EMIRARTS, your cultural guide across the UAE

Bassam Freiha Art Foundation, Abu Dhabi

17 Oct – 17 Jan

Paul Guiragossian: 100 Years of Art

08 Oct – 25 Oct

Fellow Travellers

Tabari Artspace

06 Oct 2026 – Ongoing

Spices and Wonders: Sailing the Indian Ocean

17 Sep – 31 Oct

Private World

Green Art Gallery, Dubai

23 Sep – 10 Nov

Rana Begum: Taking Form

The Third Line, Dubai

23 Sep – 05 Nov

May the Tree No Longer Burn When I Wake

CARBON 12, Dubai

23 Sep – 24 Oct

The Weight of Things

1X1 Art Gallery, Dubai

23 Sep – 08 Nov

Bashar Khalaf: The Field of Dreams

Zawyeh Gallery, Dubai

23 Sep – 10 Nov

Frogs, Jazz & Blisters

Taymour Grahne Projects

23 Sep – 07 Nov

Between a Fold and a Memory

Aisha Alabbar Gallery, Dubai

23 Sep – 07 Nov

What We Carry Becomes the Terrain

23 Sep – 30 Oct

Sojourner: The Difference Is the Same

Efie Gallery, Dubai

Rizq Art Initiative, Abu Dhabi

11 Sep – 28 Oct

Unseen Script

10 Sep – 10 Dec

Najat Makki: Whispering Definitions

Iyad Qanazea Gallery

29 Aug – 08 Nov

LEGO® SHOWS Natural Brickstory

All Manner of Experiments: Legacies of the Baghdad Modern Art Group

NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery, Abu Dhabi

18 Feb – 03 Jan

All Manner of Experiments: Legacies of the Baghdad Modern Art Group

SAF - The Photography Gallery , Sharjah

08 Aug – 29 Nov

Vantage Point 13

Ongoing

Natural History Museum’s Permanent Collection

Ongoing

Louvre Abu Dhabi Collection

Zayed National Museum, Abu Dhabi

03 Dec 2025 – Ongoing

Zayed National Museum's Permanent Collection

18 Apr 2024 – Ongoing

teamLab Phenomena

teamLab Phenomena Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi

18 Nov – 22 Nov

NOMAD Abu Dhabi 2026

Terminal 1, Old Abu Dhabi Airport

19 Nov – 22 Nov

Frieze Abu Dhabi 2026

Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi

13 Nov 2026

Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Opening

Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi

05 Nov – 08 Nov

Downtown Design 2026

Dubai Design District (d3), Dubai

Dubai Design District (d3), Dubai

03 Nov – 08 Nov

Dubai Design Week 2026

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Contemporary Art

The Weight of Things

1X1 Art Gallery23 Sep – 24 Oct

Contemporary Art

The Weight of Things

1X1 Art Gallery

23 Sep – 24 Oct

Private World

Green Art Gallery, Dubai

08 Oct – 25 Oct

Al Nayed

Opera Gallery, Dubai

25 Oct 2026

Romantic Masters

Dubai Opera

Rizq Art Initiative, Abu Dhabi

11 Sep – 28 Oct

Unseen Script

23 Sep – 30 Oct

Allusive Veil

Ayyam Gallery, Dubai

17 Sep – 31 Oct

Reimagined

Artbooth Gallery

23 Sep – 05 Nov

May the Tree No Longer Burn When I Wake

CARBON 12, Dubai

Aisha Alabbar Gallery, Dubai

23 Sep – 07 Nov

What We Carry Becomes the Terrain

23 Sep – 07 Nov

The Butterfly’s Burden

Lawrie Shabibi

23 Sep – 08 Nov

Bashar Khalaf: The Field of Dreams

Zawyeh Gallery, Dubai

29 Aug – 08 Nov

LEGO® SHOWS Natural Brickstory

23 Sep – 10 Nov

Between a Fold and a Memory

23 Sep – 10 Nov

Frogs, Jazz & Blisters

Taymour Grahne Projects

23 Sep – 10 Nov

Manish Nai: In Search of Material Within Material

23 Sep – 10 Nov

Rana Begum: Taking Form

The Third Line, Dubai

23 Sep – 13 Nov

Sojourner: The Difference Is the Same

Efie Gallery, Dubai

SAF - The Photography Gallery , Sharjah

08 Aug – 29 Nov

Vantage Point 13

10 Sep – 10 Dec

Najat Makki: Whispering Definitions

Iyad Qanazea Gallery

NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery, Abu Dhabi

18 Feb – 03 Jan

All Manner of Experiments: Legacies of the Baghdad Modern Art Group

08 Oct – 10 Jan

Fellow Travellers

Tabari Artspace

Bassam Freiha Art Foundation, Abu Dhabi

17 Oct – 17 Jan

Paul Guiragossian: 100 Years of Art

14 Oct – 14 Feb

Spices and Wonders: Sailing the Indian Ocean

06 Oct 2026 – Ongoing

Halim Flowers

CHAMPOP GALERIE

Ongoing

Natural History Museum’s Permanent Collection

Ongoing

Louvre Abu Dhabi Collection

Zayed National Museum, Abu Dhabi

03 Dec 2025 – Ongoing

Zayed National Museum's Permanent Collection

18 Apr 2024 – Ongoing

teamLab Phenomena

teamLab Phenomena Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi

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Karima Al Shomely: Reimagining Emirati Women's Identity Through Art

At Leila Heller Gallery in Dubai, Emirati artist Karima Al Shomely brings traditional fabrics, the burqa and symbols of cultural identity into a striking contemporary world. EMIRARTS met the artist to discover the stories behind her work.

19 October 2026

Concert

Dubai Opera Raises the Bar with a Star-Studded Concert Season

19 Oct 2026

Cultural Guides

Abu Dhabi Is Booming with Culture

18 Oct 2026

Cultural News

Guggenheim Abu Dhabi: Opening Date, History and What to Know

11 Aug 2026

Editor’s top picks

EMIRARTS Big Crush

The places, exhibitions and experiences that truly stand out to us.

25 Oct 2026

Romantic Masters

Dubai Opera

18 Nov – 22 Nov

NOMAD Abu Dhabi 2026

Terminal 1, Old Abu Dhabi Airport

19 Nov – 22 Nov

Frieze Abu Dhabi 2026

Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi

13 Nov 2026

Hans Zimmer – The Next Level

Etihad Arena

17 Oct – 17 Jan

Paul Guiragossian: 100 Years of Art

Bassam Freiha Art Foundation, Abu Dhabi