EXHIBITIONS

‘Sunrise at the Vortex’: Energy, Geometry, and the Practice of Drawing

Sunrise at the Vortex, Nima Nabavi’s second solo exhibition at The Third Line gallery, presents a body of work developed between 2022 and 2025, tracing the artist’s evolving engagement with geometry, introspection, and the practice of making. Comprising pieces created…

Sara Shamma: ‘Interference Green’ at Mark Hachem Gallery

The solo exhibition Interference Green by Syrian-British artist Sara Shamma is on view at Mark Hachem Gallery in Beirut from 12 to 26 June 2025. Presenting 20 recent and previously unseen paintings, the exhibition explores the colour green as both…

Ghazi Baker: the Comfort of the Absurd

In Entropy marks Ghazi Baker’s return with a solo exhibition shaped by over two years of intentional disorder. The exhibition opened on the 22nd of May at Mark Hachem Gallery in Beirut and will stay on view till the 10th…

What’s on in Dubai: 5 Must-See Shows This Month

From surreal seas to silent mountains, the summer programme across Dubai’s galleries brings together artists thinking through fragility, memory, and the absurd. Whether reflecting on performance, migration, or ecological change, these five exhibitions offer distinct yet overlapping views on what…

Imaginary Homeland by Kevork Mourad at Galerie Tanit

In Imaginary Homeland, artist Kevork Mourad explores the shifting meanings of home through memory, displacement, and the act of making. In this exhibition, architectural fragments, family stories, and personal rituals are reassembled into new visual languages. Through layered drawings on…

Downtown Design Riyadh Inaugurates Its First Edition

Downtown Design Riyadh will launch its first edition from 20–23 May 2025 in JAX District, a creative hub in the Saudi capital. Organised in partnership with the Architecture and Design Commission of the Ministry of Culture, the fair aims to…

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