EXHIBITIONS

Echoes of the Familiar: Saudi Artists Explore the Meaning of Home

Echoes of the Familiar, an exhibition examining the idea of “home” through contemporary artistic practices in Saudi Arabia is on view at the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Ithra). Curated by curator Gaida AlMogren, the exhibition brings together 28…

Mix & Match: A Collaged Conversation at Galerie Tanit

Mix & Match brings together a group of artists whose practices span painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, and text-based work, assembling a deliberately layered exhibition that treats the gallery as a site of visual collage. Rather than presenting discrete bodies of…

Bady Dalloul and the Fragile Architectures of Everyday Life

Self-portrait with a cat I don’t have marks Bady Dalloul’s first institutional solo exhibition in the United Arab Emirates. Curated by Lucas Morin, the exhibition forms the second chapter of Dalloul’s ongoing Land of Dreams series, following its presentation in Tokyo…

Ali Kaaf on Presence, Absence, and Process

At Ayyam Gallery, The Fire’s Edge brings together key bodies of work by Ali Kaaf (A.K), marking his first solo exhibition with the gallery and offering a focused entry point into a practice shaped by material tension and restraint. Working…

By the Movement of All Things: Tracing Gesture, Memory, and Abstraction

By the Movement of All Things, a group exhibition curated by Hamzeh Alfarahneh and featuring works by Igshaan Adams, Hamra Abbas, Diana Al-Hadid, James Webb, Bronwyn Katz, Timo Nasseri, and Moshekwa Langa. Hosted by Lawrie Shabibi until 6 January 2026,…

Last Chance to Experience Etel Adnan’s Literary World

Etel Adnan. Poems, Novels, Essays (1966–2021), presented by the Beirut Art Film Festival (BAFF) in collaboration with the Bibliothèque Orientale of Saint Joseph University of Beirut is on view for its last week. Marking the centenary of Etel Adnan’s birth…

Islamic Art: A Journey of Splendor at the National Museum of Korea

The Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) and the National Museum of Korea (NMK) present Islamic Art: A Journey of Splendor, a landmark exhibition introducing audiences in Seoul to one of the world’s most significant collections of Islamic art. The presentation…

Yervant Hawarian at Dalloul Artist Collective

Rewind marks a new chapter for the Dalloul Artist Collective as it presents a solo exhibition by Yervant Hawarian, held in collaboration with the Ramzi and Saeda Dalloul Art Foundation. On view at DAC Art Space in the Stone Garden…

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