The Insider’s Brief

The Insider’s Brief: N°708 2 April – 9 April 2026

Even as conflict continues to shape many lives across the Middle East, galleries and museums persist in offering spaces of attention and encounter. Our thoughts remain with those enduring displacement, loss, and uncertainty. This week’s presentations attest to art’s capacity…

The Insider’s Brief: N°707 26 March – 2 April 2026

Across the Arab region, a climate of uncertainty continues to weigh on everyday life, reshaping both social and cultural landscapes. Yet within this tension, galleries, fairs, and museums persist as spaces that hold continuity, reflection, and exchange. In moving forward,…

The Insider’s Brief: N°706 20 February – 26 February 2026

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES At The Third Line, From the Perspective of Language (from 4 Mar – 7 Apr 2026) marks Sara Naim’s fourth solo exhibition with the gallery and her first public presentation of paintings. Produced between 2023 and 2026,…

The Insider’s Brief: N°705, 13 February – 19 February 2026

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES In the UAE this week, exhibitions gather around a shared preoccupation of giving form to memory and spirit, as though art were less an object than a conduit. At Leila Heller Gallery, three concurrent exhibitions are unfolding…

The Insider’s Brief: N°704, 6 February – 12 February 2026

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Across Dubai and Abu Dhabi, exhibitions challenge the ordinary: maps without borders, symbols stripped of certainty, the human form remade, exposing the stories we inherit and those we rewrite. Using iron, clay, wood, stone, and pigment, Khozema…

The Insider’s Brief: N°703, 5 February – 11 February 2026

QATAR This week, Doha becomes the gravitational centre of regional attention. Art Basel Qatar (5–7 Feb), curated by Wael Shawky, brings together 87 galleries from 31 countries in an open-format presentation across the city. Shawky described the fair as a…

The Insider’s Brief: N°702, 26 January – 2 February 2026

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES This week at Alserkal Avenue, several January openings continue across painting, installation, and photography, offering a snapshot of the district’s early-year rhythm. Gallery Isabelle extends Are You Human Enough by artist duo :mentalKLINIK (until 20 March), while…

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