Art Here, Group Exhibition, Louvre Abu Dhabi

Hashel Al Lamki 24 November 2023 - 18 February 2024 Louvre Abu Dhabi invited artists to propose new sculptures and installations that explored the dynamics of transparency – its material and perceptual significance. The exhibition is enclosed beneath the museum's intricate floating dome of light and shade, drawing on the interplay of shadows, liquid reflections, and flashes of permeating sunlight... Explore

Aya Haidar Participates in Material Power, Group Show, Kettle's Yard

24 November 2023 - 7 April 2024 The Whitworth presents Material Power: Palestinian Embroidery, an exhibition exploring the historical life and contemporary significance of Palestinian embroidered craft. This ancient practice is characterised by exceptional beauty and intricacy – some of the finest dresses, known as thobes, carry over 200,000 stitches. It remains an important living tradition and... Explore

A Presentation of Almaha Jaralla at Abu Dhabi Art, Curated by Morad Montazami

Crude Memory 22 - 26 November 2023 Abu Dhabi-based Emirati visual artist, Almaha Jaralla (b. 1996) works between installation art, painting and photography, reflecting on the history of the UAE and the Gulf, with emphasis on local architecture – between vernacular and postmodern forms. Her new installation Crude Memory presents an (almost) fictional reenactment of the emblematic... Explore

A Survey of Hashel Al Lamki, Curated by Dr Venetia Porter (British Museum)

Hashel Al Lamki 22 - 26 November 2023 The annual exhibition Gateway, at Abu Dhabi Art, highlights local and international artists through unique perspectives. This edition was curated by Dr Venetia Porter, who has chosen to present a survey show for Emirati painter and multi-disciplinary artist Hashel Al Lamki. The exhibition, entitled Maqam - after the residential neighbourhood... Explore

Tabari Artspace Presents the Alfred Basbous Museum & Chafa Ghaddar at Abu Dhabi Art 2023

22 - 26 November 2023 Contemporary Lebanese artist Chafa Ghaddar has produced a compelling new body of work inspired by her sojourn at the Alfred Basbous Foundation in Rachana, Lebanon. Ghaddar, whose recent conceptual exploration is anchored in the realms of the natural world, found profound inspiration during her summer visit to the UNESCO heritage... Explore

Tabari Artspace Presents Alfred Basbous at Abu Dhabi Art 2023

22 - 26 November 2023 Alfred Basbous's works express a lifelong exploration of the human form and its abstract properties. Focused on the aesthetic principles of shape, movement, line and material, his sculptures display a deeply ingrained sincerity and a search for the essence of beauty. Working in the tradition of sculptors such as Jean... Explore

Tabari Artspace Presents Hazem Harb at Abu Dhabi Art 2023

Dystopia Is Not A Noun 22 - 26 November 2023 For Abu Dhabi Art, Palestinian visual artist Hazem Harb has produced a new body of work, Dystopia Is Not A Noun , against the backdrop of the atrocities inflicted upon Gaza's civilians that intensified during October 2023. As a Gazan native and with numerous family members still residing there, violence... Explore

Tabari Artspace Presents Alymamah Rashed, Abu Dhabi Art 2023

22 - 26 November 2023 For her presentation at Abu Dhabi Art Alymamah Rashed has produced a body of work that had evolved from research conducted during her recent residency on Failaka Island in Kuwait. Failaka Island is known as a key archaeological site in the Gulf with relics from the Bronze Age, Hellenistic Age,... Explore

Resurrection, Khaled Zaki Solo Exhibition

Tabari Artspace 19 November 2023 - 13 January 2024 These marble works explore the relationship between form and material in the context of geopolitical unrest in the Middle Eastern region and reflect Khaled’s aspirations for a brighter, more hopeful future. In the exhibition, the artist seeks to capture the essence of his subjects with minimal formal elements, while retaining... Explore

