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Dortmunder Kunstverein, Dortmund

Silent voices in a Palm Grove 22 March 2023 Silent voices in a Palm Grove is the first solo institutional exhibition of Hoda Tawakol in Germany at Dortmunder Kunstverein... Read more

M+ Museum

Hassan Sharif ‘Cotton Rope No.7’ 21 March 2023 On view is Hassan Sharif’s ‘Cotton Rope No.7’ (2012) as part of the M+ Collection Highlight Videos. The work is... Read more

Museum for Art in Wood, Philadelphia

Seeing Through Space 14 March 2023 The works of Hoda Tawakol are on view at the Museum for Art in Wood, Philadelphia as part of the... Read more

Misk Art Institute, Riyadh

The Art Library Exhibitions 4 March 2023 Curated by Nora AlGosaibi and Cecilia Ruggeri and assistant curator Aram Alajaji. March, 1-June 15, 2023 The first solo exhibitions... Read more

Sabrina Armani, Madrid

Their Love is Like All Loves, Their Death is Like All Deaths 4 February 2023 Manal AlDowayan ( @manaldowayan ) opens her fourth solo show at Sabrina Armani ( @sabrinaamrani ). Their Love is Like... Read more

421, Abu Dhabi

And The Mirrors Are Many 19 January 2023 Vikram Divecha's 'Shadow over granite floor, Ancestor Figure (1979.206.1561), Gallery 354, Metropolitan Museum of Art' (2018) will be on view... Read more

Kunsthaus Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden

The Tide is High: Traveling as a Challenge 10 December 2022 Haleh Rerjaian as part of 'The Tide is High: Traveling as a Challenge' at Kunsthaus Wiesbaden ( @hessischekulturstiftung ), curated... Read more

Farjam Foundation, Dubai

Latif Al Ani: Documenting The Unforgettable and the Forgotten 2 December 2022 On view at the Farjam Foundation is 'Latif Al Ani: Documenting The Unforgettable and the Forgotten', curated by Morad Montazami.... Read more

Deichtorhallen, Hamburg

In the Heart of Another Country 1 December 2022 In The Heart of Another Country at Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany, featuring the works of Hassan Sharif and Latif Al Ani.... Read more

"ICON. ICONIC." at Louvre Abu Dhabi

Manal AlDowayan's ‘Sidelines’ in "ICON. ICONIC." 30 November 2022 Manal AlDowayan’s Sidelines (2016) in 'ICON. ICONIC.' as part of 'Art Here' at Louvre Abu Dhabi for the Richard Mille... Read more

"ICON. ICONIC." at Louvre Abu Dhabi

Vikram Divecha's 'Wall House' in "ICON. ICONIC." 29 November 2022 Vikram Divecha's Wall House (2022) in 'ICON. ICONIC.' as part of 'Art Here' at Louvre Abu Dhabi for the Richard... Read more

Richard Mille Art Prize

Manal AlDowayan and Vikram Divecha Shortlisted for the Richard Mille Art Prize 16 November 2022 Congratulations to Manal AlDowayan and Vikram Divecha for being shortlisted as part of the top 10 for the Richard Mille... Read more

Warehouse421, Abu Dhabi

On Foraging: Food Knowledge and Environmental Imaginaries in the UAE's Landscape 9 October 2022 Divecha's film 'Dohrana' (2021) explores longing, migration, hunger and farmers’ rights through Urdu poetry. Filmed at landscaping sites in the... Read more

Warehouse421 Podcast

Hassan Sharif Podcast 6 October 2022 Season two of Warehouse421's podcast series: 'A Future in the Folds of the Past'. A documentary that invites listeners on... Read more

Setouchi Triennale, Japan

Manal’s AlDowayan's ‘Songs from the Shore’ 29 September 2022 Manal AlDowayan at Setouchi Triennale 2022, Ibuki island, Japan. Manal’s work ‘Songs from the Shore’ (2022), invites visitors to walk... Read more

