DTSTAMP:20240820T105602Z
CREATED:20240820T105535Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240820T105602Z
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SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Rand Abdul Jabbar
DESCRIPTION:Rand Abdul Jabbar’s first gallery solo show\, curated by Meitha Almazrooei\, weaves narrative with sculpture and textile to explore myth-making as a method of preservation and transformation. The exhibition follows on from her award of the Richard Mille Prize (‘Earthly Wonders\, Celestial Beings’) in 2022.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-rand-abdul-jabbar/
LOCATION:Lawrie Shabibi\, Unit 21\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241214
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241215
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SUMMARY:Farhad Ahrarnia: No Scheherazade
DESCRIPTION:Farhad Ahrania’s fourth solo exhibition at this gallery celebrates all things 1980s via “a multi-textual autopsy which invariably examines the complex legacy of Princess Diana [and] Keith Haring”. In particular\, Ahrania looks at the flip side of 80s glitz\, the spectre of HIV and AIDS Says the gallery: “The artist’s longstanding interest in Saqqakhaneh\, Constructivism and Surrealism come to the fore in a highly detailed\, handmade and scrutinising body of work which touches\, cuts and taps deeply into the collective memories of our times”. \nTo 28 January. \nAbove: Farhad Ahrarnia\, And God Saved the Queen no.1 (2022-24)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/farhad-ahrarnia-no-scheherazade/
LOCATION:Lawrie Shabibi\, Unit 21\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241031
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241101
DTSTAMP:20240820T104851Z
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SUMMARY:Rand Abdul Jabbar
DESCRIPTION:Rand Abdul Jabbar’s first gallery solo show\, curated by Meitha Almazrooei\, weaves narrative with sculpture and textile to explore myth-making as a method of preservation and transformation. The exhibition follows on from her award of the Richard Mille Prize (‘Earthly Wonders\, Celestial Beings’) in 2022. \nTo 7 January. \nAbove: Rand Abdul Jabbar\, Earthly Wonders\, Celestial Beings (2019 – ongoing)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/rand-abdul-jabbar/
LOCATION:Lawrie Shabibi\, Unit 21\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241022
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241023
DTSTAMP:20240820T110525Z
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SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Alia Ahmad: Aspects [مظاهر]
DESCRIPTION:The first solo exhibition in the UAE for the Saudi Arabian artist presents a new body of paintings and watercolours that seeks to “peel back the layers in order to expose her personal vocabulary”. Her point of departure is the rapidly changing environment of her home city\, Riyadh\, where traditional ways of life exist alongside industrialisation and modernisation and where native plant life and cultural art forms thrive within one of the world’s fastest growing urban settings. Ahmad’s new works deconstruct the elements that make up her world; “with abstracted vegetal\, floral\, geometric shapes and motifs sometimes resembling stones\, flowers\, and others webs or micro-structures\, she creates her own lexicon of forms … on an intimate scale”.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-alia-ahmad-aspects-%d9%85%d8%b8%d8%a7%d9%87%d8%b1/
LOCATION:Lawrie Shabibi\, Unit 21\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.1431157;55.2246127
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240918
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240919
DTSTAMP:20240820T110436Z
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SUMMARY:Alia Ahmad: Aspects [مظاهر]
DESCRIPTION:The first solo exhibition in the UAE for the Saudi Arabian artist presents a new body of paintings and watercolours that seeks to “peel back the layers in order to expose her personal vocabulary”. Her point of departure is the rapidly changing environment of her home city\, Riyadh\, where traditional ways of life exist alongside industrialisation and modernisation and where native plant life and cultural art forms thrive within one of the world’s fastest growing urban settings. Ahmad’s new works deconstruct the elements that make up her world; “with abstracted vegetal\, floral\, geometric shapes and motifs sometimes resembling stones\, flowers\, and others webs or micro-structures\, she creates her own lexicon of forms … on an intimate scale”. \nTo 22 October. \nAbove: Alia Ahmad\, ‘Aspect 1 [مظهر ١] ‘ (2024)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/alia-ahmad-aspects/
LOCATION:Lawrie Shabibi\, Unit 21\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240525
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240526
DTSTAMP:20240417T154331Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240417T154331Z
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SUMMARY:LAST CHANCE Dima Srouji: Charts for a Resurrection
DESCRIPTION:The first-ever solo exhibition for artist\, architect and researcher Dima Srouji\, whose work acts as a form of political commentary and as a place-making (or un-making) tool – “Interested in the ground\, objects\, displacement\, restitution\, forgeries\, and living archives\, the artist looks for potential ruptures in the ground where imaginary liberation is possible.” Srouji collaborates closely with archaeologists\, anthropologists\, glass blowers and sound designers to develop her architectural projects\, installations\, product designs\, and writing. Working across a diverse range of media including glass\, text\, archival materials\, maps\, and film\, Srouji questions ideas of identity and globalisation through historic strata and space\, in connection to the spirit of a place and displacement.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-dima-srouji-charts-for-a-resurrection/
LOCATION:Lawrie Shabibi\, Unit 21\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.1431157;55.2246127
