Abu Dhabi Art returns for its seventeenth edition as it continues to shape itself as one of the cultural pillars of the UAE. Bringing together over 140 galleries from 37 countries, the fair reflects a constellation of artistic voices that…
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The 28th edition of Paris Photo wrapped up last week after welcoming 75,000 visitors and closing major transactions. From the outset, the fair carried a lively energy, anchored by Sophie Ristelhueber’s monumental installation at the Grand Palais. Stretching nearly forty…
Cairo Design Week (CDW), one of the region’s fastest-growing platform for design and creativity, has launched its first-ever campaign, Design, So I Can See You. More than a campaign, it serves as a manifesto for CDW 2025, the most ambitious…
Beirut al-Marfa’ examines the deep and often fraught relationship between Beirut and its port, a space that once fuelled the city’s prosperity but later became the site of its devastation on August 4, 2020. Since the nineteenth century, city and…
Sharjah Art Foundation inaugurates its new Photography Gallery with Image Keepers, on view from 8 November 2025 until 26 April 2026. The exhibition brings together over 50 works by 17 artists and collectives from the Foundation’s collection curated by Jiwon…
The Nuhad Es-Said Pavilion for Culture inaugurates a new programme that reconnects Lebanon with its artistic presence on the global stage. For nearly two decades, the country’s national pavilions at the Venice Biennale have reflected its evolving creative voice. Now,…
Tabari Artspace hosts Fertile Dreams, a two-part exhibition unfolded first at the gallery in Dubai on 2 November 2025 and will continue at Abu Dhabi Art from 19 to 23 November 2025. The exhibition explores the intertwined relationship between land,…
The sixth edition of Menart Fair unfolded last month at the heart of Paris’s Marais district, reaffirming its position as Europe’s only fair dedicated to the art scenes of the Middle East and North Africa. Held during Paris Art Week,…
Dubai Design Week 2025 wrapped up last week at Dubai Design District (d3) after transforming the city into a global stage for creativity and dialogue. Held under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum,…
The Bassam Freiha Art Foundation (BFAF) inaugurates its Autumn 2025 season with Nja Mahdaoui: The Choreographer of Letters a landmark retrospective dedicated to the Tunisian artist Nja Mahdaoui, a pioneering figure in modern Arab art whose work reimagines Arabic calligraphy as…