Contemporary Istanbul, Turkey

VIOLENTLY JOYFUL 17 September 2022 Artist duo :mentalKLINIK’s installation 'VIOLENTLY JOYFUL' at Contemporary Istanbul, 2022. The infinite and high-speed scroll of the words ...LIKE, SHARE,... Read more

Lyon Biennale, France

Manifesto of Fragility 12 September 2022 16th Lyon Biennale of Contemporary Art September 14–December 31, 2022 Curatorial framework Curated by Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath, the... Read more

Art in Embassies Program, Saudi Arabia

Manal AlDowayan's Commission for the US consulate in Dhahran 7 September 2022 Commissioned by the Art in Embassies Program at the US consulate in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia; Manal AlDowayan created 'The Encounter'... Read more

NYUAD Art Gallery, Abu Dhabi

Khaleej Modern: Pioneers and Collectives in the Arabian Peninsula 6 September 2022 Curated by Dr. Aisha Stoby and assistant curator Tala Nassar September 06 - December 11, 2022 Featuring the works of... Read more

Goethe-Institut Residency, Marseille

Hoda Tawakol's Exhibition "Le Lait du palmier et le souffle des yeux" 31 August 2022 Hoda Tawakol at the Goethe-Institut Residency, Marseille, France. The artist culminated her time at the residency with the exhibition 'Le... Read more

The Light in Between, Abu Dhabi

Mohammed Kazem and Adel Khozam Exhibition at Abu Dhabi Cultural Foundation 1 August 2022 Khozam's poetry and Kazem's scratching technique are combined throughout 53 works on paper, exploring the theme of light. The interplay... Read more

HAUNT & DRJ ART PROJECTS, BERLIN

—t—e—x—t—i—l—e— 14 April 2022 drj art projects and Frontviews Until 7 May 2022 drj art projects and Frontviews feature a cooperative exhibition on textile... Read more

JEDDAH PHOTO, ATHR GALLERY, SAUDI ARABIA

The Time is Right 18 February 2022 Curated by Venetia Porter Until 16 April 2022 Manal AlDowayan is part of 'Jeddah Photo'. This year, the esteemed curator,... Read more

Kajetan Gallery, Berlin

About Architecture 18 February 2022 Curated by Valerie Traan Gallery Until 2 April 2022 Haleh Redjaian is part of the group exhibition About Architecture. Gallery... Read more

ADMAF, Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi

Portrait of a Nation II: Beyond Narratives 7 February 2022 Organised by Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation Curated by Maya El Khalil Until 16 April 2022 Late artist Hassan... Read more

Museum Ritter, Germany

Not a Day Without a Line 7 February 2022 Works from the Marli Hoppe-Ritter Collection Until 24 April 2022 Works from the Marli Hoppe-Ritter Collection come together in an... Read more

Theater Commons Tokyo, Tokoyo

Unsynchronized Voices 7 February 2022 Until 24 February, 2022 Raed Yassin and Monira Al Qadiri's Suspended Delirium, a 30 minutes robot performance is part of... Read more

White House Gallery, Belgium

Paper Show 7 February 2022 Until 20 February 2022 In the work of Haleh Redjaian the human hand appears to be almost absent. Redjaian’s mathematical... Read more

Apalazzo Gallery, Brescia, Italy

SIGNS OF THE TIMES 19 December 2021 Curated by Jérôme Sans Until 22 January 2022 Recent events that plunged the world into a state of global uncertainty... Read more

Diriyah Biennale, Riyadh

FEELING THE STONES 19 December 2021 Curated by Philip Tinari Until 7 March 2022 Saudi Arabia first Contemporary Art Biennale unfolds in six sections examining themes... Read more

Goethe-Institut Gulf

LOVE, LABOUR, LEISURE 19 December 2021 Warehouse 51, Alserkal Avenue 13 - 15 December 2021 Vikram Divecha is part of Love Labour Leisure, an interdisciplinary project... Read more