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240508T103000
DTEND;TZID=Asia/Dubai:20240508T113000
DTSTAMP:20240430T154340Z
CREATED:20240430T154340Z
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SUMMARY:Meet the artist: Dima Srouji
DESCRIPTION:Dima Srouji\, whose Charts for a Resurrection show opens here the day before\, is in conversation with Myrna Ayad. This should be a productive chat; Srouji is a particularly interesting artist – a graduate of the Yale School of Architecture and currently Studio Lead for the RCA’s City Design MA programme\, her work acts as a form of political commentary and as a place-making (or un-making) tool – and Ayad is adept at managing these interview-like conversations. RSVP to info@lawrieshabibi.com if you’d like to attend.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/meet-the-artist-dima-srouji/
LOCATION:Lawrie Shabibi\, Unit 21\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Conversation
GEO:25.1431157;55.2246127
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240507
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240508
DTSTAMP:20240422T140529Z
CREATED:20240417T154033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240422T140529Z
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SUMMARY:Dima Srouji: Charts for a Resurrection
DESCRIPTION:The first-ever solo exhibition for artist\, architect and researcher Dima Srouji\, whose work acts as a form of political commentary and as a place-making (or un-making) tool – “Interested in the ground\, objects\, displacement\, restitution\, forgeries\, and living archives\, the artist looks for potential ruptures in the ground where imaginary liberation is possible.” Srouji collaborates closely with archaeologists\, anthropologists\, glass blowers and sound designers to develop her architectural projects\, installations\, product designs\, and writing. Working across a diverse range of media including glass\, text\, archival materials\, maps\, and film\, Srouji questions ideas of identity and globalisation through historic strata and space\, in connection to the spirit of a place and displacement. \nThe exhibition is conceived as two distinct spaces\, the larger terrain and the more intimate chapel\, comprising installations and archival prints that intertwine historical artefacts with imaginary archaeological sites. To 25 May.
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/dima-srouji-charts-for-a-resurrection/
LOCATION:Lawrie Shabibi\, Unit 21\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240223
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240224
DTSTAMP:20240206T144934Z
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SUMMARY:Mandy El-Sayegh : A rose is a rose is a rose is a rose
DESCRIPTION:The inaugural solo exhibition at Lawrie Shabibi for London-based artist Mandy El-Sayegh is a combination of painting\, installation\, video\, sound\, and performance that showcases her characteristic ‘bricolage’ approach\, connecting disparate visual cultural knowledge to create new meanings. \nSays the gallery: “El-Sayegh rebels against and liberates images and text from centralised commodification structures\, exploring a fusion of various actions\, creating an immersive audio-visual experience that weaves together ancestral\, familial\, and collective visual data from diverse sources such as ephemera\, textiles\, literature\, newspapers\, and printed materials …” \nAs part of the project\, sound artist Sami El-Enany has been commissioned to craft a spatialised\, multi-channel sound work in response to the themes explored in El-Sayegh’s art. \nThe exhibition is curated by Sara Raza. \nTo 28 March. \nAbove: Mandy El-Sayegh\, 
Deeds for the dead (2023) \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/mandy-el-sayegh-a-rose-is-a-rose-is-a-rose-is-a-rose/
LOCATION:Lawrie Shabibi\, Unit 21\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240111
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240112
DTSTAMP:20240103T164256Z
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SUMMARY:Ishmael Randall Weeks: Desert Displacements
DESCRIPTION:The second solo exhibition at Lawrie Shabibi for the always interesting Peruvian artist who characteristically transforms fundamental geometric models into objects echoing the poetry of utility. Each of the works “weaves through the domains of architecture and design\, anchoring themselves within social and spiritual contexts from both Peruvian and Arab cultures”. To 9 February. \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/ishmael-randall-weeks-desert-displacements/
LOCATION:Lawrie Shabibi\, Unit 21\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
GEO:25.1431157;55.2246127
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231030
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231031
DTSTAMP:20231026T140340Z
CREATED:20230927T065755Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231026T140340Z
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SUMMARY:Nabil Nahas: Tethys
DESCRIPTION:After months of renovations\, Lawrie Shabibi is reopening with a show by the pioneering Lebanese American artist Nabil Nahas — who was actually the first artist Lawrie Shabibi exhibited\, back in 2011. \nNahas looks like a great choice. Noted as a master of colour\, texture and atmosphere\, Nahas takes his inspiration from a diverse range of influences – especially nature\, and the geometric and chromatic qualities of Arabic art. His best known series are his thickly encrusted starfish and fractal paintings\, built up by layer upon layer of acrylic mixed with pumice and finished in vivid colours; and his landscapes\, expressive portraits of cedars\, olive trees and palms that reconnect him with the places of his childhood. \nTo 5 January. \nAbove: Nabil Nahas\, Untitled (2023) \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/nabil-nahas/
LOCATION:Lawrie Shabibi\, Unit 21\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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