Exhibitions & events
Explore current and upcoming exhibitions, workshops, and cultural events across the UAE.
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23 Sep – 24 Oct
The Weight of Things
1X1 Art Gallery
23 Sep – 24 Oct
Private World
Green Art Gallery
08 Oct – 25 Oct
Al Nayed
Opera Gallery
11 Sep – 28 Oct
Unseen Script
Rizq Art Initiative
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23 Sep – 10 Nov
Manish Nai: In Search of Material Within Material
Leila Heller Gallery
17 Oct – 17 Jan
Paul Guiragossian: 100 Years of Art
Bassam Freiha Art Foundation
08 Oct – 10 Jan
Fellow Travellers
Tabari Artspace
14 Oct – 14 Feb
Spices and Wonders: Sailing the Indian Ocean
Louvre Abu Dhabi
17 Sep – 31 Oct
Reimagined
Artbooth Gallery
23 Sep – 10 Nov
Rana Begum: Taking Form
The Third Line
23 Sep – 05 Nov
May the Tree No Longer Burn When I Wake
CARBON 12
23 Sep – 08 Nov
Bashar Khalaf: The Field of Dreams
Zawyeh Gallery
23 Sep – 10 Nov
Frogs, Jazz & Blisters
Taymour Grahne Projects
23 Sep – 07 Nov
The Butterfly’s Burden
Lawrie Shabibi
23 Sep – 10 Nov
Between a Fold and a Memory
Leila Heller Gallery
23 Sep – 07 Nov
What We Carry Becomes the Terrain
Aisha Alabbar Gallery
23 Sep – 30 Oct
Allusive Veil
Ayyam Gallery
23 Sep – 13 Nov
Sojourner: The Difference Is the Same
Efie Gallery
10 Sep – 10 Dec
Najat Makki: Whispering Definitions
Iyad Qanazea Gallery
29 Aug – 08 Nov
LEGO® SHOWS Natural Brickstory
Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi
18 Feb – 03 Jan
All Manner of Experiments: Legacies of the Baghdad Modern Art Group
NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery
08 Aug – 29 Nov
Vantage Point 13
SAF - The Photography Gallery
Upcoming
7
25 Oct 2026
Romantic Masters
Dubai Opera
03 Nov – 08 Nov
Dubai Design Week 2026
Dubai Design District (d3)
05 Nov – 08 Nov
Downtown Design 2026
Dubai Design District (d3)
13 Nov 2026
Hans Zimmer – The Next Level
Etihad Arena
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
11 Dec 2026
Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Opening
Guggenheim Abu Dhabi
Permanent / Ongoing
5
06 Oct 2026 – Ongoing
Halim Flowers
CHAMPOP GALERIE
Ongoing
Natural History Museum’s Permanent Collection
Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi
Ongoing
Louvre Abu Dhabi Collection
Louvre Abu Dhabi
03 Dec 2025 – Ongoing
Zayed National Museum's Permanent Collection
Zayed National Museum
18 Apr 2024 – Ongoing
teamLab Phenomena
teamLab Phenomena Abu Dhabi
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