Hayy Jameel, Jeddah

STAPLE: WHAT'S ON YOUR PLATE? 19 December 2021 Curated by Rahul Gudipudi and Dani Burrows Co-curated with London-based partner Delfina Foundation 6 December 2021 - 30 April 2022... Read more

Hayy Jameel, Jeddah

ILLUMINATE: A NOOR RIYADH CAPSULE 19 December 2021 6 December 2021 - 6 February 2022 Touring and adapted from the inaugural 2021 festival organised by Riyadh Art, the... Read more

Louvre Abu Dhabi

ART HERE 19 December 2021 Richard Mille Art Prize Until 27 March 2022 The exhibition focuses on the theme of ‘Memory, Time and Territory’ and... Read more

Middle East Institute Art Gallery, Washington DC

BETWEEN THE SKY AND THE EARTH: CONTEMPORARY ART FROM THE UAE 19 December 2021 In partnership with NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery Curated by Munira Al Sayegh 3 December 2021 - 31 March 2022... Read more

MISK Art Institute, Riyadh

HERE, NOW 19 December 2021 Curated by Sacha Craddock Until 15 January 2022 International and local artists engage with the notion of the self in... Read more

Museum Ritter

NOT A DAY WITHOUT A LINE 19 December 2021 Until 24 April 2022 Works from the Marli Hoppe-Ritter Collection come together in an exhibition that examines the contrasting approaches... Read more

NeMe Arts Centre, Cyprus

THROUGH THE MESH: MEDIA, BORDERS, AND FIREWALLS 19 December 2021 Curated by Patrick Lichty Until 14 January 2022 Vikram Divecha's intervention Sweeping (2016) is part of the group exhibition Through... Read more

New York University, New York

SHARBAKA: ENTANGLEMENT/ATTUNEMENT 19 December 2021 Curated by May Al-Dabbagh Until 4 January 2022 Organised by Haraka: Experimental Lab for Arab Art and Social Thought, on... Read more

ABU DHABI ART

HASSAN SHARIF, MOHAMMED KAZEM AND VIKRAM DIVECHA 1 November 2021 Manarat Al Saadiyat Preview: 16 November | 17 - 21 November, 2021 For Abu Dhabi Art, we present works by... Read more

ARTISSIMA

HODA TAWAKOL AND RAED YASSIN 1 November 2021 OVAL Lingotto Fiere, Turin Preview: 4 November | 5 - 7 November, 2021 As part of our participation in the... Read more

PARIS PHOTO

LATIF AL ANI 1 November 2021 Grand Palais Éphémère Preview: 9 - 10 November | 11 - 14 November, 2021 Our solo booth will showcase the... Read more

Collection Lambert, musée d’art contemporain, Avignon

RAYON FOSSILE 25 October 2021 Curated by Stephane Ibars 29 October 2021 – 20 February 2022 Abdelkader Benchamma’s monographic exhibition is organized as a journey... Read more

EXPO 2020

TERRA 25 October 2021 Sustainability Pavilion, EXPO 2020, Dubai 1 October - 30 March 2022 Two space-filling works titled ‘Measuring’ and ‘Directions’ prolong the... Read more

Jerusalem Botanical Gardens and Outset Contemporary Art Fund

SEEING THE INVISIBLE 25 October 2021 Co-curated by Hadas Maor and Tal Michael Haring 2020 - 2021 Seeing the Invisible is an unprecedented global exhibition bringing... Read more

UNHIDDEN/UNSEEABLE

Taehwa River Eco Art Festival (TEAF21), Ulsan, Korea 25 October 2021 Curated by Sohee Park, ARTPLACE 14 October - 7 November 2021 A new iteration of Manal AlDowayan's trampoline installation Now... Read more

Congress Center Berlin (ICC), Germany

THE SUN MACHINE IS COMING DOWN 7 October 2021 Berliner Festspiele 7 - 17 October 2021 The Berliner Festspiele brought the long-disused International Congress Center Berlin (ICC) back to... Read more

