Agenda

The first institutional solo exhibition of Saudi artist Mohammad Alfaraj, Seas Are Sweet, Fish Tears Are Salty is on view at Jameel Arts Centre from 26 June, 2025 until 4 January, 2026.

From 11 September until 25 October 2025, Iyad Qanazea Gallery hosts The Blind Man, a solo exhibition by Mohammed Al Mazrouei

Saleh Barakat Gallery hosts False Witnesses, a solo exhibition of Dia al-Azzawi. On view from Thursday 11 September until 31 October, 2025.

CARBON 12 hosts The Narrative of Decline, a group exhibition curated by CARBON 12 artist Bernhard Buhmann, on view until 6 November 2025.

Celebrating its 20 anniversary, The Third Line Gallery is hosting The Only Way Out Is Through: The Twentieth Line, a group exhibition curated by Shumon Basar, featuring all of their artists, on view from 18 September until 7 November 2025.

GRWM (Get Ready With Me), solo exhibition by Abir Kobeissi, will be on view at Takeover,
from 19 September until 10 October 2025.

Motherhood: An Art and Photography Exhibition, a group exhibition that gathers artists from around the world the world of whom reflects on motherhood.

The exhibition will be on view at Kutubna Cultural Centre, Dubai, from September 20 until November 16, 2025.

Against Erasure – Photographs from Gaza is a group exhibition co-curated by Yahya Zaloom, Photo Humanity Grant and Razan AlSarraf, featuring 11 artists; Mahmoud Abu Hamda, Belal Alhams, Jehad Alshrafi, Hammam Younis Alzyatuniya, Anas Ayyad, Majdi Fathi Suleiman Qraiqea, Belal Khaled, Ahmed Salama, Fatima Alzahra Shbair, Ali Jadallah, and Abdul Rahman Zaqout. The exhibition will be on view from 24 September until 10 October 2025 at P21 Gallery.

Razan Al Sarraf’s solo exhibition Sweltering Drive is on view from 1 until 23 October 2025 as Hunna Art, Kuwait.

Irene Ghanem’s solo exhibition “Entre Terre et Mer” is on view at Mark Hachem Gallery from October 7 until October 20, 2025.

Ghina Sabra’s solo exhibition Memory Prism: a magic show is on view at Takeover, Beirut, from 14 until 20 October 2025.

Migrants, a solo exhibition by Shadi Abou Sada is on view until 3 November 2025 at Mark Hachem Gallery, Beirut.

Under the theme of Softness, MENART Fair returns to Paris with more than 100 artists from the MENA region on October 25th until the 27th, 2025.

Fann À Porter hosts Printed Matter – a group exhibition exhibiting photography and mixed media works by El3attar Film Collective, Cynthia Zahar, Georges Yammine, and Mohammad Al Hawajri – from 1 November 2025 until  10 January 2026.

They Call Me Divine is the first solo exhibition by artist Amina Yahia. Curated by Alexandra Stock, the exhibition is on view from 2 until 26 November 2025.

The Beirut Art Film Festival–BAFF is dedicated to showcasing films on art and heritage.

Under the theme Festival for Humanity, BAFF’s programme holds 35 films on art, 2 exhibitions, 15 talks around more than 100 meetings which will be held in Beirut, from November 4 to 14, 2025, at Théâtre Béryte and the Oriental Library of SaintJoseph University.

Galerie Tanit Beirut hosts Close Your Eyes So You Can See Me, solo exhibition of Abed Al Kadiri, from 6 November until 11 December 2025.

Rami Farook’s first solo exhibition Self Care is on view from 11 November until 23 December at Iyad Qanazea Gallery.

Paris Photo is an art fair dedicated to photography and image-based art. The 28th edition will take place from 13 until 16 November 2025 at the Grand Palais in Paris, France.

Girl Parts: A Lexicon of Girlhood is the first solo exhibition of Aliyah Alawadhi, curated by Océane Sailly. On view at Hunna Art Gallery from 15 November 2025 until 4 January 2026.

Houselessness by Mohammed Joha is on view at Zawyeh Gallery, Dubai from 16 November 2025 until 11 January 2026.

Group exhibition Improvisations gathers works by Iranian artists Fereydoun Ave, Raana Farnoud, and Shaqayeq Arabi. On view at Gallery Isabelle from 16 November 2025 until 7 January 2026.

CARBON 12 celebrates its 100th exhibition with All That is Solid – a solo exhibition by Gil Heitor Cortesão. On view from 16 November 2025 until 8 January 2026.

Ryan Eid’s solo exhibition, ENTRY WOUND, is on view from 27 November until 11 December 2025 at The LT Gallery space in Mar Mikhael, Beirut.

Freedom Recalls is a group exhibition featuring 36 artists at Beit Beirut and is on view from 29 November 2025 until 11 January 2026.

Julie Bou Farah’s seventh solo show, iCloud, is on view at Galerie Janine Rubeiz from 3 until 31 December 2025.

Under Her Wing: Acts of Protection, a  group exhibition curated by Kuwaiti artist Alymamah Rashed is on view at Hunna Art Gallery from 10 December 10, 2025 until 22 January 2026.

Featuring artists from Hunna Art: Amina Yahia, Amna Al Baker, Aliyah Al Awadhi, Wafa Al Falahi, Raya Kassisieh, and Joud Fahmy and artists from Emergeast: Maliheh Zafarnezhad, Hana Moazzeni, Elham Etemadi, Jude Samman, Shadi Yasrebi, Mays Al Moosawi, and Bouthayna Al Muftah.

Curated by Saleh Barakat, the solo exhibition Flowers Blossomed out of Broken Concrete by Nada Sehnaoui is on view at kenshō, Beirut from 11 December 2025 until 11 January 2026.

Sites of Life, a group exhibition featuring Ségolène Ragu, Masa Nazzal, and Aya Chouaib and curated by Karen Atallah, is on view at P21 Gallery, from 11 December 2025 until 9 January 2026.

The solo of Khadija Jayi, Beyond fire, is on view at Comptoir des Mines Gallery, Marrakesh from 20 December 2025 until 25 January 2026.

Jean Khalifé, The Legacy – organized in collaboration with the Jean Khalifé Foundation and the artist’s son, Jim Khalifé – will be on view at Mark Hachem Gallery from 8 until 25 January 2026.

The 28th edition of Art Paris returns to the Grand Palais from 9 to 12 April 2026, hosting 165 French and international galleries.