Berlin Diary, Stedelijk Museum Vianen

Samah Shihadi 4 November 2023 - 18 February 2024 Text by Laura Cherrie Beaney and Dr. Werner van den Belt An individual lodged between worlds, Samah Shihadi's art transcends boundaries, speaking from a multitude of places. As a Palestinian residing in Haifa, Samah embodies dual marginality, belonging to the Arab minority in Israel—a community of Israeli citizens rooted in... Explore

Asia Now, Paris, Dancing In A Lonely Forest

Maitha Abdalla 20 - 22 October 2023 “In the middle of our walk of life, I found myself within a forest dark, for the straightforward pathway had been lost”. - Dante, The Divine Comedy Emirati visual artist Maitha Abdalla will present a new body of work at the Asia Now art fair in Paris, 20-22 October 2023.... Explore

Postmordial Soup | ICD Brookfield Place

Talal Al Najjar, Ziad Al Najjar, and Miramar Al Nayyar 5 - 20 October 2023 5 October - 20 October, 2023 ICD Brookfield Place and Tabari Artspace present a group exhibition featuring Talal Al Najjar, Ziad Al Najjar, and Miramar Al Nayyar, entitled Postmordial Soup. Postmordial Soup invites visitors to experience an immersive realm in ICD Brookfield Place. Working through cross-dimensional mediums, from video to... Explore

Gardens and Jungles

Tagreed Darghouth 12 September - 18 November 2023 For this highly anticipated solo exhibition, powerful female painter, Tagreed Darghouth has produced a body of work that responds to the militarisation of civil society. Explore

Hazem Harb Presents at Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris

What Palestine Brings to the World 31 May - 19 November 2023 Hazem Harb, What Palestine brings to the world, Group Exhibition, Institut du monde arabe, Paris Explore

Kulturstiftung Basel H. Geiger Presents Maitha Abdalla, Basel

Evaporating Suns 12 May - 16 July 2023 Evaporating Suns Contemporary Myths from the Arabian Gulf, Maitha Abdalla, Group Show, Kulturstiftung Basel H. Geiger, Basel
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Seham | ( سهام )

Almaha Jaralla 4 May - 1 September 2023 Presented at Tabari Artspace Gallery in Dubai, Seham is the solo exhibition of emerging Emirati artist, Almaha Jaralla. Explore

Beneath Latent Skies

Chafa Ghaddar 27 February - 27 April 2023 Presented at Tabari Artspace art gallery in Dubai, Beneath Latent Skies is the first part of a series of exhibitions by Lebanese contemporary artist, Chafa Ghaddar, Working across multiple media, Chafa Ghaddar casts a contemporary gaze towards the historic fresco mural painting technique. The exploration and excavation of new potentials... Explore

Roots, Museum MORE, Netherlands

Samah Shihadi 17 February - 3 September 2023 Homesickness, or perhaps more a yearning for a lost home, is a significant theme in the burgeoning oeuvre of Samah Shihadi. She uses graphite and charcoal to paint subjects including vegetables, fruit and herbs. Motifs such as thyme and fig leaves are not selected by chance: these are common products... Explore

Maitha Abdalla Participates in the Sharjah Biennial 15

1 February - 1 June 2023 Maitha Abdalla is an interdisciplinary artist who utilises cultural narratives rooted in notions of nostalgia, memory and folklore to question the dynamics of power often represented in parables. Taking inspiration from traditional storytelling across varied cultures, Abdalla approaches themes of social and political identity through the theatrical narratives constructed within... Explore

Land Survey

Bechir Boussandel 1 - 26 February 2023 Bechir Boussandel's paintings raise questions relating to identity by destabilising notions of the space of time and the time of space. The artist is preoccupied with the boundaries that define public and private spaces and reflects upon the duality involving everyday objects and practices that relate to notions of territory,... Explore

Under Your Eyes

Ziad Al Najjar 12 - 31 January 2023 Tabari Artspace presents Under Your Eyes, the solo exhibition of Emirati visual artist Ziad Al Najjar. Explore