Villa Romana, Florence

Cities Under Quarantine, The Mailbox Project 4 September 2021 Curated by Abed Al Kadiri 4 September - 18 December 2021 In March 2020, as the world came to a... Read more

Victoria and Albert Museum, London

EPIC IRAN 29 June 2021 Organised by the V&A and the Iran Heritage Foundation, in association with the Sarikhani Collection 29 May - 12 September... Read more

Art Basel OVR: Portals

DISCONNECTED HISTORIES 15 June 2021 Art Basel OVR: Portals Online viewing room Curated by Magali Arriola, Christina Li and Larry Ossei-Mensah 17 - 19 June... Read more

Cromwell Place, London

THE ETERNAL RETURN OF THE SAME 2 June 2021 Supported by Abu Dhabi Art and the Department for Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi 2-9 June 2021 The first... Read more

Art InTouch

ABSENT MINDED GEOMETRY 28 May 2021 Online Exhibition 28 May - 28 August 2021 For the 6th edition of IN TOUCH, an online digital platform created... Read more

Online viewing room | Antenna Space

SPRING TIME, PALM TREES 28 April 2021 Organized by Claire Shiying Li 20 April - 30 May 2021 Palm Trees can be seen in gated communities worldwide,... Read more

The British Museum

REFLECTIONS CONTEMPORARY ART OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA 28 April 2021 Supported by The Contemporary and Modern Middle Eastern Art (CaMMEA) acquisitions group 17 May - 15 August 2021 With drawings... Read more

Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh

ONLINE EXHIBITION SERIES 17 March 2021 Organized by Kiki Teshome Until 16 May, 2021 Carnegie Museum of Art’s Online Exhibition Series features Rokni Haerizadeh’s silent rotoscoped... Read more

Roundtable 2: Sharjah Biennial in Retrospect

MARCH MEETING 2021: UNRAVELLING THE PRESENT 12 March 2021 Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah 12 March 2021 Unravelling the Present takes an expanded ten-day online and on-site format, the program... Read more

The Flying Saucer, Sharjah

UNSETTLED OBJECTS 12 March 2021 Sharjah Art Foundation Curated by Omar Kholeif 12 March - 15 June 2021 Mohammed Kazem participates in Unsettled Objects, a... Read more

The Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole (MAMC+)

I AM THE SINGLE WORK ARTIST 5 March 2021 Curated by Hoor Al Qasimi and Aurélie Voltz Until 26 September 2021 We are pleased to announce the third European... Read more

ART DUBAI

LATIF AL ANI, ABDELKADER BENCHAMMA, VIKRAM DIVECHA, MOHAMMED KAZEM, HASSAN SHARIF, HODA TAWAKOL, and by the collective RAMIN HAERIZADEH, ROKNI HAERIZADEH and HESAM RAHMANIAN 1 March 2021 Booth: B8 Gate Avenue, DIFC, Dubai 29 March - 3 April 2021 Preview: 19 November 2019 We are pleased to... Read more

MOM Art Space, Hamburg

SEXED POWER 1 March 2021 Curated by Dagmar Rauwald Until 4 April 2021 Coinciding with the week surrounding International Women's Day and the annual feminist... Read more

New Museum, New York

SCREEN SERIES ONLINE 1 March 2021 13 March, 2020 - 20 June, 2021 The New Museum’s Screen Series Online presents the trio’s video Dance after the... Read more

Centro Galego de Arte Contemporânea, Spain

BREAKING THE MONUMENT 25 February 2021 Curated by Santiago Olmo and Fernando Gómez de la Cuesta Until 13 June 2021 This group exhibition features works by... Read more

Sustainability Pavilion, Dubai

TERRA 31 January 2021 Commissioned by Expo 2020 in collaboration with Art Dubai Open to the public We are proud to announce Mohammed Kazem’s... Read more

Art Dubai Portraits | Online Exhibition

THE SHAPE OF EVERYDAY 20 January 2021 January 20 2021 Mohammed Kazem’s Art Dubai Portrait Exhibition, The Shape of Everyday, features works from the early 1990s through... Read more

NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery

NOT IN, OF, ALONG, OR RELATING TO A LINE 20 January 2021 20 January - 10 July 2021 In this exhibition, nine artists and art collectives employ technology for self-expression and self-fashioning.... Read more

SCHOLARSHIP AWARD | CULTURAL FOUNDATION OF HESSE (HESSISCHE KULTURSTIFTUNG)

HALEH REDJAIAN 1 January 2021 January 2021 Haleh Redjaian is one of the selected artists by the Cultural Foundation of Hesse (Hessische Kulturstiftung) providing a... Read more

DIGITAL CATALOGUE

ARTISSIMA UNPLUGGED: FRENETIC STANDSTILL 11 November 2020 Frenetic Standstill 5 November - 9 December, 2020 Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde is pleased to announce participation in the... Read more

Artissima 2021

TOSETTI VALUE AWARD FOR PHOTOGRAPHY 10 November 2020 November 2020 The Absent Album (2010 - 2015) by Raed Yassin, recent recipient of the first edition of the Tosetti... Read more

SCAD Museum, Savannah

I PUT A SPELL ON YOU 8 October 2020 8 October 2020 – 31 January 2021 The exhibition on artists collaborations ‘I Put a Spell on You’ at the... Read more

ART BASEL: ONLINE VIEWING ROOMS

RAMIN HAER­IZADEH, ROKNI HAER­IZADEH, HESAM RAHMANIAN 21 September 2020 Art Basel: Online Viewing Rooms VIP Viewing Access: 23-24 September Public Access: 25-26 September Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde is... Read more

Malmö Konsthall, Sweden

HASSAN SHARIF: I AM THE SINGLE WORK ARTIST 20 September 2020 Curated by Hoor Al Qasimi and Mats Stjernstedt 19 September 2020 - 10 January, 2021 The second European iteration of... Read more

FROM MARCH TO APRIL... 2020

RAMIN HAERIZADEH, ROKNI HAERIZADEH, HESAM RAHMANIAN 4 May 2020 We're happy to share Ramin Haerizadeh, Rokni Haerizadeh and Hesam Rahmanian’s new video From March to April... 2020 (available on... Read more

22ND BIENNALE OF SYDNEY

Campbelltown Arts Centre 14 March 2020 Under the artistic direction of Brook Andrew Until 8 June 2020 The Dubai-based artists are participating in the 22nd Biennale... Read more

22nd Biennale of Sydney, Powerhouse Museum

I PREFER TALKING TO DOCTORS ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE 14 March 2020 Until 8 June 2020 As part of the 22nd Biennale of Sydney Entitled NIRIN, the collective collaborate on a new... Read more

Grey Art Gallery, New York

TAKING SHAPE: ABSTRACTION FROM THE ARAB WORLD, 1950S-1980S 3 February 2020 Curated and organized by Suheyla Takesh, Barjeel Art Foundation, and Lynn Gumpert, Director of the Grey Art Gallery at NYU... Read more

KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin

HASSAN SHARIF: I AM THE SINGLE WORK ARTIST 3 February 2020 KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin Curated by Hoor Al Qasimi and Krist Gruijthuijsen Until 19 July KW Institute for... Read more

Museum of Contemporary Art and Design (MCAD), Manilla

CONSTRUCTIONS OF TRUTHS 3 February 2020 6 February – 12 April 2020 Ramin Haerizadeh, Rokni Haerizadeh and Hesam Rahmanian participate in Constructions of Truths. The exhibition... Read more

Witte De With, Rotterdam

AN EXHIBITION WITH WORKS BY... 3 February 2020 Until 23 August 2020 This exhibition explores the immigration of form. It regards a cultural product that is as much... Read more

The Corner, Whitman-Walker, Washington D.C

WHEN WE FIRST ARRIVED… 25 January 2020 25 January - 29 March 2020 This exhibition is a call to action with over 100 unique works of art... Read more