UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Sharjah Art Foundation has announced its summer and autumn 2026 programme, bringing together exhibitions, photography, performance, film and publishing initiatives across its cultural spaces. A highlight of the season is Vantage Point 13, (8 August – 29…
LEBANON Nabil Kanso: Darkness and Light (Part II) (30 July – 25 September 2026) opened this week at the Dalloul Art Foundation, completing the first major presentation of the late artist’s work in his native Lebanon. Following the monumental canvases…
LEBANON Echoes of Existence (22 July–21 October 2026) unfolds across the Nuhad Es-Said Pavilion for Culture at the National Museum of Beirut, exploring the pine tree as a shared emblem of cultural memory linking Lebanon and Italy. Initiated by the…
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Through Of Loss and Redemption (7 July–4 August 2026), Taymour Grahne Projects presents a digital solo exhibition by New York-based Iranian-British artist Samira Abbassy. Working across painting and drawing, Abbassy explores loss, transformation, memory, and the shifting…
LEBANON Lamia Joreige returns to Marfa’ with As I Weep (25 June – September 23 2026), the artist’s third solo exhibition with the gallery and the latest chapter of her long-term research project Uncertain Times. Combining archival material, drawing, film,…
LEBANON Beirut Art Days returns from 24 until 27 June 2026 with a citywide programme that reaffirms the role of culture within Lebanon’s public life. Organised by Agenda Culturel under the patronage of the Lebanese Ministry of Culture, the initiative…
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 421 Arts Campus welcomes Human in the Loop (21 June – 13 September 2026), a new immersive installation by Emirati artist Dr. Ahmad AlAttar, developed through its Artistic Development Programme. An independent platform supporting emerging artists and…
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Opening this weekend at Sharjah Art Foundation, Body Quotidian (13 June – 20 September 2026) brings together the practices of Pakistani artists Laila Majid and Inaam Zafar in an exploration of the body’s place within the rhythms…
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES At Efie Gallery, In Abstracto, In Concreto (16 May–21 September 2026) brings together four artists whose practices move between figuration and abstraction to examine memory, identity, and belonging through the lens of African and diasporic experience. Curated…
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Presented at Dubai’s Ayyam Gallery, The Eye: An Aperture Into the Soul (13 May – 4 July 2026) brings together a new body of monochromatic paintings by Syrian artist Safwan Dahoul. Continuing his long-running Dream series, Dahoul…