The first solo exhibition in the UAE of independent artist-designer Banafsheh Hemmati is hosted from 9 to 31 October 2025 at Satellite Gallery, DIFC. Titled Body Geometry, the exhibition brings together wearable jewellery and sculpture in a unified yet shifting…
Louvre Abu Dhabi unveils Mamluks: Legacy of an Empire, a landmark exhibition exploring the splendour and influence of the Mamluk Sultanate (1250–1517), one of the most powerful dynasties in Islamic history. Bringing together more than 270 masterpieces from 34 leading…
Both creative and destructive, vital and deadly, fire has captivated humanity since the dawn of time. It flickers in myth and ritual, warms the domestic sphere, and devastates in moments of violence. Fire, the new exhibition at the Boghossian Foundation’s…
Aidha Badr portrays the quiet transformation of the self that occurs with motherhood in her new solo exhibition I’m Never Coming Back on view until 7 November 2025 at Firetti Contemporary, in collaboration with Hunna Art Gallery. In this exhibition,…
Tashkeel has reopened its Nad Al Sheba 1 Gallery with Of Liminal Threads, the debut solo exhibition by Syrian-Lebanese artist and designer Ranim Al Halaky. The exhibition is the culmination of her year-long journey as part of Tashkeel’s Critical Practice…
Maraya Art Centre has opened SILA. All That Is Left to You, an exhibition that turns to Palestinian embroidery, or tatreez, as both cultural inheritance and artistic language. The opening of the exhibition was marked by the presence of HE…
Ghassan Zard’s solo exhibition ALTARS, curated by Marc Mouarkech, unfolds at Villa Audi in Beirut until 11 October 2025. Through sculpture and painting, Zard explores how memory, trauma, and survival can be held within form. In Zard’s body of work the…
Elias Izoli returns after a long hiatus with Inside Out ‘25 at Ayyam Gallery. The exhibition is a body of work that reimagines the circus as a mirror of contemporary life. Performers; tightrope walkers, clowns, and magicians, become figures of…
Zawyeh Gallery hosts Refined Compositions, a solo exhibition by Palestinian artist Ruba Salameh, on view from 13 September to 9 November 2025 at its Alserkal Avenue space in Dubai. Created at a time when violence and displacement unfold in real…
False Witnesses, a solo exhibition by Iraqi artist Dia al-Azzawi (b. 1939), is on view at Saleh Barakat Gallery, in Beirut. Spanning ancient Mesopotamia to the present day, Azzawi’s practice has long engaged with the shared histories and political ruptures…